North Loop's Best-Kept Wine Secret
Downtown / North Loop · Minneapolis · New American / Contemporary American · Visit Website ↗
Reviewed by the RagingWine Tasting Desk · June 8, 2026
RagingWine reviewed 112 Eatery’s wine list and gave it The Wild Card — RagingWine’s Vibe-Check rating. How RagingWine reviews wine lists →
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You come to 112 Eatery for the foie gras meatball tagliatelle — and then the wine list stops you cold. This isn't a steakhouse list of California Cabs and safe Pinots; it's a tight, thoughtful collection that clearly belongs to someone who actually drinks wine. Old World heavy, with names that earn their presence.
The list leans confidently into France and Italy — Burgundy, Bandol, the Loire, Alsace — with a curated New World contingent that earns its spot rather than just filling pages. Jean Foillard's Morgon Côte du Py, Domaine Tempier Bandol Rosé, López de Heredia Tondonia Reserva, and Domaine Huet Vouvray share space with smart California picks from Lioco. A 'Limited Selection' section gestures at allocated and harder-to-find bottles, which is the kind of move a serious list makes. The gaps are real — broader Southern European and Southern Hemisphere representation is thin — but what's here has a distinct point of view.
Sixteen options split evenly between red and white is a respectable pour program for a neighborhood bistro this size. The quality of what's available by the glass tracks with the bottle list — you're not getting the dregs here. Rotation cadence is unclear from the outside, but the list has the bones to keep things interesting.
R. López de Heredia Viña Tondonia Reserva 2010 — $95
Yes, it's marked up — but Tondonia Reserva at any price is a time machine. Brick-red, oxidative, and unlike anything else on the list, this is a bottle that turns a dinner into an event. At $95 for a wine this singular, you're still ahead.
Domaine Weinbach Riesling Cuvée Théo 2019
Most tables at 112 are ordering red, which means this Alsatian Riesling from one of the region's benchmark producers sits quietly underordered. That's a mistake. Weinbach's Cuvée Théo is precise, textured, and has enough weight to hold its own against rich food.
Domaine de la Pépière Muscadet Sèvre-et-Maine Sur Lie 2020
Pépière is a genuinely great producer and the wine is excellent — but at $48 for a bottle you can find at retail for $18, the markup is doing the most. That 167% premium is the steepest on the list. Order it by the glass if it's available, or redirect that $48 toward the Huet Vouvray.
Jean Foillard Morgon Côte du Py 2020 + Sweetbreads
Foillard's Côte du Py has the structure and dark fruit to stand up to the richness of sweetbreads without overwhelming the delicacy of the meat. Gamay from this specific vineyard runs deeper and more serious than the category suggests — it's the right call when the kitchen is cooking offal.
🎲 The Bottom Line
112 Eatery's wine list is punching well above its weight for a Minneapolis neighborhood bistro, with a genuinely distinctive Old World focus and producers that belong on serious lists anywhere in the country. The markups sting on a few bottles, but the curation earns enough goodwill to keep us coming back.
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Solid Range
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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Solid Range
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Knowledgeable & Friendly
Set & Forget
Proper
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Small but Thoughtful
Fair
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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Solid Range
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Knowledgeable & Friendly
Set & Forget
Proper
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Small but Thoughtful
Fair
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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Deep & Eclectic
Fair
Varietal Specific
Knowledgeable & Friendly
Seasonal Rotation
Proper
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Deep & Eclectic
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Proper
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Solid Range
Fair
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Occasional
Acceptable
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