800 Bottles Deep in SoMa
SoMa · San Francisco · Mediterranean, European
Reviewed April 8, 2026 · How we review
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The wine list at Luce lands with real weight — we're talking 800 to 1,200 selections inside a hotel restaurant that could have coasted on InterContinental brand safety and a few safe Napa pours. Instead, it reads like someone actually cares, with California, France, and Italy all given serious attention. This is a list built for lingering.
California gets the marquee treatment — Harlan Estate, Screaming Eagle, Ridge Monte Bello, Caymus Special Selection, and Opus One all make appearances, which tells you this is a list angled toward big-wallet Napa devotees. But Italy is where things get genuinely interesting: Giacomo Conterno and Bruno Giacosa representing Barolo, Antinori's Tignanello anchoring the Supertuscan corner. France rounds it out with Château Margaux and Domaine Leroy Burgundy pulling serious weight. Kistler Chardonnay holds it down on the white side of California. The gaps are minor — if you want esoteric natural wine or deep Southern Hemisphere exploration, look elsewhere.
Twenty to thirty-five pours by the glass is a strong program, with prices running $15 to $30 — not cheap, but reasonable for the caliber of the room and the list behind it. We'd expect the glass selection to mirror the list's California and Italian focus, which means you can drink well without committing to a bottle. Rotation details are thin from the outside, but the range suggests they're not just pouring one red and one white and calling it a day.
Antinori Tignanello — $XX
Tignanello is a benchmark Supertuscan that punches at a level well above most bottles on a restaurant list at its price point — Sangiovese and Cabernet Sauvignon blended with enough structure to handle the lamb and the pasta. If it's priced anywhere near fair here, it's the move.
Bruno Giacosa Barolo
Most tables at a spot like this are eyeing the California cult bottles, which means the Giacosa Barolo gets slept on. That's a mistake. Giacosa is one of the foundational names in Piedmont — serious, age-worthy wine that rewards anyone willing to look left on a list full of Napa trophy hunters.
Screaming Eagle
We get it — it's iconic. But Screaming Eagle at a hotel restaurant means you're paying a premium on top of an already stratospheric secondary market price. The wine is real, but the markup story here almost certainly isn't in your favor. Save the cult Cab splurge for somewhere with corkage or a tighter margin.
Kistler Chardonnay + Pan-seared sea bass
Kistler brings enough richness and texture to stand up to a properly seared piece of sea bass without steamrolling the fish. It's California Chardonnay done right — no butter bomb, all tension — and it makes a hotel restaurant dinner feel like the right call.
The Bottom Line
Luce earns its Best of Award of Excellence and then some — this is a serious wine list in a room that backs it up with proper glassware and staff who know what they're pouring. Prices run steep across the board, but if you're eating at a hotel restaurant with 1,000 bottles and a Domaine Leroy on the list, you already knew that going in.
West Portal · San Francisco · Italian wine bar and small plates
A wine-bar list built around Italian bottles, with prices from $41 to $600 on the Wine List page. Start with the Firmino Miotti Breganze Cabernet 2015 at $18/64 from the glass section, or take the Raina Le Campette Montefalco Rosso 2020 at $42 if you want a bottle, and confirm prices since neither page is dated. This unrated guide covers the posted wine list, not service, storage or markups.
Fillmore · San Francisco · Indian, Regional
A South Indian dinner menu with two wine PDFs behind it: 17 pours on the glass PDF from 15 to 32, then a bottle PDF that starts with grower Champagne. Start with the chilled Florèz God's Own at 15 or the Aldo Viola Moretto at 17, and confirm both lists, since the PDFs are undated and the website Wines tab names some different producers. This unrated guide covers the posted wine lists, not service, storage or markups.
Hayes Valley · San Francisco · Wine bar with California/Italian-leaning small plates
A wine-bar list that ranges from Lebanese sparkling and orange wine to Jura bottles and sherry by the 3 or 4 oz. Start with the Pardusco 2024 chilled red at $14 / $56 or the Apátsági 2022 juhfark at $17, and confirm prices, since the page itself points you to the wine wall for more. This unrated guide covers the posted drinks and bottle lists, not service, storage or markups.
North Beach · San Francisco · Italian
A pizzeria wine list with real range: 24 wines under the Glasses heading, Italian reds sorted by region, and New World reds that include Napa and Paso Robles Cabernet. Start with the $10/$40 house Chianti Superiore, or try the $13/$52 Planeta Ceresuolo with a Margherita, and confirm vintages and prices before you order. This unrated guide covers the posted wine list, not service, storage or markups.
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A 66-page list that starts with a 20-pour glass page and moves quickly into Burgundy, Rhône and Bordeaux bottles priced in the hundreds and thousands, so decide early whether you are drinking by the glass or committing to a bottle. Start with the $20 Chablis or the $23 Corsican red, and confirm today's list because it carries no print date. This unrated guide covers the posted wine list, not service, storage or markups.
Potrero Hill · San Francisco · Italian
A list with two speeds: 29 glass pours from $13 to $45, and a bottle book that runs from $44 to $2,100. Start with the $13 Il Frappato or the $18 Vietti Perbacco Nebbiolo, then look at the Etna Rosso bottles (Tenuta delle Terre Nere 2023 is $82) if you want a bottle. This unrated guide covers the posted drinks list, not service, storage or markups.
Roscoe · Roscoe · Mediterranean, European
Hidden Creek is doing something genuinely unexpected for its zip code — a Wine Spectator-recognized list anchored in serious French and Italian producers, on a wedding estate in Illinois. It's not a destination wine bar, but if you're already there, order something from Piedmont and lean in.
Solid Range
Fair
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Proper
Greensboro · Greensboro · Mediterranean, European
Green Valley Grill is doing something genuinely rare for a mid-size Southern city — maintaining a list serious enough to warrant a Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence year after year, without pricing out everyone who isn't on an expense account. If you're in Greensboro and you care about wine, this is your destination.
Deep & Eclectic
Fair
Varietal Specific
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Proper
Beverly Hills · Beverly Hills · Mediterranean, European
The Terrace is a legitimately deep, thoughtfully assembled list wearing resort hotel clothes — don't let the parasols fool you. If you're in Beverly Hills and want to drink something serious alongside Mediterranean food in a genuinely beautiful setting, this is where we'd send you.
Deep & Eclectic
Steep
Varietal Specific
Willing but Green
Active Program
Proper
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