Pollino DiVino

Authentic wine bar with good aperitivo's and a large selection of wines. We were advised on some local Pollino wines that did not disappoint.

Initially started nicely with the waiter attending to us and waiting for us to choose what we wanted to have tonight. We have chosen a bottle of wine which comes with a €5 surcharge for the service. Keep in mind all the bottles are out so we got served warm white wine. The ice bucket was provided but we had to wait for the wine to chill. We were fairly hungry so we were expecting to receive the complimentary snacks. We had to ask for it as nobody seem to be in any rush to prepare it. It was 2 pieces of fried dough, 2 pieces of pecorino cheese and salami and two dry bread with olive pate. Pretty sad to be honest. We ordered a foccacia with salsiccia and piadina with Gorgonzola and zucchini. Unfortunately both were pretty miserable. My piadinas flavour was overpowered with marinated zucchini so acidic I had to take it out… not much else was left in there. My partner’s (who is a chef and an Italian from a Basilicata) foccacia with salsiccia arrived so empty I doubted my life choices for a moment. Sadly, the salsiccia was actually salami. When the waiter asked us about the food, we said we were expecting a fresh sausage but instead he decided to pull his kitchen stock out trying to prove us wrong. We were simply saying that we were expecting something and received something else, but kindly saying that it was fine anyway. Lovely to have an argument during a dinner…

Very nice place to have a glass of wine and shop for a bottle, the snacks we had with our drinks were also very good. The owner is friendly and take the time to explain what you have in the glass

Absolutely loved our stop. You would think a sandwich and wine would be simply satisfying but ours were outstanding. We had the Morano panini with spicy Nduja, balanced by fresh Ricotta and paper thin sliced of conserved zucchini. It was the kind of good that makes you close your eyes and thank the heavens for Italy at first bite. This little wine bar has stone walls filled with quality local foods and excellently curated wines. The Pollino park and surrounding regions are represented nicely in the products offered by the glass or bottle to go. Of which we took six! Two sandwiches and four glasses of wine we ate and drank well for a song! Highly recommend when in Rotonda or anywhere nearby!

We went to Pollino DiVino for an aperitivo on the advice of a local, and went back every evening! The Pollino Spritz is great, the food is delicious and the advice from Carlo is brilliant. A great location to people watch and share time with friends.