Borgo Italia

Walking into Borgo Italia, the wine list feels like an extension of the room itself — intimate, Italian-leaning, and unpretentious. It's not trying to be a wine bar, and that's fine. What matters is whether it supports the food, and early signs suggest it does.

The wine program leans into Italy, with a reported focus on regions like Abruzzo and Sicily — two areas that consistently punch above their price point and complement Southern Italian cooking well. That regional coherence is a good sign; it suggests someone made deliberate choices rather than just filling slots with the usual suspects. The list appears modest in size, which isn't a knock — a tight, well-chosen Italian list beats a bloated one with no personality. We'd love to see more depth, but the bones are in the right place.

By-the-glass details aren't publicly documented, so we can't vouch for specific pours or counts. Given the trattoria format and price range, expect a handful of options rather than a rotating deep bench. If the kitchen is firing Saltimbocca and Chicken Marsala, hopefully something from the south of Italy is available by the glass to keep pace.