All-Italian, All-In, Surprisingly Affordable
· White Plains · Italian wine bar · Visit Website ↗
Reviewed by the RagingWine Tasting Desk · September 12, 2026
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Twenty bottles, all Italian, no filler — Mima Vinoteca is not trying to be everything to everyone, and that's exactly what makes it interesting. The list reads like someone actually cared when they built it: Etna Bianco, a Sicilian Pet-Nat, Brunello, Barolo, and a Franciacorta sharing the same compact menu. For White Plains, this is a genuine surprise.
The list runs the full Italian boot — Franciacorta and Prosecco for bubbles up north, Vermentino and Gavi for the bianchi crowd, then a sharp pivot south with Nero d'Avola and Catarrato Pet-Nat from Sicily. The reds are where it gets serious: a Barolo from Azienda Agricola Marianot at $74, a Brunello di Montalcino from Petraiolo at $98, an Amarone at $78, and a Montepeloso Super Tuscan at $66. For a 20-bottle list, the geographic spread is genuinely impressive. The only real gap is a lack of Piedmontese whites or anything from Campania, but at this scale, you pick your battles.
Eighteen of twenty bottles are available by the glass, which is essentially the whole list — a rare and generous move. Glass prices run $10–$25, making it easy to drink across the menu without committing to a bottle. That kind of access to everything from a Catarrato Pet-Nat to an Amarone by the pour is the core reason to come here.
Rapitala Nero d'Avola — $46
The cheapest red on the list and it's from one of Sicily's most consistent producers. At $46, you're getting a proper bottle of food-friendly, warm-climate red that retails around $15–18 — markup is reasonable and the wine overdelivers for the price point.
Rufulia Catarrato Pet-Nat
A Sicilian Pet-Nat made from Catarrato — a grape most people have never heard of — at $54. It'll be slightly cloudy, lively, and nothing like the safe Pinot Grigio the table next to you is drinking. Order it and don't explain yourself.
Petraiolo Brunello di Montalcino
At $98 it's technically the least offensive markup on a Brunello you'll find, but Brunello needs air, needs time, and needs the right moment. A casual wine bar pour is not that moment — you're paying for a wine that won't show its best in this format. Save it for somewhere with a decanting program.
Tornatore Etna Bianco + Charcuterie board
Etna Bianco has that volcanic minerality and saline edge that cuts through fatty cured meats without overpowering them. The Tornatore is a textbook example of the style, and at $62 it's one of the more interesting whites on the list.
The Bottom Line
Mima Vinoteca is doing something genuinely useful: a tight, all-Italian list with fair prices and nearly everything available by the glass, in a suburb that rarely rewards this kind of effort. If you're in White Plains and you want to drink well without a spreadsheet, this is your spot.
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