Burgundy Royalty Meets Midtown Muscle
Midtown · New York · Farm to Table, French · Visit Website ↗
Updated November 2026
Reviewed April 5, 2026 · How we review
RagingWine reviewed Gabriel Kreuther’s wine list and gave it The Rager — RagingWine’s Vibe-Check rating. How RagingWine reviews wine lists →
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The list lands on the table like a small novel — north of 2,000 selections, organized with the kind of obsessive clarity that tells you immediately someone here takes this very seriously. This isn't a restaurant that bolted on a wine program; the wine IS the program. Wine Spectator's Grand Award since 2022 isn't decorative — you feel it.
Burgundy is the undisputed anchor: Domaine de la Romanée-Conti, Henri Jayer, Leroy, Armand Rousseau, and Domaine Leflaive all show up, and Coche-Dury means the white Burgundy game is equally serious. Bordeaux runs deep with Pétrus, Le Pin, Margaux, and Latour — the full trophy cabinet. The Alsace section is genuinely special and reflects chef Kreuther's roots, with Domaine Weinbach, Zind-Humbrecht, and Trimbach's Clos Sainte Hune all present — a selection you rarely see executed this well outside of Strasbourg. Italy (Giacomo Conterno, Gaja) and California (Screaming Eagle, Harlan Estate) round things out without overshadowing the French core.
Twenty to thirty pours by the glass is a serious commitment at this level — most restaurants with lists this prestigious would hide the good stuff behind full bottles. The team rotates through options that reflect the list's French-focused DNA, and with four working sommeliers on the floor, you can actually have a real conversation about what's open tonight.
Trimbach Clos Sainte Hune Riesling — $80–$120
One of Alsace's most iconic single-vineyard Rieslings, and in a city where novelty commands a premium, this kind of precision and terroir-driven complexity is underpriced relative to its Burgundy neighbors on this same list. Order it before the table next to you does.
E. Guigal La Landonne
Côte-Rôtie gets buried under all the Burgundy fanfare here, but La Landonne is as serious and cellar-worthy as anything in the room. Most tables are too distracted by the DRC section to find it. Their loss.
Screaming Eagle
It's here, and yes, it's legitimately great wine — but you're in an Alsatian-French restaurant in Midtown paying NYC fine-dining markup on a cult California Cab that's already trading at stratospheric secondary market prices. There are fifty bottles on this list that will give you a better story and a better dinner.
Jean-Louis Chave Hermitage + Muscovy Duck with Foie Gras and Black Truffle
Chave's Hermitage is all iron, dark fruit, and grip — built for exactly the kind of rich, earthy luxury on that plate. The black truffle and foie gras amplify the wine's savory depth rather than fight it. This is the pairing you'll be talking about on the cab ride home.
The Bottom Line
Gabriel Kreuther is the real deal — one of the most serious wine programs in New York, staffed by people who genuinely know what's in those bottles and why it matters. If you're going to drop serious money on wine in this city, this is where you do it.
Midtown · New York · French Brasserie
La Grande Boucherie earns its place as a reliable stop for wine in Midtown, especially if you're leaning French. The glass list is genuinely wide and has some smart picks buried in it — the Fleurie and the Wiemer Riesling both punch above their price points. Markups trend steep as you climb the bottle list, so your money works hardest in the by-the-glass section. If you're here for the brasserie experience, the wine program holds up its end of the deal.
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· New York · Steakhouse
BLT Prime's wine program is glass-only, which limits your options if you came for a big bottle moment, but the pricing is honest and the selection is more thoughtful than most steakhouses bother with. If you're keeping it casual and ordering by the glass, you can drink well here without feeling taken advantage of — and that's not nothing in this city.
Solid Range
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· New York · Restaurant
The Palm Midtown is not where you'd expect to find Puzelat and Ruth Lewandowski sitting next to each other on a wine list — which is exactly what makes it worth a second look. Six bottles is a short menu, but all six are defensible picks at prices that don't insult you. If you're in the mood to trust the list and not overthink it, this works.
Small but Thoughtful
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Murray Hill · New York · Classic American Steakhouse
Wolfgang's is a reliable steakhouse wine experience in the sense that you know exactly what you're getting: a list built around the bottle you already know, priced for the room you're sitting in. If you're here to close a deal over a Porterhouse for Two, the wine list will do its job without embarrassing anyone — but it's not going to surprise you, and it's almost certainly going to cost more than it should. Go in with eyes open and a strong second-choice red in mind.
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· New York · Mediterranean
Zaytinya's wine list is a rare thing in New York: a focused, regionally coherent program that commits hard to Greek and Eastern Mediterranean varieties without making you feel like you need a flashcard to order. The by-the-glass selection alone — 18 options, all under $18, featuring producers most wine lists wouldn't touch — makes this worth visiting even before the food arrives. If you eat here and order a Cabernet, that's on you.
Small but Thoughtful
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SoHo · New York · Italian
A long bottle list with Italian, Burgundy and Champagne sections, fronted by a 22-wine glass page. For a glass, try the Skerk Orange Wine from Friuli at 25/95, and for a bottle on a lighter budget, the Volpaia Vermentino at 60; upstairs in the café, the labeled list pours Palistorti di Valgiano's orange Tuscan blend at Glass $22. Confirm prices before you order, because the site's Upstairs Café dinner menu and the beverage PDF do not match. This unrated guide covers the posted wine lists, not service, storage or markups.
Nantucket · Nantucket · Farm to Table, French
The Company of the Cauldron earns its Wine Spectator nod — this is a focused, fairly priced list that understands its audience and the food it's serving. Not the most adventurous wine program on the island, but on a candlelit night in Nantucket with lobster in front of you, it more than does the job.
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Downtown Steamboat Springs · Steamboat Springs · Farm to Table, French
Harwigs is the kind of place that rewards guests who actually look at the wine list — a Burgundy-forward, thoughtfully curated program that has no business being this good in a ski town, and we mean that as a genuine compliment. If you're passing through Steamboat and care about what's in your glass, make the reservation.
Small but Thoughtful
Fair
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Willing but Green
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Stowe · Stowe · Farm to Table, French
Alpine Hall earns its Wine Spectator hardware — the list is solid, the storage is right, and there are genuinely good bottles in here if you know where to look. It's not a destination wine experience, but for a ski lodge in Stowe, it's doing the work where it counts.
Solid Range
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