Serious Italian Cellar With a Napa Habit
Federal Hill · Providence · Italian · Visit Website ↗
Reviewed April 11, 2026
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The wine list at Camille's arrives with the weight of a restaurant that actually cares — 80-plus bottles, a sommelier on the floor, and prices that climb all the way to $995 if you're feeling reckless. It's a special-occasion list built for the room: candlelit, formal, the kind of place where someone's about to get proposed to at the next table. The ambition is real, even if the markup math occasionally makes you wince.
The list leans hard into two pillars: Italy and Napa Valley, which tracks perfectly for a Federal Hill Italian restaurant catering to a Providence crowd that loves both. On the Italian side, you get solid representation — Livio Felluga from Friuli, Antinori's Tignanello at $56 (one of the rare fair prices on the list), and marquee Napa bottles like Duckhorn's Three Palms Merlot and Opus One for the big spenders. The gaps show up in Southern Italy, Burgundy, and anything remotely adventurous — this list is not here to challenge you, it's here to comfort you. That's fine for what Camille's is, but don't come looking for natural wine or an obscure Sicilian field blend.
The by-the-glass program runs 10-16 options in the $14-$18 range, which is reasonable for the neighborhood and the room. The 2022 Livio Felluga Pinot Grigio Colli Orientali del Friuli anchors the white side and is genuinely one of the better pours you'll find by the glass in Providence — this is not your airport Pinot Grigio. Rotation appears limited; this reads more like a set program than one with a lot of seasonal energy.
2020 Antinori Toscana Tignanello — $56
Tignanello at $56 is legitimately one of the best deals on this list — a Super Tuscan icon from one of Italy's most storied producers, and at that price it's not getting marked up into oblivion. Order it before they fix the pricing.
2022 Livio Felluga Pinot Grigio Colli Orientali del Friuli
Most people see 'Pinot Grigio' on a menu and mentally check out, but Livio Felluga's Colli Orientali bottling is a completely different animal from the mass-market stuff — structured, mineral, with actual character. It's the sleeper pick on a list full of red-meat-and-Cab crowd-pleasers.
2021 Antinori Umbria Bianco Cervaro della Sala
At $155 on the list against a $50 retail price, you're paying a 210% markup for a Chardonnay-Grechetto blend that's good but not remotely worth the math. The Tignanello right there on the same list is the smarter move at a fraction of the price.
2021 Duckhorn Merlot Napa Valley Three Palms Vineyard + Center Cut Brandt Filet Mignon
Three Palms is one of Napa's most celebrated Merlot sites — plush, structured, with enough dark fruit and grip to go toe-to-toe with a center-cut filet without either one bullying the other. It's the obvious move, and sometimes the obvious move is obvious for a reason.
✔️ The Bottom Line
Camille's has a real wine program — sommelier included — but the steep markups on most of the list mean you need to be selective to get your money's worth. Go for the Tignanello, ignore most of the Napa trophy bottles, and let the sommelier earn their keep.
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Basic Stemmed
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Deep & Eclectic
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Steep
Basic Stemmed
Knowledgeable & Friendly
Set & Forget
Proper
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Crowd Pleasers
Steep
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Seasonal Rotation
Acceptable
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Steep
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
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Solid Range
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Acceptable
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