Italian Pies, Italian Pours, No Nonsense
Midtown/Broadway Corridor · Kingston · Wood-fired pizza / Italian-inspired · Visit Website ↗
Reviewed July 24, 2026 · How we review
RagingWine reviewed Ollie's Pizza’s wine list and gave it The Wild Card — RagingWine’s Vibe-Check rating. How RagingWine reviews wine lists →
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You open the wine list at Ollie's and it's refreshingly on-theme — no token Napa Cab trying to crash an Italian party. The list is short, deliberately Italian, and priced to match the room: a stylish-but-casual pizzeria where a $12 glass of Lambrusco feels exactly right. There's no pretension here, which is either charming or alarming depending on how much you care about your wine program having a pulse.
Eight to fifteen labels isn't a lot to work with, but Ollie's earns points by sticking to a regional logic that actually makes sense for wood-fired pies: Lambrusco, Montepulciano d'Abruzzo, Chianti, and a handful of Italian table wines doing exactly what they're supposed to do. The gap is transparency — producers aren't always legible on the menu, which means you're ordering by grape and region rather than by name. That's fine for casual Tuesday pizza, less fine if you want to know what you're actually drinking. There's no deep cellar here, no grower Champagne hiding in the back, but the Italian focus is coherent and the price ceiling of $68 a bottle keeps things grounded.
Four to six options by the glass, all in the $10–$14 range, which is honest pricing for the Hudson Valley market. The Lambrusco by the glass is the move — it's the kind of pour that makes a margherita pizza taste like a life decision you'd make again. Rotation appears minimal, so don't expect a new discovery every visit.
Montepulciano d'Abruzzo — $38–$44
Montepulciano at these prices at a pizza spot is a straight-up win. It's got the structure to stand up to charred crust and sausage without demanding you treat it like fine dining. Reliable, food-friendly, and priced like they actually want you to order a bottle.
Lambrusco
Most people see Lambrusco on a list and flashback to bad 1980s memories of Riunite. Don't be that person. A proper Lambrusco — slightly fizzy, a little funky, bone dry — is one of the best pizza wines on the planet. At Ollie's it's undersold and underordered, which means more for you.
Chianti
With no producer listed, this is a leap of faith you don't need to take. Generic Chianti on an unspecified label at a pizza spot is the most anonymous wine on an already short list — save your money for a second glass of Lambrusco or go up to the Montepulciano.
Lambrusco + Classic Margherita Pizza
The effervescence in Lambrusco cuts through the char and fat of a wood-fired crust, and the slight fruit-forward edge plays off the brightness of San Marzano tomatoes without competing. It's one of those pairings that feels obvious the second you try it and annoying that you didn't order it sooner.
The Bottom Line
Ollie's isn't a wine destination, but it's doing something right by keeping the list Italian, keeping prices honest, and not trying to be something it's not. Send a friend here for pizza with a bottle of Montepulciano and they'll leave happy — just tell them to skip the mystery Chianti.
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