Manna Kitchen & Bar
Long Island's Best Ambassador Lives in Wisconsin
Madison · Madison · American · Visit Website ↗
Reviewed March 31, 2026
Wingman Metrics
First Impression
The list opens with Dom Pérignon and closes with Opus One, which tells you Manna isn't playing it completely safe — but it also isn't afraid to charge for the privilege. What actually catches our eye is buried in the middle: a run of Long Island producers that you don't typically find 1,200 miles from the North Fork.
Selection Deep Dive
Manna has built something genuinely unusual here — a wine list that doubles as a quiet love letter to Long Island. Bedell, Wolffer Estate, Channing Daughters, Fatalis Fatum, and Paumanok all make appearances, covering everything from Malbec Rosé to Cabernet Franc to Ramato-style Pinot Grigio. Outside of New York, the list pulls from reliable classics: a Domaine Vocoret Chablis, a Karine Lauverjat Sancerre, the Domaine Ott Bandol Rosé, and a Livio Felluga Pinot Grigio keep the Old World flank respectable. California shows up with Opus One and St. Francis Chardonnay, which is a wide swing between prestige and commodity — the stuff in between is where they could use more work.
By the Glass
Glass pours run $11–$14, which is fair for Madison but not generous. The by-the-glass selection appears to rotate through a small subset of the bottle list, and with estimates of 8–12 options, there's enough to navigate without defaulting to the house pour. We'd love to see more of those Long Island bottles make it to the glass program — right now it skews toward the easier crowd-pleasers.
Channing Daughters Pinot Grigio Ramato '20 Long Island NY — $40s
This is an amber-hued, skin-contact Pinot Grigio from one of Long Island's most adventurous producers — the kind of wine that costs more at the winery tasting room and gets written up in Bon Appétit. Finding it here at a Madison restaurant at a mid-tier bottle price is the quiet win on this list.
Fatalis Fatum Cabernet Blend '18 Long Island NY
Most people scanning this list will jump straight to Opus One and tune out everything else in red. Don't. Fatalis Fatum is a small-production Long Island Cab blend that punches well above its regional reputation — it's the kind of bottle that surprises people who assume Long Island reds are afterthoughts.
Opus One '17 Napa Valley CA
At $326 on a restaurant list, you're paying a significant markup on a wine that retails around $200 and is available almost everywhere. It's not a bad bottle — it's never a bad bottle — but it's a prestige tax, not a discovery. Save that spend for a bottle you can't find at your local Total Wine.
Domaine Ott Chateau Romassan Bandol Rosé '20 Provence FR + Chef's fish or seafood feature
Bandol Rosé is one of the most food-serious pink wines made anywhere — structured, mineral, built on Mourvèdre rather than Grenache fluff. It handles rich seafood without getting pushed around, and Château Romassan specifically has the weight to stand up to anything with a butter or cream component on the plate.
🎲 The Bottom Line
Manna is doing something legitimately interesting with its Long Island commitment — it's the kind of list quirk that makes a restaurant worth revisiting. The markups keep it from being a great wine destination, but if you order smart, you'll drink better here than the menu design suggests.
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