Great Pizza, Wine List Phoning It In
SanTan Village · Gilbert · New York-style pizzeria (Italian-American) · Visit Website ↗
Reviewed June 25, 2026 · How we review
RagingWine reviewed Grimaldi's Pizzeria - Gilbert’s wine list and gave it The Lazy List — RagingWine’s Vibe-Check rating. How RagingWine reviews wine lists →
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Seven labels. That's the whole list. You flip it over hoping there's a back side — there isn't. This is a wine program that exists because a pizzeria legally has to offer something besides beer, not because anyone here cares about what's in your glass.
The list reads like a grocery store endcap: 14 Hands Cab, Kendall-Jackson Chard, Meiomi Pinot Noir, Santa Margherita Pinot Grigio, Joel Gott 815 Cab, La Marca Prosecco, and Grimaldi's own Mille Gradi house red. There's no Italy beyond the Pinot Grigio, no regional ambition, and zero surprise. The Mille Gradi collaboration is the only thing that hints at someone, somewhere, thinking about wine — but a custom house label on a seven-bottle list is a thin lifeline. California dominates, imports are an afterthought, and if you're hoping for even a middling Barbera or Montepulciano to go with that coal-fired crust, you're out of luck.
Glass pours appear to track the national Grimaldi's menu — 14 Hands Cab at $8, KJ Chard at $9, Meiomi Pinot at $10, and La Marca Prosecco splits at $9 — though none of these are confirmed specifically for this Gilbert location. The prices look reasonable on the surface until you check the math: pouring $9 retail wine for $10 a glass is solid business for the house, not for you. Rotation doesn't appear to happen.
Joel Gott 815 Cabernet Sauvignon — $36/bottle
At roughly 2.4x retail on a $15 bottle, it's the least punishing markup on the list and actually drinks well with a heavily sauced pizza. It's not exciting, but it's the move if you're buying a bottle.
Mille Gradi
Grimaldi's house red collaboration gets overlooked because it sounds like a marketing gimmick — and maybe it is — but it's purpose-built to go with their pizza, priced accessibly, and more interesting than another pour of Meiomi. Worth trying once.
Santa Margherita Pinot Grigio
At $45 a bottle for wine that retails around $23, you're paying a premium for a label that's been coasting on its reputation since 1994. There are better ways to spend $45 at a pizzeria.
Mille Gradi + Coal-fired brick oven Margherita pizza
The house red is literally designed for this pizza. Simple tomato, fresh mozzarella, charred crust — you don't need a complex wine, you need something that gets out of the way and lets the coal-fired flavor do its thing.
Tuesday — Grimaldi's runs a chain-wide half-price wine promotion on Tuesdays, but this offer has not been confirmed for the Gilbert SanTan Village location specifically. Call ahead before you plan your Tuesday around it.
The Bottom Line
Come for the pizza — seriously, the coal-fired pies are the reason you're here — but don't expect the wine list to add anything to the meal beyond basic lubrication. Order a bottle of Joel Gott, split the Margherita, and make peace with it.
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Crowd Pleasers
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Crowd Pleasers
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