Great Views, Decent Pours, No Surprises
East Price Hill · Cincinnati · American gastropub with pizza and bar fare · Visit Website ↗
Updated June 2026
Reviewed June 5, 2026 · How we review
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The wine list at Incline Public House is exactly what you'd expect from a busy gastropub perched above Cincinnati with a killer deck view — approachable, familiar, and built for the crowd rather than the curious. It's not trying to be a wine bar, and it doesn't pretend to be one. What you get is a short, easy-to-navigate list that won't slow down the table when the pizza arrives.
The list leans heavily on crowd-favorite producers from California, Italy, New Zealand, and Australia — think Whitehaven Sauvignon Blanc, 19 Crimes Red Blend, and Caposaldo Moscato, the holy trinity of 'safe restaurant wine.' There's no Burgundy, no skin-contact anything, no deep regional cuts worth geeking out over. The Jeio Prosecco is a solid call if you want bubbles without the La Marca tax, and the rotating house selections add a small layer of mystery — for better or worse. Gaps are wide: zero Rhône, zero Spanish, zero domestic Pinot Noir worth mentioning.
Ten options by the glass covering seven whites and sparkling plus three reds, ranging from $8 to $13 — reasonable for a gastropub in this zip code. The spread is fine for a first-round-with-friends scenario but thin on the red side, where your choices basically start and end at a house pour, a Cab, and a Red Blend. Rotation exists on the house pours, which is the most interesting thing happening on this side of the menu.
Meiomi Pinot Noir — $12/glass, $46/bottle
At roughly 156% markup, this is the closest thing to a fair deal on the red side — Meiomi retails around $18, and at $12 a glass you're not getting gouged. It's a soft, crowd-pleasing California Pinot that holds up against a half-rack or a Margherita pizza without demanding your full attention.
Jeio Prosecco
Everyone grabs the La Marca split out of habit, but the Jeio Prosecco is the smarter pour — Bisol's entry-level Prosecco DOC label delivers cleaner fruit and better structure than most of its neighbors on this list. Order it with the pretzel bites and stop overthinking it.
Castello del Poggio Pinot Grigio
At a 220% markup on a bottle that retails for $10, this is the worst math on the list. It's a perfectly forgettable supermarket Pinot Grigio that has no business being poured at $8 a glass. The house white at the same price is probably the same wine — or close enough that you shouldn't care.
Whitehaven Sauvignon Blanc + Margherita Pizza
Whitehaven's Marlborough Sauv Blanc brings enough citrus snap and herbal edge to cut through the mozzarella fat and echo the brightness of the tomato sauce. It's a lighter pizza, and this is a lighter white — nothing fights, everything refreshes.
The Bottom Line
Incline Public House is not a wine destination, but it's not pretending to be one either — the views are the draw, the pizza is the move, and the wine list is just honest enough to not embarrass itself. Come for the deck, drink the Meiomi, and enjoy the skyline.
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