Italian Roots, Croatian Detours, Glasses From $14
Midtown · Atlanta · Southern European · Visit Website ↗
Reviewed by the RagingWine Tasting Desk · September 24, 2026
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This Midtown restaurant describes an Italian and Southern European focus with room for wines from elsewhere. Its stated sourcing policy emphasizes vines grown without chemical or synthetic fertilizers and wines fermented with ambient yeast. That's the restaurant's description, not an independent certification that every bottle is organic or biodynamic.
The posted menu lists 13 wines by the glass at $14–$18: two sparkling, four white, three under rosé and skin contact, and four red. Vostinic-Klasnic Ikons, a Croatian Skrlet and Grasevina blend, is $14. Mortellito Cala Iancu Grillo from Sicily is $17. For a chilled red, La Galoche Gamay from Domaine St-Cyr is $16. Those are the detours we'd start with.
Tatomer Pinot Noir is $18; Tradizione Zanasi Lambrusco is $14. Pick your style before moving up the price ladder. These are posted glass prices checked in September 2026, with no serving volume specified. Confirm the current pour and vintage; this menu guide doesn't rate service or cellar conditions.
The Bottom Line
Start with the $14 Vostinic-Klasnic Ikons if you want to explore beyond familiar grapes, or the $16 chilled La Galoche Gamay if that's your lane. Lyla Lila's posted glass list makes trying something different a one-glass decision, not a whole-bottle commitment.
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