1010 Bridge

Walking into 1010 Bridge, you expect Appalachian comfort food and white tablecloth ambition — and the wine list delivers a small but genuinely considered selection that doesn't embarrass itself. It's not trying to be a wine bar, but it's clearly not phoning it in either. The focus skews heavily toward dessert and semi-sweet wines, which is either a bold curatorial statement or a concession to the local market — probably both.

The list is compact, but the producers chosen are legitimate: Vietti's Moscato d'Asti is a real wine from a real Piedmont house, not a grocery store filler, and Quady Essensia Orange Muscat from California is a cult-adjacent dessert wine that earns its spot. The Virginia nod via Barboursville's Phileo N/V is a smart local-ish flex — Barboursville is one of the most serious operations in the Mid-Atlantic. The Heinz Eifel Eiswein from Germany rounds out a dessert-forward program that feels intentional rather than lazy. The gap here is the absence of a solid dry red or white backbone — if you're ordering the savory side of the menu, your options are limited.

By-the-glass specifics aren't published, so we can't confirm which of these wines are available as pours versus bottle-only. That opacity is a minor frustration — a fine dining room should make that easy to find. If the Vietti Moscato d'Asti is available by the glass, it's an easy yes.