Bottles sorted by mood, 14 glass pours from $14 to $19
Lovejoy Wharf · Boston · American, Seasonal · Visit Website ↗
Reviewed by the RagingWine Tasting Desk · October 9, 2026
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Alcove sits at 50 Lovejoy Wharf, next to TD Garden and North Station, and the restaurant says it offers a waterfront patio setting. The wine lives in two documents: a glass and half-bottle section on a drinks menu dated 09.02.26, and a two-page bottle list dated 4.19.26. The restaurant calls its list Wine Spectator award-winning.
The bottle list skips grape-by-grape headings and sorts by mood instead: whites run 'crisp + refreshing', 'floral', 'mineral driven' and 'advanced textures', reds run 'juicy', 'savory', 'velvety' and 'big + bold', and each color has a 'bigger is better' large-format section. Prices start at $55 for the 2022 Gradis'ciutta Friulano from Collio and the 2022 Jean Foillard Beaujolais-Villages. At the top, the 2018 Domaine Leflaive 'Les Folatières' 1er Cru Puligny-Montrachet is $680, the 2019 Gaja Barbaresco is $587, and the 2004 Jordan Cabernet Sauvignon from Alexander Valley is $475 in the red 'bigger is better' section. In between you get things like a $59 Gruet 'Sauvage' from New Mexico, a $99 2021 Alain Graillot Crozes-Hermitage and a $98 2018 Long Meadow Ranch Merlot from Napa. The bottle list is dated 4.19.26, so confirm what is still on hand.
The 09.02.26 drinks menu lists 14 wines under 'glasses', from $14 to $19. Sparkling is the $16 Poggio Costa Brut Prosecco and the $19 Pierre Sparr Brut Rosé Crémant d'Alsace. Whites run from the $14 Bodegas La Cigarrera Manzanilla to the $19 2023 Clos de la Vierge 'Le Carré de Pèes' Jurançon, with the 2024 Château Nicot Entre-Deux-Mers at $16. There is one rosé, the $16 2025 G.D. Vajra 'Rosabella', and five reds, from the $15 2024 Pavette Pinot Noir and $15 Comtesse de Malet Roquefort up to the $19 2024 Armand Heitz Pinot Noir and $19 2022 Trefethen 'Eshcol'. Half bottles run from $32 for the 2024 Tiefenbrunner Pinot Grigio to $129 for the 2022 Gaja Ca' Marcanda 'Magari'.
The Bottom Line
A compact glass list and a bottle list sorted by mood instead of grape, with a $55 floor and a few real splurges at the top. Start with the $55 Jean Foillard Beaujolais-Villages or the $63 Domaine de la Noblaie Chinon, and confirm availability because the bottle list is dated 4.19.26. This unrated guide covers the posted wine and drinks lists, not service, storage or markups.
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Solid Range
Fair
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Proper
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