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The menu stops being a game of roulette

Carta de Vinho: the end of the cold sweat.

You sit down, open the list and… French names, prices from another dimension and a waiter hovering. Here you see it before you leave home: which wines the restaurant has, the price range, and what's by the glass.

THE LISTS ↓

Lists built from what each restaurant publishes on its own website, read by Vinhozinho on the date shown on each. No restaurant pays to get in, to move up or to leave. Is it your restaurant? Correct it, send the new list or ask to be taken down: one click on the restaurant's page.

Each list here is a reproduction of what we read and may contain errors: to check, the restaurant's official list and the price at the table are what count (Terms of use).

Lists appear in alphabetical order: nobody pays to be first here.

WHAT THE LISTS SHOW ↓

  • Italy shows up the most: 953 labels, ahead of France (764) and Portugal (637).
  • 27 of the 29 lists we read have Brazilian wine.
  • Half the bottles cost up to R$ 310 at the table.
  • Glass sizes change from place to place: 100 ml to 187 ml. Compare prices by the pour.
  • At the table, a bottle costs a median of 1.4 times the middle of the shop price range the house checks (34 wines with a known price at both ends, Sep–Oct 2026). It is the start of Fair price?: with more lists, the numbers get firmer.

Figures from the lists we read, each counted once (two places sharing one list count as one). No restaurant is named in price comparisons.

HOW CARTA DE VINHO WORKS ↓

Live nowRead on the restaurant's website

We read the list each restaurant publishes, note the date and link to the official one. You search before you sit down and arrive knowing.

Live nowOwn a restaurant? Join in

The restaurant sends its own list, corrects anything or asks to leave, always free. The official list comes before any other source.

With a methodFair price?

What a bottle costs at the table next to the shop price we check. Only with numbers and a method, never an adjective next to anyone's name.

PilotWe’re starting with Rio de Janeiro

The city where the bill is scariest. A good wine list from another city gets in too: we’ll open up that city.

THE HOUSE BADGES ↓

A badge can’t be bought — it’s earned. The community validates, the house stamps it, the restaurant shows it off with pride:

Rolha Livre badge (free corkage)
ROLHA LIVREfree corkage: bring your own wine, no fee
Preço Justo badge (fair price)
PREÇO JUSTOfair price: honest markup, validated
Carta Aberta badge (prices in plain sight)
CARTA ABERTAopen list: prices in plain sight, no fear

THE TWO COUNTERS ↓

For those who sat at the table Took a photo of a wine list? Send it.

Ate out and took a photo of the wine list? We check it, and the wines and prices become public information for the community, credited to you. The photo stays with us.

Got it! Thanks for helping keep things transparent.

For those who run the place · official priority

CARTA DE VINHO FOUNDERS

The first 10 restaurants get the numbered founding-list badge CARTA FUNDADORA No. 001–010, forever. Be the first: send your list today and No. 001 is yours.

Want to know more? contato@vinhozinho.com.br

Own a restaurant? Your list goes to the front of the line.

Send the official list (PDF or photo): it always takes priority over guests' photos, it's free, and it works for any city in Brazil: pilots in Rio and São Paulo, but a good list knows no borders. Send one from another city and we open that city.

Received, with the house’s priority! We’ll get back to you by e-mail.

The house is open. Leave your e-mail and savour get the first taste: the Garimpo before Instagram, the Contrarrótulo with every issue and the grape of the week every Monday. No spam.

The first sip of news is yours.

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