Bettini

Walk into Bettini and the wine list lands with the kind of weight you don't expect from a coastal island restaurant. This isn't a beach shack wine menu padded with generic California brands — it's a Best of Award of Excellence list built with real intention, anchored in France, California, and Italy. Coastal chic vibes, sure, but the wine program has teeth.

The 200-350 bottle list reads like someone actually cares: Domaine Leflaive Puligny-Montrachet anchors the Burgundy section, Château Lynch-Bages holds down Bordeaux, and the Italian corner brings Sassicaia and Antinori Tignanello to the table — not as trophies, but as real drinking options. California is well-represented beyond the obvious crowd-pleasers, with Kistler Chardonnay and Ridge Monte Bello sitting alongside Silver Oak and Caymus Special Selection. The Oregon detour via Domaine Drouhin shows someone was paying attention when they built this list. A few predictable prestige bottles like Opus One feel more like menu insurance for the big-spender table, but they don't drag the list down.

With 12-20 pours on offer, the by-the-glass program is generous for a restaurant of this size and setting. You're not stuck choosing between grocery store Pinot Grigio and a butter bomb Chardonnay — this program gives you real options across styles. Rotation details weren't confirmed, but with Francisco Chagolla running the floor, expect the glass list to reflect the same care as the bottle list.