Fort Wayne's Italian wine shop hiding in plain sight
Downtown-adjacent / Near West · Fort Wayne · Italian market and deli · Visit Website ↗
Reviewed by the RagingWine Tasting Desk · June 26, 2026
RagingWine reviewed Antonuccio's Italian Market’s wine list and gave it The Wild Card — RagingWine’s Vibe-Check rating. How RagingWine reviews wine lists →
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Walking into Antonuccio's, you're not walking into a restaurant with a wine list — you're walking into a neighborhood Italian market that happens to stock better Italian wine than most sit-down restaurants in Fort Wayne. The shelves lean hard into the boot, and the whole setup feels more like a well-curated enoteca than a corner deli. It's a vibe shift the moment you clock the Antinori next to the prosciutto.
The wine selection is Italy top to bottom — Tuscany, Veneto, no detours. Anchored by crowd-pleasing heavy hitters like Antinori Chianti Classico, Banfi Brunello di Montalcino, and Masi Amarone della Valpolicella, the range skews toward recognizable names rather than esoteric small producers. Don't come looking for Etna Rosso or Friulano — this is red-wine Italy, done accessibly. At market pricing, though, these are bottles you'd be paying a significant premium for at the restaurant down the street.
This is a market, not a restaurant, so a formal by-the-glass program doesn't really exist in the traditional sense. Whether you can crack something open with your sandwich depends on the day and the staff — don't count on it as a given. If you're here to eat, you're likely drinking what you buy off the shelf.
Antinori Chianti Classico — $20–$25
At retail market pricing, you're getting a proper Sangiovese-driven Chianti from one of Tuscany's most reliable houses for what a mediocre house red costs at most Italian restaurants nearby. Take two.
Masi Amarone della Valpolicella
Most people walk past Amarone because the name sounds intimidating or the price looks steep on a shelf. At market rate here, it's one of the most expressive wines you can buy in Fort Wayne — rich, dried-fruit intensity, built for a cold Indiana night. Worth every penny.
Banfi Brunello di Montalcino
Banfi makes solid, widely distributed Brunello — but it's also one of the most marked-up labels in retail because the name 'Brunello' does the selling. Unless this is priced notably below MSRP, you're paying for prestige more than personality. The Antinori or Masi will outperform it dollar for dollar.
Antinori Chianti Classico + Italian cold-cut sub
Sangiovese and cured meats is one of the most no-brainer combinations in Italian food culture — the acidity cuts the fat in the salumi, the tannins reset your palate between bites. Grab the bottle off the shelf, grab the sub from the counter, find a table.
The Bottom Line
Antonuccio's isn't a restaurant wine program — it's something more interesting: a genuine Italian market where you can eat well and leave with better bottles than most Fort Wayne restaurants will ever pour you. Come for lunch, leave with a Chianti, zero regrets.
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