Giacomo's Italian Market

You walk in expecting sub sandwiches and walk out with a bottle of Emidio Pepe. The wine list at Giacomo's Italian Market is a genuine surprise — tucked into an intimate deli setting where the cheese counter and cured meats compete for your attention. This is not a wine bar pretending to be a market; it's a market that clearly has someone with taste making the wine calls.

The list skews sharply Old World and makes no apologies for it. Italy leads the charge with heavy hitters across Veneto, Piemonte, Lombardia, and Abruzzo — we're talking Arpepe's Vigna Regina Riserva from Valtellina, Cascina delle Rose Barbaresco, and the legendary Emidio Pepe Trebbiano d'Abruzzo alongside accessible Ripasso from Rubinelli Vajol. France chips in with a Domaine Fleuriet Sancerre, an Albert Mann Alsatian Riesling, a Bourgogne Pinot Noir from Domaine Parent, and even Laurent-Perrier Brut for the occasion. The Grüner Veltliner from Manni Nössing in Alto Adige is the kind of nerdy Alpine pick that signals someone here actually cares. Gaps exist — no real coverage of Southern Italy or natural wine territory — but for a deli list, the depth is genuinely impressive.

Glass pour details are limited in the available data, but the bottle price range suggests pours likely fall in the $9–$15 zone for everyday options. Given the list's focus on bottles with some age and intentionality, we'd push toward ordering by the bottle here — the real value is in the selections, not necessarily the pour program. We'd love to see a rotating by-the-glass that highlights something like the La Farra Prosecco Superiore as a house opener.