Portland's Italian wine church, and we're converted
Southeast Portland · Portland · Regional Italian · Visit Website ↗
Updated August 2026
Reviewed by the RagingWine Tasting Desk · April 7, 2026
RagingWine reviewed Enoteca Nostrana’s wine list and gave it The Rager — RagingWine’s Vibe-Check rating. How RagingWine reviews wine lists →
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The two-story glass wine cellar greets you before you even sit down — this place is not messing around. It's modern and airy, but the list hits you with the weight of something that took years to build. Someone here genuinely loves Italian wine, and they want you to love it too.
Two hundred to three hundred bottles, almost entirely Italian, and it reads like a love letter to the peninsula's greatest regions. Piedmont is the obvious anchor — Produttori del Barbaresco and Bartolo Mascarello Barolo represent the kind of producers that serious collectors chase. Friuli gets serious real estate too, with Josko Gravner and Radikon flying the flag for extended-maceration, skin-contact whites that most Italian restaurants won't touch. Tiberio's Pecorino from Abruzzo shows they're not just fixated on the north, which keeps the list honest and exploratory.
With 20 to 35 pours available, this is one of the strongest by-the-glass programs in Portland by sheer ambition alone. The fact that producers like these appear anywhere near a glass program — rather than locked behind full-bottle minimums — is genuinely rare. Rotation appears seasonal, which keeps things fresh and gives you a reason to come back.
Tiberio Pecorino — Unknown
Tiberio is one of Abruzzo's benchmark producers, and Pecorino at this quality level consistently overdelivers for the price — crisp, mineral, and serious without the Vermentino markup you'd get on a similar coastal white. Order it without hesitation.
Radikon Oslavje
Most tables will default to a Barolo and miss this entirely. Oslavje is Radikon's multi-varietal skin-contact blend from Friuli — long maceration, oxidative complexity, utterly unlike anything else on the list. It demands a little patience but rewards the curious drinker in a way a safe Chianti never will.
Bartolo Mascarello Barolo
It's a legendary producer — no argument there — but Mascarello Barolo is one of the most allocated, most marked-up wines in any Italian program, and restaurant pricing rarely makes it a smart order. You're paying for the name recognition here. Go find the value plays instead and save Mascarello for a bottle shop where the math works.
Produttori del Barbaresco + Hand-extruded pasta
Produttori's Barbaresco has the structure to stand up to a rich, slow-cooked ragu but enough freshness to not bulldoze handmade pasta. The Nebbiolo tannins cut through fat, the acidity lifts the dish, and suddenly you're eating dinner the way it was meant to be eaten.
The Bottom Line
Enoteca Nostrana is the kind of Italian wine list that makes Portland look punching well above its weight — deep in the right regions, staffed by people who actually know what's in the cellar, and anchored by a glass program that gives you access to serious producers without committing to a full bottle. Yes, send your friends here. Send yourself here first.
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