The Italian Classics, Polished and Predictable
Court Street / Downtown · White Plains · Italian / Private Dining · Visit Website ↗
Reviewed by the RagingWine Tasting Desk · July 18, 2026
RagingWine reviewed Mulino's Banquet Room’s wine list and gave it The Reliable — RagingWine’s Vibe-Check rating. How RagingWine reviews wine lists →
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Wingman Metrics
The wine list at Mulino's arrives the way the room does — formal, composed, and entirely unsurprising. It's a white-tablecloth Italian venue that has decided its wine program should match the drapes: safe, respectable, and not trying to start a conversation. What you see is exactly what you get.
The 80-120 bottle list reads like a greatest-hits of Italian regionalism with Tuscany and Piedmont doing the heavy lifting — Brunello di Montalcino, Barolo, Chianti Classico Riserva, and a Tignanello for the table that wants to celebrate. Veneto and Sicily get a seat but not much airtime. The problem isn't quality — these are legitimate bottles — it's that there's no curation happening here, no discovery, no producer doing something interesting. It's a list built to reassure corporate expense accounts, not to challenge anyone.
Ten to sixteen pours by the glass is a reasonable number for a venue this size, and Pinot Grigio delle Venezie is almost certainly holding down the top spot in terms of volume moved. We'd be surprised if the glass program rotates meaningfully — this feels very much like a set-it-and-forget-it situation built around crowd-pleasing Italian standbys.
Chianti Classico Riserva — null
Pricing isn't published, but Chianti Classico Riserva is where the value tends to live on lists like this — the category is well-represented in Italy's mid-range and restaurants often don't mark it up as aggressively as the headline Tuscans. Order this before you reach for the Tignanello and you'll likely drink better per dollar.
Brunello di Montalcino
Most people at a banquet dinner in White Plains are not ordering the Brunello — they're staying in the mid-tier and playing it safe. But if Mulino's has even a decent Brunello from any reputable producer, a table splitting a bottle for a celebration is getting something genuinely serious. It's the one place on this list where the wine can actually surprise you.
Antinori Tignanello
Tignanello is a great wine, full stop. But it's also one of the most recognizable labels in Italian wine, which means it gets marked up everywhere it lands. At a banquet-format restaurant in Westchester, you're almost certainly paying a significant premium for the name. The Brunello or a Barolo will give you comparable gravity at a better number.
Barolo (Marchesi di Barolo) + Veal Chop
Barolo is basically purpose-built for a big veal chop — the tannin structure cuts through the richness of the meat, the acidity keeps things lively, and you feel like you're eating in the right country. If you're going to drop money on a bottle here, this is the combination that justifies it.
✔️ The Bottom Line
Mulino's wine program does its job without embarrassing itself — it's the reliable Italian uncle of wine lists, never exciting but never a disaster. If someone else is paying, reach for the Brunello; if you're on your own dime, manage expectations and order accordingly.
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Steep
Basic Stemmed
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Set & Forget
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MIA
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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