Navio

You're sitting inside a Ritz-Carlton on the Pacific Coast, and the wine list arrives feeling like it belongs here — substantial, confident, and clearly assembled by people who actually drink wine. At 350-500 selections anchored by California, Burgundy, and Champagne, this is not a hotel list coasting on the view. Someone put real effort into this.

California is the undisputed star: Kistler, Aubert, Peter Michael, and Williams Selyem represent the cream of West Coast Chardonnay and Pinot Noir, and the list wears them proudly. France fills in the prestige gaps with Domaine Leflaive Puligny-Montrachet, Louis Jadot Gevrey-Chambertin, and serious Champagne houses like Bollinger and Pol Roger. Italy gets a proper nod with Giacomo Conterno Barolo and Gaja Barbaresco — these aren't token bottles, they're legitimate heavy hitters. The regional depth across three continents earned Navio a Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence in 2024, and the list justifies it.

Sixteen to twenty-four pours by the glass is a generous range for a restaurant of this caliber, with pricing running $15-$25 — reasonable given the Ritz address and the Pacific view adding a silent surcharge to everything. We'd expect a rotating selection that tracks whatever's interesting in bottle, and with a three-person sommelier team on staff, the pours should be well-kept and worth ordering.