The Xinomavro Is Doing All the Heavy Lifting
Downtown / Mamaroneck Avenue · White Plains · Greek and Mediterranean · Visit Website ↗
Reviewed July 17, 2026 · How we review
RagingWine reviewed Greca Mediterranean Kitchen + Bar’s wine list and gave it The Lazy List — RagingWine’s Vibe-Check rating. How RagingWine reviews wine lists →
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The food at Greca is clearly where the love went — the wine list reads like an afterthought scribbled on a napkin. Five labels, all by the glass, all at $9, with zero bottle options listed anywhere we can find. It's not offensive, just completely uninspired.
Five wines total: Prosecco, Pinot Grigio, Sauvignon Blanc, Pinot Noir, and one genuine bright spot — a Xinomavro, which is the indigenous Greek red grape that actually belongs on a menu like this. The rest of the list could be pulled from any banquet hall in Westchester. There's no depth, no regional coherence beyond that single Greek varietal, and no bottles to speak of if you want to go deeper into the evening. For a restaurant reimagining Greek cuisine in a stylish downtown setting, the wine program is embarrassingly flat.
All five wines are by the glass at a flat $9, which at least makes the math easy. The selection doesn't rotate as far as we can tell — what you see is what you get, every night. The Xinomavro is the only pour worth getting intentional about; the rest are interchangeable crowd-pleasers.
Xinomavro — $9
Nine dollars for Greece's answer to Nebbiolo — earthy, tannic, and actually interesting — is the only reason to engage with this list seriously. Anywhere else in Westchester it'd cost you more just for the novelty.
Xinomavro
Most people at the table are going to default to the Pinot Noir or Pinot Grigio without a second thought. The Xinomavro is the only wine here with a story and a sense of place — skip the familiar and go Greek.
Sauvignon Blanc
At $9 it's not highway robbery, but a generic Sauvignon Blanc at a Greek Mediterranean restaurant is a wasted opportunity in every direction. Order the Xinomavro instead.
Xinomavro + Dolmades (stuffed grape leaves)
Xinomavro has the acidity and herbal backbone to cut through the briny, lemony richness of stuffed grape leaves. It's the one moment on this menu where the food and wine actually feel like they were meant to share a table.
The Bottom Line
Greca is worth a visit for the food, but the wine list is running on autopilot — five generic pours and a single Greek varietal keeping the whole thing from total irrelevance. Come for the dolmades, drink the Xinomavro, and don't expect much else from the glass.
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