La Collina

The wine list at La Collina reads like a greatest hits of grocery store staples — Kendall-Jackson, Santa Margherita, Silver Oak — names your aunt recognizes and your wallet will regret. It's comfortable in the way a hospital waiting room is comfortable: nothing offensive, nothing exciting, nothing that makes you feel great about being there. The Italian-American framing gives it a pass for a moment, but the pricing kills the goodwill fast.

The list leans heavily on California with a thin Italian presence, which is at least thematically appropriate for an Italian-influenced room. You get the Col d'Orcia Brunello di Montalcino at $80 as the lone serious Italian bottle — and honestly, that's the only wine here that earns its keep on merit. Beyond that, it's Sonoma Cutrer, La Crema, and Kendall-Jackson doing the Chardonnay heavy lifting, with Silver Oak Alexander Valley Cabernet anchoring the big-spend end at $130. Argentina gets a token mention in the region focus but doesn't show up in any named bottles we can confirm. The gaps in old-world depth and any adventurous producers make this feel like a list built for familiarity, not discovery.

We don't have confirmed glass pour details from the research, so we can't tell you exactly what's available by the stem — and that uncertainty itself is a mild red flag for a restaurant that should have that information front and center. Given the bottle list, expect the usual suspects poured by the glass at markups that'll make you wince if you do the math. No evidence of any rotation or active by-the-glass program.