Wine bar and bottle shop · Aveiro
We open the cask. You do the tasting.
Sixty wines from Bairrada and Dão, twelve by the glass every night, and small plates that don't steal the show. Two minutes from the Central Canal.
Tuesday to Saturday, from 6 pm
The name
A pipa is where wine waits. A prova is when it stops waiting.
We opened in 2019 in an old hardware shop on Rua Direita, with one simple idea: pour by the glass the wines you can usually only buy by the bottle.
Marta picks the wines, visits the growers and writes the list by hand every week. João looks after the food and the music, which is never too loud to talk over.
Wine list
By the glass, by the bottle, and to nibble
Wines by the glass change on Thursdays. If you like one, take a bottle home with 15% off.
- €6
Brut Nature sparkling, BairradaHouse
Baga and Maria Gomes, 24 months on lees
- €5.50
Bical 2022, Anadia
Taut white from old vines
- €7
Encruzado 2021, Dão
Old oak, mineral
- €6.50
Baga 2018, CantanhedeHouse
The house red: firm tannins, red fruit
- €6
Touriga Nacional 2020, Dão
Floral, a gentle start to reds
Guided tastings
Three wines, one story
Thursdays and Fridays at 7 pm. Marta tells you where each wine comes from, no jargon.
Bairrada in three glasses
Sparkling, Bical and Baga. The best way into the region.
€1845 minBaga through time
The same grape in 2021, 2016 and 2009.
€2660 minDão versus Bairrada
Two neighbouring regions, two characters. With a cheese board.
€3275 min
Bottle shop
At the back, 400 bottles for sale
Everything we pour by the glass can be bought to take away. We choose small growers who sell little outside the region and almost nothing in supermarkets.
For gifts, we wrap in cork paper and hand-write a tasting note.
- 15% offThe wine you tasted by the glass
- Gift wrappingCork paper, hand-written note
A night here
Glasses, boards and conversation
The counter
6 pmFirst to arrive sit here.
The Beira board
Small platesThree cheeses, corn bread and pumpkin jam.
The house red
Baga 2018Served at 16 degrees, never warmer.
The courtyard
May to SeptemberTwelve seats behind the shop.
Guests
They came in for one glass
“I asked them to surprise me and left with three bottles I didn't know.”
“The Baga-through-time tasting is one of the best things to do in Aveiro on a Friday.”
“Wonderful local wines, explained with patience and humour.”
Book
We'll keep your table
For groups of more than eight, or the room just for you, tell us in the notes. We confirm by text.
Visit
Rua Direita, 41
Rua Direita 41 3800-000 Aveiro
Two minutes from the Central Canal.
234 000 241 · ola@pipaeprova.pt
- Tuesday to Thursday6 pm to midnight
- Friday and Saturday6 pm to 1 am
- Sunday and MondayClosed