Newnan's Italian spot hiding serious Italian wine chops
· Newnan · Italian · Visit Website ↗
Reviewed November 2, 2026 · How we review
RagingWine reviewed Mama Lucia's Restaurant’s wine list and gave it The Wild Card — RagingWine’s Vibe-Check rating. How RagingWine reviews wine lists →
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Walk in expecting a red-checkered-tablecloth house Chianti situation, and the wine list politely corrects you. Twenty-five labels is a compact list, but the names on it — Pecchenino, Sella & Mosca, Quadrio, Bertani — signal that someone here is actually paying attention. This is not a list built by defaulting to the distributor's top ten.
The Italian focus is tight and well-executed: you get Dolcetto from Dogliani, Cannonau from Sardinia, Valtellina Superiore from Lombardy, and Valpolicella from the Veneto — that's real regional range for a 25-bottle list in a mid-sized Georgia city. The Fattorie Melini Chianti Classico and Ricossa Barbera Appassimento round out the heartland Italian reds, while the Ruevi Barbera d'Alba at the top of the price ladder shows they're not afraid to go a bit deeper. The whites follow suit with the Argillae Superiore and Castalvero Cortese alongside the more expected Pinot Grigios, though the California contingent — Chalk Hill Chardonnay, Pike Road, Leviathan — feels a little grafted on. The gaps are real: no Nebbiolo beyond the Valtellina blend, no sparkling beyond a Moscato d'Asti, and Rosé is thin.
Nearly the entire list pours by the glass, which is genuinely impressive — 23 of 25 labels available as pours, starting at $10 and topping out at $18. That's a restaurant that wants you exploring, not just defaulting to whatever's open. The range lets you work through multiple Italian regions in one sitting without committing to a bottle, which is exactly how a list like this should function.
The Bottom Line
Mama Lucia's wine list punches well above its weight for a casual Italian restaurant in Newnan — fair pricing, real Italian regional depth, and an almost entirely by-the-glass program that invites exploration. If you're the kind of person who gets excited about Valtellina Superiore showing up at $13 a glass, send a friend here immediately.
25 wines captured from the source list, including wines not yet matched to our catalog. Availability, vintages, and prices can change. View source wine list.
House Red - Purato Nero d'Avola, Sicily 10 | 38
Reds Wine
$10.00 / glass · $38.00 / bottle
Cantine Colosi Rosso Blend, Sicily 10 | 38
Reds Wine
$10.00 / glass · $38.00 / bottle
Bottega Vinaia Pinot Noir, Trentino-Alto Adige 12 | 44
Reds Wine
$12.00 / glass · $44.00 / bottle
Blackboard Cabernet Sauvignon, Columbia Valley 13 | 48
Reds Wine
$13.00 / glass · $48.00 / bottle
Quadrio Valtellina Superiore Dry Red Blend, Lombardy 13 | 49
Reds Wine
$13.00 / glass · $49.00 / bottle
Bertani Valpolicella (Blend), Veneto 13 | 50
Reds Wine
$13.00 / glass · $50.00 / bottle
Pecchenino Dogliani san Luigi Dolcetto, Piedmont 14 | 50
Reds Wine
$14.00 / glass · $50.00 / bottle
Sella & Mosca Riserva Cannonau, Sardinia 14 | 51
Reds Wine
$14.00 / glass · $51.00 / bottle
Fattorie Melini Chianti Classico (Sangiovese), Tuscany 14 | 54
Reds Wine
$14.00 / glass · $54.00 / bottle
Ricossa Barbera Appassimento, Piedmont 14 | 54
Reds Wine
$14.00 / glass · $54.00 / bottle
Ruevi Barbera d'Alba, Piedmont 16 | 58
Reds Wine
$16.00 / glass · $58.00 / bottle
Leviathan Red Blend, California (Mostly Sonoma) 18 | 67
Reds Wine
$18.00 / glass · $67.00 / bottle
House White - Purato Cataratto Pinot Grigio, Sicily 10 | 38
Whites Wine
$10.00 / glass · $38.00 / bottle
Umberto Fiore Moscato d'Asti, Piedmont 10 | 38
Whites Wine
$10.00 / glass · $38.00 / bottle
Castalvero Cortese, Piedmont 10 | 38
Whites Wine
$10.00 / glass · $38.00 / bottle
Chalk Hill Chardonnay, Sonoma Coast 12 | 45
Whites Wine
$12.00 / glass · $45.00 / bottle
Cantina Puiatti Sauvignon Blanc, Friuli-Venezia 13 | 48
Whites Wine
$13.00 / glass · $48.00 / bottle
Terra Alpina Pinot Grigio, Trentino-Alto Adige 13 | 48
Whites Wine
$13.00 / glass · $48.00 / bottle
Pike Road Chardonnay, Willamette Valley 14 | 50
Whites Wine
$14.00 / glass · $50.00 / bottle
Argillae Superiore White Dry Wine, Orvieto 14 | 51
Whites Wine
$14.00 / glass · $51.00 / bottle
Domaine Eric Louis Pinot Noir Rose, Loire Valley, France 10 | 38
Rose and Skin Contact
$10.00 / glass · $38.00 / bottle
Zardetto Prosecco Brut, Prosecco, Italy | 10
Sparkling
$10.00 / bottle
Simmonet-Febvre Cremant de Bourgogne Brut, Burgundy, France | 53
Sparkling
$53.00 / bottle
Château Saint-Vincent, Sauternes 14 | 53
Dessert
$14.00 / glass · $53.00 / bottle
Warre's Port 10 year Optima Tawny, Porto 15 | 69
Dessert
$15.00 / glass · $69.00 / bottle
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Crowd Pleasers
Fair
Basic Stemmed
Rotating Cast
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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Solid Range
Fair
Basic Stemmed
Rotating Cast
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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Lucia's looks like a solid neighborhood Italian where the wine list does its job without putting on a show — fair enough for what it is. We'd love to give a stronger verdict, but the wine program isn't documented well enough for us to send you in with a specific bottle recommendation. Go for the Bolognese, ask your server what's open, and report back.
Crowd Pleasers
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
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Rotating Cast
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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