The best wine bars Midi-Pyrénées

Père Louis is much more than a café, it's a Toulouse institution! The zinc has seen many Toulousans and connoisseurs of quinquina and Picon bière come and go since 1889! But the time for renewal has come, and as we enter the year of our Lord 2023, we welcome you to a renovated venue with a preserved spirit. The downstairs room retains its illustrious, protected charm, while the upstairs room has been beautifully modernized by the 4 owners, who are already active on the Toulouse scene. Take a lunch break with the unmissable porcini omelette, or enjoy an aperitif at lunch or dinner, and choose whether you prefer a sweet or dry cooked wine, or a quinquina. Long live Père Louis!

Here's an address that's sure to delight a lot of people. Located on the little port of La Redorte, Le Spot combines a restaurant, a cellar and a delicatessen, offering no fewer than 240 references of wines, spirits, regional beers and finely selected local products. Enjoy a glass of wine or a cocktail on the terrace overlooking the Canal du Midi, accompanied by a selection of delicacies to share. Jérôme regularly organizes gourmet and festive events (see the Spot's Facebook page).

L'escargot is an address in the city where everything is gathered to have a good time, a pleasant setting and a smiling team. We like to meet there as an aperitif to taste a good bottle that Thomas, the owner, has carefully selected. After a few sips of divine local wines from the Malepère, Corbières, Fitou or Minervois appellations, you'll feel the urge to nibble, and you'll be spoilt for choice from the tapas menu on offer. We bet you'll stay for lunch or dinner, and rightly so!

In the heart of the village, at the foot of a stone building, we discover this charming address with a warm atmosphere and a well cared decoration. Under the vaults, the welcome is friendly. One comes to settle down to share a bottle of wine on a high table, to shop at the wine merchant's to take advantage of this local business, but also to enjoy a convivial evening. We nibble on a plate of cold cuts, cheeses or a vegetarian option. We garnish a few slices of bread with spreads and we melt over a dessert in a glass.

Looking for a wine bar for an exceptional tasting evening? We have an address to share with you, THE best bar in the world! You're thinking: "They're exaggerating a bit in Toulouse! No, no, not at all. Multi-awarded, the 5 Wine Bar has received the title of Best Wine Bar in the World three times. Here, we offer you a gustatory experience around several hundred wines, nearly 4,000 references and more than 500 wines by the glass. From the cellar to the storeroom, you will find everything you need to savor the most elaborate grape varieties and to tour the world of vineyards, around refined bocas prepared by a chef who has worked in a starred restaurant. You will be delighted!

The V and B opened its doors last December and brought with it the mythical atmosphere of Irish bars! In a sublime wooden décor with a deep red and emerald green, this amazing place is the ideal marriage for wine lovers and beer enthusiasts: 350 references are waiting for you in this atypical place. When you have crossed the door, you will soon understand that the hardest is to choose, trust Frédéric Pasquier to guide you among brands and specialities. Here, beer has no borders, brown, blonde, amber, triple, Belgian, German, Quebec is in all its forms! The selections of wines are also provided with a beautiful journey that begins with local vintages to go to the end of the world. In essence, a cellar with a portal worthy of a castle protects 40 large bottles. And if you don't hesitate, the best is still to taste them at the after work bar, the huge counter of which makes it possible to dance there as in an English pub. The tonneaux tables are ideal for enjoying a changing map and allègrement in the cellar. V as wine, B as a beer: it's really good!

A few steps from the tourist office, this end of the street awakens when the first begins to fall asleep. On the pleasant terrace, there is a rich clientele with an appointment from the beginning of the evening. And for the reason, the place is aréable and the music excellent. The bar is on the right, you will turn on the left for tapas, as for wines, you only have to move a little, they are basically! You t easily where our eyes and ears settle… Two small glasses of Minervois and some tapas further, we rejoice our choice. A place that brings together both the young people of the Worldwide Festival and the native sétois, or the pt'its couples who love everything that goes on there. Take a look, you won't be disappointed.

The Galeries Gourmandes, a department store located in the heart of Bagnères-de-Luchon, is a must. We like the "rustic chic" setting and the friendly atmosphere of the first floor. We can meet to eat cheese and charcuterie plates, around a glass of wine (nice menu), or we can prefer to settle down on the second floor in a more lounge atmosphere and choose a dish from the menu: confit of pig's breast, very perfumed Mikado sea bream, razor clams or chipirons... Something to satisfy all palates!

Wine bar, tapas and restaurant. This is Laroque des Albères' new Swiss Army knife. A beautiful elevated outdoor terrace, and a harmony of metal and wood in the two rooms: downstairs eating areas and a beautiful dining room upstairs with its starry sky (the lighting fixtures). On the menu, it's mar i munt: tapas from the sea or the mountains. The products are meticulous and tasty, and the wines to accompany them come from small, carefully selected estates. Boris, the manager, has just handed over the keys to his two partners, who are continuing the work in the same spirit.

At the corner of the famous Place du Pouffre, here is a cheerful address that is easily noticed by its blue front. One comes gladly at the end of the day, at the time of the aperitif, to benefit from a moment between friends on the terrace. The team advises you to choose a good bottle of natural wine that you will accompany with a board of cold cuts and cheeses, with some tapas. The welcome and the service are pleasant, the wine list is well supplied with small natural nuggets. One thus benefits from a soft and cordial moment.

In a charming cobbled street, under a garland of lights, a pretty terrace lined with olive trees attracts us. Then we settle down in this friendly atmosphere to relax around a table that is filled with tasty local products. In the glasses, we toast with carefully selected local wines. We share a board generously garnished with cold cuts and cheeses, we crunch in some toast, we enjoy a live concert or a karaoke night. The welcome is very pleasant, just like this high quality aperitif.

Sharing, exchanging and conviviality are the key words of this atypical space, located on the outskirts of the city centre of Rodez. Part wine cellar (the V), part brewery (the B of beer), part English pub... The V and B in the Parc de Saint-Marc in Onet-le-Château is above all a treasure trove for alcohol lovers. More than 350 references of beers; as many wines of the great French regions, champagnes, whiskies, and other spirits... The place is ideal for shopping during the day, but also for a drink.

Located in the Hôtel C Suites in Nîmes, the C Unik restaurant offers a unique culinary experience. With a varied menu and tasty dishes, customers can enjoy on-site dining, drive-through service or contactless delivery. In addition to the restaurant, Hotel C Suites also offers services for business events such as seminars, conventions and cocktail parties. With over 1,000 m² of bright, functional space, the hotel can accommodate up to 260 rooms. Guests can also enjoy a fine wine and tapas bar, an outdoor swimming pool and ample free parking. With its Feng Shui ambiance and well-equipped meeting rooms, Hotel C Suites is the perfect place to organize tailor-made corporate events.

A drinking restaurant: that's how you could define this little nugget in the rue des Cardeurs, a pedestrian street in the old part of Perpignan, known by the local gourmets. The place is intimate, very cosy and minimalist, a bit like the owners, and above all what you find on the plate and in the glass: fresh and local high quality! The emphasis is on the origin and quality of the products. Everything is fine and delicious, charming and original. The ideal place to enjoy a good glass of wine with some crazy tapas on a quiet terrace.

Chez Mémé has become the must-see tavern in Castelnou. We don't know if it's a restaurant, a wine bar or a tapas bar, but one thing is for sure, the place and the atmosphere have a "let's go back there quickly" feel. An address that we liked to taste in the dining room or on the large terrace craft beers or local wines with friends. In this small, typical family house, Emeline offers various Catalan dishes: pan con tomate with Serrano ham, her famous patatas bravas or the unmissable Cerdanya cheeses.

Maître Renard or the success of a wine bar that makes you happy! Promise kept for this establishment installed in our habits for warm and greedy evenings. The place is very small, animated by a mural paying homage to the Fables of La Fontaine, we feel good there and we share easily with the neighbors of table or counter. Conviviality and tasting moments are combined here to perfection. More than 150 references of French and Spanish wines, red, rosé, white, bubbly, preferably from short circuit. And to accompany your glass, plates worked around local products, that we propose to serve you even late. Perfect!

Hadrian has taken over the Canard Bleu, the Carcassonne epicurean and aesthete's den, set up a few years ago by the traveler chef Robert Haumont. Since then, the place has been called the aptly named Tasting Room, to get away from the crowds of the city center. Don't talk to him about his famous American origins because our international wine merchant likes to remain discreet. He prefers to emphasize his Italian side, which he has well represented in his cellar with wines that make you travel. You can also find local wines and "fatto in Italia" pizzas.

L'Apothicaire is the ideal place to spend a good evening with friends, to taste delicious wines, to feast on aperitif boards made of fine charcuteries or rare cheeses and to learn a lot of things about the world of good food. Fred, the owner, is not shy and likes to talk about his products and tell you anecdotes. He defines himself as a "taste buds dresser". On the terrace and in the calm of the pedestrian street or in one of the two rooms with their refined decoration which brilliantly combine old and modern, we simply love it!

In the heart of the city, on the Place de la République, Le Vin Te Deux is ideally located under the arcades. Meet friends and share their delicious homemade tapas. Taste with them the local wines, blanquettes or local specialties. Discover the organic Crème Religieuse with mint, lemon or tangerine, made with wine alcohol and real peel. A must to add to your cocktails a touch of the Limoux region. A very popular place, it is better to reserve, especially for the wine and music evenings.

At once an art gallery, a wine bar and a wine cellar, Chez Syl Vins surprises and enchants. More than 500 references of wines, 100 of which are natural and living wines. "I like wine without make-up", Sylvain confides to us, "I am a wine merchant but my past as a master sommelier catches up with me, I am always looking for what is rare". We discovered some delicious small vintages, accompanied by local cheeses and charcuterie. Listening to this kind, tender and modest man comment on a tasting, guiding your taste buds and your senses is pure happiness. We love it!