Juniper Restaurant

You open the wine list at Juniper and immediately recalibrate your expectations — this is not what you ordered in Oklahoma. A 150-plus bottle list anchored by Bond, Gaja, and Far Niente tells you this kitchen takes wine as seriously as it takes sourcing its produce. It's ambitious, collector-friendly, and a little breathtaking.

California is the clear north star here, with Napa heavyweights like Caymus 'Special Selection' and Far Niente Chardonnay holding down the prestige end, but the list earns real respect by reaching into Italy with a 2000 Angelo Gaja 'Sperss' Barolo — a wine you'd expect to find at a white-tablecloth room in Chicago, not Tulsa. France gets its due with Henriot Champagne anchoring the bubbles section. Oregon, New Zealand, Spain, Argentina, and Chile round out the supporting cast, which keeps things from feeling like a one-region vanity project. The gap is in natural and low-intervention wines — if that's your thing, you'll find the list skews classical and conventional.

With 16 to 24 by-the-glass options, Juniper is genuinely generous here — this isn't a restaurant that hides the good stuff behind a bottle minimum. The range spans sparkling to red with enough variety that a two-top could explore very different styles across a meal. We'd love to see more rotation and seasonal surprises, but the depth at the glass level is above average for a fine dining room in this market.