Solid Italian pours for a pizza night
Battle Hill / West Post Road · White Plains · Italian / Pizzeria · Visit Website ↗
Reviewed July 18, 2026 · How we review
RagingWine reviewed Lombardo's Pizza’s wine list and gave it The Reliable — RagingWine’s Vibe-Check rating. How RagingWine reviews wine lists →
Wingman Metrics
You're not walking into a wine bar — and that's fine. The list is short, but someone clearly made actual decisions here rather than just calling up a distributor and saying 'send whatever.' Castello di Bossi and Elk Cove on a pizzeria list? That earns a second look.
Eleven-ish labels sounds thin, but the picks are legible. Italy anchors the list the way it should — Castello di Bossi Chianti Classico and Purato Nero d'Avola give you genuine regional character alongside the Neapolitan pies. California shows up in force with Davis Bynum from Russian River and Raeburn Chardonnay out of Sonoma, and Elk Cove's estate Pinot Noir from Oregon is a genuine outlier that has no business being on a pizza menu (we mean that as a compliment). The Adami Ruggeri Prosecco and Gerard Bertrand Côte de Roses round out a list that punches above its weight for a casual spot. Gaps exist — no real red Burgundy, no Barbera, nothing funky — but this isn't trying to be a wine destination and it doesn't pretend to be.
Five house pours cover the basics: Chardonnay, Merlot, Cabernet, Pinot Grigio, and Moscato, running $12–$18 a glass. It's a workmanlike lineup — no surprises, no embarrassments. Rotation appears minimal, so don't expect anything seasonal to show up unannounced.
Castello di Bossi Chianti Classico — $18
Chianti Classico from a reliable Gallo Nero producer at a pizzeria price point is exactly the kind of move that makes a short list worth respecting. Sangiovese with a Margherita is not a complicated equation, but it's the right one.
Elk Cove Vineyards Pinot Noir (Estate)
Nobody orders Oregon Pinot Noir at a pizza place, which means this bottle just sits there waiting for someone to notice it. Elk Cove's estate fruit is the real deal — silky, earthy, genuinely interesting. Order it and feel smug about it.
Francesca Collection Moscato d'Asti
Moscato d'Asti as a house pour is a safe, crowd-pleasing choice that tells you exactly nothing about the list's ambitions. It's not offensive, it's just the most predictable bottle here — and with Adami Prosecco available, there are better bubbles on the menu.
Purato Nero d'Avola + Neapolitan-style pizza
Sicilian grapes alongside Neapolitan dough is a southern Italian handshake. Nero d'Avola has the fruit and the acidity to cut through tomato sauce and char without overwhelming a simple pie. It's the most regionally honest move on the menu.
The Bottom Line
Lombardo's isn't going to replace your wine bar, but it's a pizza spot that made real choices on its list — and you'll drink better here than you expect to. Come for the pies, order the Chianti, be pleasantly surprised.
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Occasional
Acceptable
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Set & Forget
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Plays It Safe
Steep
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Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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Small but Thoughtful
Fair
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Active Program
Acceptable
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Buleria is doing the right things — an actual Spanish-leaning list at fair prices in a market that could easily get away with slapping Malbec and Pinot Grigio on a page and calling it done. It's not a destination wine list, but it's a genuinely solid one, and that's worth something.
Solid Range
Fair
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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Small but Thoughtful
Fair
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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Crowd Pleasers
Fair
Basic Stemmed
Rotating Cast
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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Pistarro's isn't going to blow any wine obsessives away, but for a Neapolitan pizzeria it delivers a tight, coherent, all-Italian list at prices that don't make you wince — and that $4 Happy Hour house pour is a genuine gift. Send your friends here for a casual Tuesday, not a celebration dinner.
Small but Thoughtful
Fair
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Occasional
Acceptable
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Bocca isn't trying to be a wine destination, and the list makes no pretense otherwise — but it's priced fairly, it's Italian through and through, and it does exactly what a neighborhood pizzeria wine list should do. Send your friends here for dinner, not for a wine education.
Plays It Safe
Fair
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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