Piedmont, Super Tuscans and Napa Cabernet, with glasses posted
Scottsdale · Modern Italian · Visit Website ↗
Reviewed October 9, 2026 · How we review
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Fat Ox's wine list opens with a Wine By The Glass page, then moves through bubbles, Italian and European whites, Italian reds (the table of contents puts them on pages 6 to 8), Arizona and California reds and a dessert page. The glass page prints two numbers per wine separated by a bar, such as 12|43, and doesn't label them, so ask which is the glass and which is the bottle. The PDF's file name carries 3_1_2026, so treat it as a spring 2026 list and confirm what's pouring.
The deepest sections are Italian red and California Cabernet. Barolo includes G.D. Vajra 'Albe' 2021 at $110 and Bartolo Mascarello 2018 at $430, and the Super Tuscan section includes Fanti 'Poggio Torto' 2024 at $60, Tignanello 2022 at $325 and Sassicaia 2022 at $500. Chianti starts with an Antinori Riserva 2022 at $80, and there is a Terre Nere Etna Rosso at $105. The white pages open with a long Italian bench that includes Monteverro Vermentino 2023 at $53. Away from Italy there is a separate Arizona Reds section (Rune Wines Grenache, Willcox, 2023 at $74), and the California Cabernet pages go as high as $1,100 for Diamond Creek's 2022 'Gravelly Meadow' and 'Volcanic Hill,' with Opus One 2018 at $840. The bottle prices on the list carry no unit label.
Glass pours are posted as two numbers with no labels: Prosecco from Montelliana at 12|43, Roederer Anderson Valley sparkling at 18|65, Jermann Pinot Grigio at 16|58 and Hartford Court Chardonnay at 22|80. The reds run from Marino Abate Nero d'Avola at 13|47 and Villa Trasqua Chianti Classico at 14|50 up to Franco Serra Barbaresco 2022 at 25|90 and Mastrojanni 'San Pio' at 26|94. A separate 'Dessert Wines & Ports by the Glass (2 oz)' page runs from 13 for the Disznókő Late Harvest Tokaji to 35 for a Taylor 30 Year Tawny. There is also an optional family-style pairing at $50 pp (Standard) or $75 pp (Sommelier) and higher tiers, and the sheet says the entire table has to take part.
The Bottom Line
This is an Italian-heavy list with a clear glass page, and the glass page is the easiest place to start. Begin with the Villa Trasqua Chianti Classico at 14|50, then go to the Piedmont and Super Tuscan pages if the table wants a bottle: Tignanello 2022 is listed at $325. Confirm prices and units, because the list doesn't label them. This unrated guide covers the posted wine list, not service, storage or markups.
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Solid Range
Fair
Basic Stemmed
Rotating Cast
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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Solid Range
Fair
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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