Old-World Italian Whites Done Right
· Hartford · Italian-American · Visit Website ↗
Reviewed October 24, 2026 · How we review
RagingWine reviewed Carbone's Hartford’s wine list and gave it The Reliable — RagingWine’s Vibe-Check rating. How RagingWine reviews wine lists →
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Ninety-four labels at an Italian-American institution in Hartford — that's a serious commitment to the wine program, and the list wastes no time proving it. The sparkling section alone reads like a Champagne house roll call, and the Italian whites go well beyond the usual Pinot Grigio-and-done formula. This is a restaurant that actually thought about wine.
The Italian white section is where Carbone's earns its stripes: Feudi Di San Gregorio Greco di Tufo, Velenosi Pecorino Villa Angela, Suavia 'Massifitti' Trebbiano, Tenuta Ferrata Etna Bianco — these aren't wines you find at every red-sauce joint in New England. The Champagne lineup is legitimately impressive, running from the accessible Taittinger Brut La Française all the way to a four-figure Krug 2011. Reds and the rest of the list aren't detailed in what we've seen, but the white and sparkling coverage alone suggests a team that knows Italian wine beyond the obvious. The one gap: no evidence of significant domestic red depth or Old World red variety to round things out.
Eleven options by the glass is a respectable count, with the pour range sitting between $13 and $17 — reasonable for Hartford. The Gooseneck Prosecco anchors the bubbles side at $13/glass, which is a fair entry point. We'd want to see more Italian whites make it to the by-the-glass program; a Greco di Tufo or Etna Bianco on pour would be a real differentiator.
The Bottom Line
Carbone's Hartford punches above its weight on Italian whites and Champagne — the Greco di Tufo, the Etna Bianco, and the Suavia 'Massifitti' are exactly the kind of picks that separate a real wine list from a prop. Markup runs steep in spots (that Livio Felluga isn't doing anyone favors), and the by-the-glass program leaves some of the best bottles stranded on the bottle-only list. Come for the Italian-American classics, bring a table of four, and split something interesting from the whites.
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Laurent-Perrier, Cuvee Rose Brut $ 220 Champagne, France NV
Champagne & Sparkling Wines
$220.00 / bottle
Billecart-Salmon, Le Sous Bois, Extra Brut $ 200 Champagne, France NV
Champagne & Sparkling Wines
$200.00 / bottle
Taittinger, Brut La Francaise $ 145 Champagne, France NV
Champagne & Sparkling Wines
$145.00 / bottle
Moet & Chandon, Brut Imperial $ 150 Champagne, France NV
Champagne & Sparkling Wines
$150.00 / bottle
Pol Roger, Brut $ 300 Champagne, France 2018
Champagne & Sparkling Wines
$300.00 / bottle
Krug $ 1,000 Champagne, France 2011
Champagne & Sparkling Wines
$1,000.00 / bottle
Jeio, Prosecco $ 65 Veneto, Italy NV
Champagne & Sparkling Wines
$65.00 / bottle
Gooseneck, Prosecco Veneto, Italy Glass $ 13 Bottle $ 52
Wines by the Glass - Bubbles & Rose
$13.00 / glass · $52.00 / bottle
Mumm Napa, Cuvee M $ 70 Napa Valley, California NV
Champagne & Sparkling Wines
$70.00 / bottle
Castelo Banfi, Principessa, Gavi Di Gavi $ 60 Piedmont 2023
Whites - Italy
$60.00 / bottle
G.D. Vajra, Moscato d'Asti $ 62 Piedmont 2025
Whites - Italy
$62.00 / bottle
Bigi, Orvieto Classico, 'Secco', White Blend $ 60 Umbira 2024
Whites - Italy
$60.00 / bottle
Il Poggio, Falanghina $ 56 Campania 2024
Whites - Italy
$56.00 / bottle
Livio Felluga, Pinot Grigio $ 88 Friuli-Venezia Giulia 2023
Whites - Italy
$88.00 / bottle
Suavia, 'Massifitti', Trebbiano $ 68 Veneto 2022
Whites - Italy
$68.00 / bottle
Argiolas, Vermentino $ 70 Sardinia 2025
Whites - Italy
$70.00 / bottle
Tenuta Ferrata, Etna Bianco $ 75 Sicily 2023
Whites - Italy
$75.00 / bottle
Feudi Di San Gregorio, Greco di Tufo $ 70 Campania 2023
Whites - Italy
$70.00 / bottle
Velenosi, Pecorino, Villa Angela $ 66 Marche 2023
Whites - Italy
$66.00 / bottle
Tenuta Bocca Di Lupo, Chardonnay $ 72 Puglia 2023
Whites - Italy
$72.00 / bottle
Trimbach, Riesling $ 65 Alsace 2022
Whites - France
$65.00 / bottle
Domaine Weinbach, Pinot Blanc, Reserve $ 78 Alsace 2023
Whites - France
$78.00 / bottle
Huges Beaulieu, Picpoul $ 50 Languedoc-Roussillon 2023
Whites - France
$50.00 / bottle
Lucien Albrechet, Gewürztraminer $ 58 Alsace 2021
Whites - France
$58.00 / bottle
Maison de Madeleine, Sancerre $ 88 Loire Valley 2025
Whites - France
$88.00 / bottle
Henri Bourgeois, Pouilly-Fume $ 74 Loire Valley 2024
Whites - France
$74.00 / bottle
Alphonse Mellot, Les Romains, Sancerre $ 150 Loire Valley 2022
Whites - France
$150.00 / bottle
Saint Cosme, Condrieu $ 185 Rhône Valley 2023
Whites - France
$185.00 / bottle
Domaine Andre Brunel, Chateauneuf du Pape, "Les Cailloux" $ 145 Rhône Valley 2022
Whites - France
$145.00 / bottle
Domaine Chante Cigale, Chateauneuf-du-Pape $ 105 Rhône Valley 2022
Whites - France
$105.00 / bottle
La Chablisienne, La Sereine $ 75 Chablis, Burgundy 2019
Whites - France
$75.00 / bottle
Maison Albert Bichot, Mercurey $ 130 Côte Chalonnaise, Burgundy 2021
Whites - France
$130.00 / bottle
Domaine Gilles Noblet, Pouilly-Fuisse $ 100 Mâconnais Burgundy 2024
Whites - France
$100.00 / bottle
Domaine Fernand et Laurent Pillot, Chassagne Montrachet $ 230 Côte d'Or Burgundy 2023
Whites - France
$230.00 / bottle
Domane Wachau, Gruner Veltliner $ 70 Neiderosterreich, Austria 2021
White - Bottle
$70.00 / bottle
Cloudy Bay, Sauvignon Blanc $ 80 Marlborough, New Zealand 2024
White - Bottle
$80.00 / bottle
Gai'a Wines, 'Monograph', Assyrtiko $ 52 Peloponnese, Greece 2025
White - Bottle
$52.00 / bottle
Ken Forester, Old Vine, Reserve, Chenin Blanc $ 78 Stellenbosch, South Africa 2024
White - Bottle
$78.00 / bottle
Dry Creek Vineyard, Dry Chenin Blanc $ 56 Clarksburg, California 2023
White - Bottle - North America
$56.00 / bottle
Jayson by Pahlmeyer, Sauvignon Blanc $ 85 Napa Valley, California 2023
White - Bottle - North America
$85.00 / bottle
Elk Cove Vineyards, Pinot Gris $ 60 Willamette Valley, Oregon 2024
White - Bottle - North America
$60.00 / bottle
Clos De Napa, Sauvignon Blanc $ 75 Rutherford, Napa Valley 2024
White - Bottle - North America
$75.00 / bottle
Ridge, Grenache Blanc $ 80 Paso Robles, California 2023
White - Bottle - North America
$80.00 / bottle
Benmar, Chardonnay, 'Sand Dunes', Dundee Hills $ 75 Willamette Valley, Oregon 2023
White - Bottle - North America
$75.00 / bottle
Kistler 'Les Noisetiers' Chardonnay $ 165 Sonoma Coast, California 2024
White - Bottle - North America
$165.00 / bottle
Kith & Kin, Chardonnay $ 78 Russian River Valley, Sonoma County, California 2023
White - Bottle - North America
$78.00 / bottle
Fess Parker "Ashleys", Chardonnay $ 75 Santa Rita Hills, California 2022
White - Bottle - North America
$75.00 / bottle
Stag's Leap Wine Cellars, "Karia", Chardonnay $ 100 Napa Valley 2021
White - Bottle - North America
$100.00 / bottle
Ferrari-Carano, Chardonnay $ 62 Alexander Valley, Sonoma County, California 2023
White - Bottle - North America
$62.00 / bottle
Far Niente, Chardonnay $ 145 Napa Valley, California 2024
White - Bottle - North America
$145.00 / bottle
Shafer Vineyards, Chardonnay $ 170 Red Shoulder Ranch, Napa Valley 2021
White - Bottle - North America
$170.00 / bottle
Rombauer, Chardonnay, Caneros $ 120 California 2024
White - Bottle - North America
$120.00 / bottle
Pahlmeyer, Chardonnay $ 265 Napa Valley, California 2019
White - Bottle - North America
$265.00 / bottle
Fleurs di Prairie, Rose Languedoc-Roussillon, France Glass $ 14 Bottle $ 56
Wines by the Glass - Bubbles & Rose
$14.00 / glass · $56.00 / bottle
Santa Marina, Pinot Grigio Provincia di Pavia, Italy Glass $ 13 Bottle $ 52
Wines by the Glass - White
$13.00 / glass · $52.00 / bottle
White Haven, Sauvignon Blanc Marlborough, New Zealand Glass $ 14 Bottle $ 56
Wines by the Glass - White
$14.00 / glass · $56.00 / bottle
Joseph Druhin, Chardonnay Macon-Village, Burgundy, France Glass $ 16 Bottle $ 64
Wines by the Glass - White
$16.00 / glass · $64.00 / bottle
Kali Hart, Chardonnay Monterey County, California Glass $ 15 Bottle $ 60
Wines by the Glass - White
$15.00 / glass · $60.00 / bottle
J. Vineyards, Pinot Noir California Glass $ 17 Bottle $ 68
Wines by the Glass - Reds
$17.00 / glass · $68.00 / bottle
Benmar, "Above the Clouds", Pinot Noir Willamette Valley, Oregon Glass $ 16 Bottle $ 64
Wines by the Glass - Reds
$16.00 / glass · $64.00 / bottle
Tutela, Super Tuscan Tuscany, Italy Glass $ 14 Bottle $ 56
Wines by the Glass - Reds
$14.00 / glass · $56.00 / bottle
Le Cellier De Princes, Cote Du Rhône Rhône Valley, France Glass $ 15 Bottle $ 60
Wines by the Glass - Reds
$15.00 / glass · $60.00 / bottle
Clos De Napa, Proprietary Red Blend Napa Valley, California Glass $ 15 Bottle $ 60
Wines by the Glass - Reds
$15.00 / glass · $60.00 / bottle
rva $ 90 Tuscany 2018
Italian Reds
$90.00 / bottle
Vietti, Perbacco, Nebbiolo, Langhe $ 65 Piedmont 2023
Italian Reds
$65.00 / bottle
Canneto, Vino Nobile di Montepulciano, Riserva $ 88 Tuscany 2019
Italian Reds
$88.00 / bottle
Castello di Gabbiano, 'Bellezza', Gran Selezione, Chianti Classico $ 120 Tuscany 2018
Italian Reds
$120.00 / bottle
Castello di Monsanto, Il Poggio, Chianti Classico $ 200 Tuscany 2019
Italian Reds
$200.00 / bottle
Ceretto, Barbaresco $ 150 Piedmont 2022
Italian Reds
$150.00 / bottle
Virna Borgogno, 'Montersino', Barbaresco $ 115 Piedmont 2020
Italian Reds
$115.00 / bottle
Castello Banfi, Cum Laude, Super Tuscan $ 100 Tuscany 2022
Italian Reds
$100.00 / bottle
Altesino, Brunello di Montalcino $ 145 Tuscany 2021
Italian Reds
$145.00 / bottle
Castello Banfi, Vigna Marrucheto, Brunello di Montalcino $ 300 Tuscany 2019
Italian Reds
$300.00 / bottle
Caparzo, Brunello di Montalcino, Riserva $ 225 Tuscany 2019
Italian Reds
$225.00 / bottle
Covalli, Barolo $ 80 Piedmont 2021
Italian Reds
$80.00 / bottle
Marchesi di Barolo, Barolo, Cannubi $ 320 Piedmont 2018
Italian Reds
$320.00 / bottle
Bertani, Amarone della Valpolicella, Valpantena $ 155 Veneto 2019
Italian Reds
$155.00 / bottle
Bodegas Faustino, Gran Reserva $ 78 Rioja, Spain 2016
Other World Reds
$78.00 / bottle
Bodegas Olarra, Cerro Anon, Grand Reserva $ 62 Rioja, Spain 2019
Other World Reds
$62.00 / bottle
Chateau Musar, Red $ 165 Bekka Valley, Lebanon 2018
Other World Reds
$165.00 / bottle
Ferrer Bobet $ 84 Priorat, Spain 2016
Other World Reds
$84.00 / bottle
Bodega Trivento, Golden Reserva, Malbec $ 60 Mendoza, Argentina 2023
Other World Reds
$60.00 / bottle
Domaine Bousequet, 'Ameri', Malbec $ 150 Uco Valley, Mendoza, Argentina 2022
Other World Reds
$150.00 / bottle
Penfolds, Bin 389, Cabernet-Shiraz $ 56 South Australia, Australia 2022
Other World Reds
$56.00 / bottle
Yalumba, Samuel's Collection, Bush Vine Grenache $ 60 Barossa, Australia 2024
Other World Reds
$60.00 / bottle
Mollydooker, 'The Scooter' Merlot $ 70 McLaren Vale, Australia 2023
Other World Reds
$70.00 / bottle
The Four Graces, Reserve, Pinot Noir $ 84 Dundee Hills, Willamette Valley, Oregon 2018
North America
$84.00 / bottle
Benmar, Springbok, Pinot Noir $ 80 Yamhill-Carlton, Willamette Valley, Oregon 2023
North America
$80.00 / bottle
Wentworth Vineyard and Ranch, 'Abel' Pinot Noir $ 175 Anderson Valley, Oregon 2023
North America
$175.00 / bottle
Fess Parker, Pommard Clone, Pinot Noir $ 92 Santa Rita Hills, California 2023
North America
$92.00 / bottle
Circumfrence, Pinot Noir $ 68 Russian River Valley, Sonoma County, California 2023
North America
$68.00 / bottle
Northstar, Polaris, Merlot $ 90 Columbia Valley, Washington 2022
North America
$90.00 / bottle
Opus One Winery, Red Blend $ 650 Napa Valley, California 2022
North America
$650.00 / bottle
L'Ecole, 'Ferguson', Red Blend $ 160 Walla Walla, Columbia Valley, Washington 2022
North America
$160.00 / bottle
West Hartford Center · Hartford · Wine bar / tapas
Crush is the kind of place that makes you reconsider what a small-city wine bar can be — a thoughtful, eclectic list, a sommelier who's actually there, food that goes beyond the usual tapas playbook (octopus skewers, duck prosciutto, Basque cheesecake), and a room that earns a second visit. If you're in greater Hartford and you care about what's in your glass, this is your spot.
Deep & Eclectic
Fair
Basic Stemmed
Knowledgeable & Friendly
Set & Forget
Proper
· Hartford · Italian
Geppetto is the kind of place where the wine list actually reflects the kitchen's point of view — Italy, seriously, without apology. It's not a destination wine program, but it's a trustworthy one, and in Torrington, that earns real points.
Solid Range
Fair
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Acceptable
West Hartford Center · Hartford · Upscale American Seafood and Raw Bar
Max's Oyster Bar is exactly the kind of reliable wine program a seafood-focused restaurant should have — thoughtfully built around what's on the plate, staffed by people who can guide you through it. The markup keeps it from being exceptional, but if you stick to the Old World whites, you'll drink very well.
Solid Range
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Knowledgeable & Friendly
Set & Forget
Proper
West Hartford · Hartford · American Tavern
Tavern in the Square West Hartford is a perfectly decent place to watch a game and eat a burger, but the wine list is purely functional — familiar brands, steep markups, and zero curation. Stick to draft beer or a cocktail unless a glass of Prosecco is all you need.
Crowd Pleasers
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Rotating Cast
Set & Forget
Acceptable
Downtown Hartford · Hartford · New American / Seafood
Max's Trumbull Kitchen is a reliable wine stop elevated by a genuinely smart focus on seafood-friendly whites — just don't pay full price when you can come back on Thursday and get the whole list at half off. That changes the math considerably.
Solid Range
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Occasional
Acceptable
West Hartford Center · Hartford · American / Burgers / Gastropub
Max Burger isn't a wine destination — it's a burger destination that happens to take wine seriously enough to price it fairly and run half-off Thursdays. If you're eating here anyway, you're in better shape than you think.
Crowd Pleasers
Steal
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Active Program
Acceptable
North Kansas City · Kansas City · Italian-American
A glass list that fits an Italian menu: 24 wines from $8 to $13, with Barolo, Amarone and Brunello available by the bottle. Start with the $8 Capasoldo Pinot Grigio, or the $13 Banfi Chianti Riserva if you are ordering the Veal Parmigiana, and confirm current prices. This unrated guide covers the posted drinks list, not service, storage or markups.
Old Mill District · Bend · Italian-American
This is a pasta-house list with a wide Italian and Oregon spread: bottles start at $36 and 14 wines come by the glass. Start with the Pastini Rosso at $9.25 for 6oz or the La Quercia Montepulciano at $10, and save Elk Cove ($60) for when you want to splurge on a Willamette Pinot. This unrated guide covers the posted wine list, not service, storage or markups, and the list is undated, so confirm what is available.
Brady Street · Milwaukee · Italian-American
A friendly, easy list for a pasta-and-pizza room: 19 pours by the glass from $7 to $13, plus bottles from $36 to $90. Start with the $7 Wollersheim Prairie Fumé, or get the $10 Banfi Chianti Superiore with a bowl of Pomodoro, and confirm prices because the page is undated. This unrated guide covers the posted wine list, not service, storage or markups.
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