Madera

The wine list at Madera lands with the kind of weight that makes you sit up straighter. Rosewood Sand Hill is already doing everything right — the terrace views, the smart-casual polish — and the wine program matches the room without flinching. Eight hundred to twelve hundred selections is not a list; it's a statement.

Sommeliers Ken Wagstaff and Jodi Sundermeier have built something genuinely impressive here: Champagne and Burgundy anchor the old-world side, with Domaine Leflaive Puligny-Montrachet sitting alongside Château Lynch-Bages and a deep Rhône presence that signals real curatorial intent. California is handled with the confidence you'd expect this close to the action — Ridge Monte Bello, Kosta Browne, Kongsgaard, Opus One, and Sine Qua Non all make appearances, meaning the list isn't just name-dropping, it's actually pulling the right names. Italy gets proper treatment too: Gaja Barbaresco is here, and the Piedmont and Tuscany depth aligns with what Wine Spectator recognized when handing out the Best of Award of Excellence starting in 2023. If there's a gap, it's that a list this ambitious can feel overwhelming without a guide — fortunately, the staff is actually the guide.

Twenty to thirty-five pours by the glass is a serious commitment, spanning a price window of roughly $15 to $30 — which means you can work through a proper tasting arc across a meal without ordering a bottle. The range tracks the bottle list well enough that the by-the-glass program feels like a real program, not an afterthought of leftovers.