Pazzeria by Pietro's

You're standing across from the Harrison County courthouse in Marshall, Texas — not exactly where you'd expect to find Tignanello on the wine list. But here it is, a 150-250 bottle program anchored in Tuscany and California that would turn heads in cities twice its size. Wine Spectator has been handing this place Best of Award of Excellence hardware since 2022, and honestly, it earns it.

The list leans hard into Italy the way it should in a Neapolitan pizza joint — Brunello di Montalcino, Barolo from Prunotto or Marchesi di Barolo, Chianti Classico Riserva, and Super Tuscans like Sassicaia and Antinori's Tignanello anchor the serious end. California gets its due too, with Caymus Cabernet and Far Niente Chardonnay covering the crowd-pleasing flank. The depth here is real — this isn't a list that stumbled into a Wine Spectator award. The gap is that adventurous drinkers looking for Sicilian grapes or anything outside the Tuscany-Napa axis will hit a wall fast.

Twelve to twenty pours by the glass at $8–$16 is a genuinely useful range for a casual pizza dinner — you're not stuck choosing between a $14 glass of something forgettable or committing to a full bottle. Santa Margherita Pinot Grigio almost certainly anchors the lighter end of the pour list, which is fine for the wood-fired pizza crowd. We'd love to see more rotation here, but what's on offer is priced honestly.