315 Restaurant & Wine Bar

Walking into 315, you don't expect a 150-plus bottle list anchored by Burgundy, Bordeaux, and serious California reds — but here we are, in a cozy French bistro tucked along Old Santa Fe Trail doing things most big-city wine bars can't be bothered to attempt. The list signals that someone on staff actually gives a damn, and that someone is backed by a sommelier who clearly built this thing with intention. It's a proper wine bar hiding inside a neighborhood restaurant.

The Old World backbone is strong: Champagne and Burgundy lead the charge, with Henri Perrusset Les Rochettes Chardonnay representing a smart, producer-focused Burgundy pick rather than a name-brand shortcut. Italy shows up thoughtfully — Venica's Jesera Pinot Grigio from Collio is a real wine, not a grocery aisle filler, and La Spinetta Moscato d'Asti covers the sweeter end without being embarrassing about it. California gets premium real estate with Ridge Monte Bello 2012 and Opus One 2010 anchoring the splurge tier, while PICAYUNE's Padlock blend offers a more grounded Napa option. The Port section alone — Dow's 2003, Graham's 2016, plus a Ten and Twenty Year Tawny — tells you this list was built by someone who thinks about how dinner actually ends.

Eighteen-plus pours by the glass is genuinely generous for a restaurant this size, and the range runs from $9 to $25 — which means you can sip something interesting without committing to a bottle. We'd want to know how frequently the glass list rotates, since a program this ambitious lives or dies on freshness; a stale BTG list with an otherwise deep cellar is a missed opportunity. For now, the breadth is there, and that Venica Pinot Grigio by the glass would be our first call on a warm patio night.