Sinaloan Seafood Hiding a Serious Wine List
· Aurora · Sinaloan / Mexican Seafood · Visit Website ↗
Reviewed by the RagingWine Tasting Desk · August 30, 2026
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You're scanning the menu for aguachile and ceviche tostadas, and then you clock a by-the-glass list featuring Billecart-Salmon and Pieropan Soave. At a Sinaloan seafood spot in Aurora, Colorado. We did a double-take too. Sixteen pours, all of them named, all of them priced between $11 and $19 — this is not an accident.
The list skews heavily Italian and reads like someone actually thought about what goes with seafood: Terlan Pinot Grigio, Michele Chiarlo Arneis, Pieropan Soave Classico, Ruggeri Argeo Prosecco. There's a German Riesling from Dr. Hans Von Muller, a Spy Valley Sauvignon Blanc from Marlborough, and a Rosé de Provence in Ice Tropez. The red side is less inspired — Band of Vintners and Signorello Trim Cab feel like they wandered in from a steakhouse — but the Argiano NC Rosso and Calera Pinot Noir keep things interesting. Sixteen labels is compact, but the curation here punches well above its weight class for this kind of restaurant.
Everything on the list is available by the glass, which means the entire program is a glass pour program — no bottle-only holdouts. Prices run $11 to $19, which is honest for this market without being aggressive. The range covers sparkling, white, rosé, and red, so you're not stuck with a single token Chardonnay.
Pieropan Soave Classico — $12/glass
Pieropan is one of the benchmark producers in Soave — this isn't supermarket Soave, it's the real thing. At $12 a glass alongside fresh seafood, it's the easiest call on the menu.
Michele Chiarlo Arneis Le Madri
Arneis is a Piedmontese white that most people walk right past, but it has this clean, almond-and-pear thing going on that is genuinely great with delicate fish and citrus-forward dishes. Michele Chiarlo makes a reliable one, and $13 is not a punishment.
Band of Vintners Premium Cabernet Sauvignon
At $19 a glass, this is the priciest pour on the list, and Cabernet Sauvignon is the last thing you want next to chile-spiked aguachile or garlic shrimp. It's not bad wine — it's just a bad fit, and you can do much better for less on this same list.
Ruggeri Argeo + Aguachile de Camarón
Bright, citrusy Prosecco DOC against spicy, lime-forward raw shrimp is a natural. The bubbles scrub the heat, the acidity matches the dish's punch, and at $11 a glass you can have two without thinking about it.
The Bottom Line
Nobody walks into a Sinaloan seafood restaurant expecting Billecart-Salmon and Pieropan on the glass list, and that surprise is exactly what earns this place a Wild Card. If you're ordering from the sea side of the menu, the wine list here will actually help you — which is more than you can say for most restaurants twice the price point.
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