Facci Ristorante

The wine list at Facci lands with more intention than you'd expect from a suburban Maryland Italian spot. It reads like someone actually cares about what's in the bottle — Italy front and center, no apologies, no pandering to the Napa crowd. That Wine Spectator Award of Excellence they've held since 2012 isn't just wall decor; the list backs it up.

This is a focused Italian program, roughly 80-120 bottles deep, and it leans hard into the classics that matter. Piedmont shows up properly with Barolo and Gaja Barbaresco anchoring the top end, while the Super Tuscan section gives you the Antinori Tignanello that every table wants to order once in their life. Brunello di Montalcino gets its own real estate too, which tells you something about the ambition here. The Friuli Pinot Grigio selections keep the lighter end honest — these aren't grocery store pours dressed up with a restaurant markup.

Ten to sixteen options by the glass is a respectable spread for a room this size, and the $10-$18 range keeps things accessible without scraping the bottom of the barrel. We'd like to see more rotation and a few more adventurous pours — the by-the-glass list plays it slightly safer than the bottle list suggests it could.