Pizza Joint With a Surprisingly Grown-Up Wine List
· Atlanta · New American / Pizza · Visit Website ↗
Reviewed by the RagingWine Tasting Desk · June 30, 2026
RagingWine reviewed Humble Pie’s wine list and gave it The Wild Card — RagingWine’s Vibe-Check rating. How RagingWine reviews wine lists →
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You walk into a pizza spot and the wine list hands you Lambrusco di Sorbara and a Chianti Classico — that's not an accident, that's a personality. At 14 bottles deep, this list is short, but whoever built it was clearly thinking about what actually goes with food rather than just padding the page count. It earns your attention immediately.
The Italian throughline here is the real story: Cleto Chiarli's Vecchia Modena Lambrusco, Andrea Felici Verdicchio, Fattoria Rodàno Chianti Classico, and a biodynamic Catarratto from Caruso & Minini — that's a respectable Italian bench for any restaurant, let alone a pizza joint in Atlanta. The list doesn't stop there, adding Elena Walch Gewürztraminer from Alto Adige and a Côtes du Rhône Grenache-Mourvèdre blend to round out the Old World side. California shows up with the Artesa Los Carneros Chardonnay and a Brendel by Heitz Cellar Cab that signals someone here has mid-tier Napa taste. The weak link is the Super Gnario Happy Canyon red, which feels like it wandered in from a different list entirely.
All 14 bottles are available by the glass, which is genuinely unusual and worth applauding — you can taste across the whole list without committing to a bottle. Glass pours run $13 to $24, keeping most options accessible for a casual pizza dinner. No obvious rotation or reserve program, but the full-list-by-glass format more than compensates.
Cleto Chiarli Vecchia Modena Lambrusco di Sorbara — $13/glass
Lambrusco di Sorbara is the lightest, most food-friendly style of Lambrusco — bright, slightly fizzy, low tannin — and it's made for exactly the kind of food Humble Pie serves. At the bottom of the glass price range, it's the smartest order on the list.
Andrea Felici Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi 2021
Most people at a pizza place reach for something red or bubbly and completely sleep on Verdicchio. Felici is a benchmark producer in Marche, and this wine has the kind of saline, almond-edged bite that cuts right through cheese and crust. Most people will skip it. They shouldn't.
Twenty Rows Cabernet Sauvignon 2020
Twenty Rows is a perfectly fine supermarket Cab — but at a pizza restaurant with Chianti Classico and a Côtes du Rhône on the same list, there's no reason to reach for a generic Napa value brand. You can get this at Total Wine for less. Order the Rodàno instead.
Fattoria Rodàno Sangiovese Blend Chianti Classico 2021 + Margherita pizza
Sangiovese and tomato sauce is one of the least controversial food-wine matches in existence — the high acid in the wine mirrors the acidity in the sauce, the cherry fruit plays off the sweetness of San Marzano tomatoes, and the tannins are light enough not to bully fresh mozzarella. It's a cliché because it works.
The Bottom Line
Humble Pie punches well above its weight class for a pizza restaurant — a focused, Italian-leaning list at honest prices with every bottle available by the glass. It's not a wine destination, but it's exactly the kind of place where you drink better than you expected to.
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