— Since 2004 · By Joanna & JC
A neighborhood wine shop that became a Miami institution.
Twenty-two years on Calle Ocho — built one bottle, one plate, and one Thursday night at a time.
22
YRSof Happy Wine on Calle Ocho — built by hardworking Colombian immigrants, raised by the neighborhood.
In 2004, Joanna and JC opened a small wine shop on SW 8th Street with a simple idea: bring good Spanish wine to Little Havana, and let the neighborhood decide the rest.
The neighborhood decided yes. Over the years the shop became a tapas bar, the tapas bar became a destination, and the destination became one of Miami’s most loved wine spots.
Timeline
Two decades on Calle Ocho.
The wine shop opens
Joanna and JC open a small vinoteca on SW 8th Street, focused on Spanish bottles you couldn’t find anywhere else in Little Havana.
From wine shop to wine bar
Regulars asked if they could open a bottle and eat something with it. The answer was yes — and a small kitchen, then a real one, took shape inside the shop.
The New York Times calls
Top 25 Locally Owned Places to Eat — and the Miami New Times names us Best Wine Shop in Miami.
A Josper, a stage, a flamenco night
A Josper charcoal oven joins the kitchen. Live music becomes a six-nights-a-week fixture. Flamenco Thursdays grows into a Miami ritual.
Still the same door on Calle Ocho
Over 1,000 bottles on the wall. Tapas, vino, and live music — six nights a week. Same neighborhood, same people, same idea.
What We Believe
Three things we never
compromise on.
Real Spanish, not Spanish-ish.
Jamón Ibérico de Bellota. Pulpo a la Gallega. Pan con tomate. The plates are the plates — cooked the way they're cooked in Spain.
Wine that isn't gatekept.
Bottles you can drink in the room or take home from the wall. Quartinos for the curious, allocations for the collectors — the same price either way.
A room with people in it.
Strings of lights, framed photos, scuffed wood, music in the corner, someone always laughing too loud at the next table. We've never tried to be quiet.
Press & Awards
Plan Your Visit
Whether it's a glass or a long table of friends we're ready.
Reservations recommended for Flamenco Thursdays, weekends, and parties of 6+.
5792 SW 8th St
Dominio del Bendito