Local wine shop in Rome

First, wine is sold everywhere from small shops to grocery stores to restaurants so finding a shop is not difficult. As for labels that is nearly impossible. There are thousand of labels so it is hard to recommend. Some wine shops will have limited tastings but you pay a higher price in those shops. The best prices are always in the grocery stores because that is mostly what the locals are buying. However, a greater consider is the your cruise ship. Some cruise lines have very strict policies about what you can bring on board. So make sure your ship will allow you to bring wine on board.

There is a small grocery in the lower lever of Termini that has a fair number of choices.

Unopened bottles are allowed on Carnival

Good to know, Jo. I know you can BRING lots of wine onto most boats; the staff is happy to RETURN it to you when you disembark...:-(

Thanks for the recommendations. I usually buy wine in other countries at the grocery store, I just thought that their may be a small shop that sells wines of the region. When we were on the Best of Europe with R/S we found a really neat small shop in Orvietto and the price was about 8.00 Euros a bottle and it was really good. We are going on Oceania and they let you bring three bottles per port on ship to consume in your room. We did a Holland America cruise to Alaska in Sept. and they let us bring as much as we wanted. Great deal, but you have to drink it in your room or pay a corkage fee in the dining room.

You didn't mention a price point but I recently returned from Italy and while there spoke with several locals about where to purchase wine. They suggest purchasing no wine priced under 10 Euros in a grocery store, it's a quality thing. When it comes to wine taste is everything.

Jerry, I would respectfully disagree with that. I'm somewhat of a oenophile and most grocery stores here carry some real gems for less than 10 euros, especially if you know what you're looking for.

I'm with Rik. Bought a wonderful Chianti Reserva in a grocery store last year for about 7 euro. It was so good, I went back and bought another bottle. Not all grocery stores carry a good variety, and you may need to visit a couple before finding one with wines you like. If you want to visit a wine shop near Termini, there's one on Via d. Viminale between the National Museum and the Opera House, near where it intersects with Via Principe Amedeo.

Price has never been an indicated of quality of wine. Have bought many sub 10E bottles and some were great and a couple so so. Look at Wine Spectator's top 100 wines for 2010. No 1 was $67, No 4 - $125 and No 7 - $20 and No 9, $27, No. 63 was $11 and 98 was $61.

I guess I will just have to buy some and do a taste test. We have been pretty lucky over the year's with buying at the local grocery store. Most of the Italian wines are very good and not expensive.

Costing more than 10 Euro is not an indication of quality. Lots of very good wine in Italy is sold for less. Better to look for wines that are labeled as estate-bottled. That's a better indication of quality, regardless of price. Having never taken a cruise, I had no idea you couldn't BYOB.

Look for Enoteca in Google. Best one is Trimani in Rome... Depending what you are looking to buy and what is your limit, look for the following: Barolo Brunello di Montalcino (Banfi or Biondi Santi) Rosso di Montalcino Amarone Nero D'Avola Sassicaia (starts arround Euro 400 a bottle)
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If you attempt to buy a Barolo, Brunello or Amarone in Rome you will most likely get price-raped. You've been warned.

not really, but check prices on Google, and price will variate by year and producer. usually Brunello di Banfi shoukd be arround Euro 50 for good bottle, can go up to 1000 if you are going for Biondi Santi specific year... Good guide is called Il Mio Vino but it is available only in Italian language...

not really, but check prices on Google, and price will variate by year and producer. usually Brunello di Banfi shoukd be arround Euro 50 for good bottle, can go up to 1000 if you are going for Biondi Santi specific year... Good guide is called Il Mio Vino but it is available only in Italian language...

not really, but check prices on Google, and price will variate by year and producer. usually Brunello di Banfi shoukd be arround Euro 50 for good bottle, can go up to 1000 if you are going for Biondi Santi specific year... Good guide is called Il Mio Vino but it is available only in Italian language...