Red Rock Romance With a Solid Cellar
Sedona · Sedona · Italian · Visit Website ↗
Reviewed by the RagingWine Tasting Desk · April 10, 2026
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The wine list at Dahl & Di Luca reads like it was built for the room — romantic, Italian-leaning, and comfortable rather than adventurous. It lands exactly where you'd expect from a candlelit Sedona institution that's been holding a Wine Spectator Award of Excellence since 2006. California and Italy carry the weight here, and they carry it well.
The list clocks in somewhere between 80 and 120 bottles, split predictably between California heavyweights and Italian classics — which is exactly what the cuisine calls for. You've got Antinori Tignanello and Marchesi di Barolo Barolo anchoring the Italian side, while Stag's Leap and Caymus hold down the California end. Banfi Brunello di Montalcino is a legitimate inclusion, not just a name-drop. The gaps show up when you look for anything off the beaten path — no natural wine curiosities, no southern Italian or Sicilian wildcards — but that's not what this place is selling.
Ten to sixteen options by the glass is a respectable spread for a restaurant this size, and the Santa Margherita Pinot Grigio and Ruffino Chianti Classico Riserva are reliable anchors for guests who aren't ready to commit to a bottle. The program feels static rather than rotated — don't expect to find something different on your third visit — but the quality floor is solid.
Ruffino Chianti Classico Riserva — $45
Chianti Classico Riserva is a food wine built for exactly this kind of Italian menu, and Ruffino delivers the goods without pretense. If it's landing in the $40s, it's the smartest bottle on the table for housemade pasta night.
Marchesi di Barolo Barolo
Most tables at a Sedona date-night spot will reach for Caymus on autopilot. The Barolo is the move — structured, complex, and the kind of bottle that makes osso buco taste like you planned the whole evening around it.
Caymus Cabernet Sauvignon
Caymus is everywhere, and it's priced like everyone knows it. You're paying a significant tourist-town premium for a wine you could grab at Total Wine on the way out of Phoenix. There are better California options on this list.
Antinori Tignanello + Osso buco
Tignanello is a Super Tuscan built on Sangiovese with Cabernet backbone — exactly the kind of wine that can go toe-to-toe with braised veal shank without either one blinking. This is the pairing you came to Sedona for.
The Bottom Line
Dahl & Di Luca won't surprise you, but it will take care of you — a well-maintained Italian-and-California list in a genuinely romantic room deserves the nearly two decades of Wine Spectator recognition it's earned. Bring someone you want to impress, order the Barolo, skip the Caymus.
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Set & Forget
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Solid Range
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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