Dim Sum With a Surprisingly Thoughtful Wine Detour
· Aurora · Chinese / Dim Sum · Visit Website ↗
Reviewed by the RagingWine Tasting Desk · August 16, 2026
RagingWine reviewed Nana's Dim Sum & Dumplings’s wine list and gave it The Wild Card — RagingWine’s Vibe-Check rating. How RagingWine reviews wine lists →
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You come in for dumplings and leave quietly impressed by the wine list — not a sentence you expect to write about a dim sum spot in Aurora. Seventeen labels isn't a lot, but whoever curated this clearly gave a damn. There's a Biokult orange wine sitting next to a Pieropan Soave and a Bodega Lanzaga Rioja, which tells you someone was paying attention.
The list splits cleanly across reds, whites, sparkling, rosé, and a lone orange wine, covering more ground than the page count suggests. On the red side you've got the crowd-pleasing Orin Swift 8 Years In The Desert and a Hahn GSM from Arroyo Seco alongside a Bodega Lanzaga LZ Rioja — a solid Tempranillo-forward pick that earns its spot. Whites are where it gets interesting: a Pazo de Seoane Albariño, Pieropan Soave, Villa Wolf Gewürztraminer, and J. Vineyards Pinot Gris give you real aromatic options that actually make sense next to steamed pork buns and scallion pancakes. The Biokult Naken Orange is the wild card on the list and a genuine surprise at a restaurant like this.
By-the-glass details aren't confirmed from the source data, so we can't speak to the pour program with confidence. If they're running any of these 17 bottles by the glass, the Albariño and Gewürztraminer would be the ones to chase. Worth asking your server when you sit down.
The Bottom Line
Nana's isn't trying to be a wine bar — but it's doing more than most dim sum spots would ever bother with, and the list actually fits the food. Come for the dumplings, order the Albariño or the orange wine, and tell your friends.
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