Antinori's Greatest Hits, Ocean View Included
Pebble Beach · Monterey · Italian · Visit Website ↗
Reviewed July 23, 2026 · How we review
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The wine list at Pèppoli lands like a greatest-hits album from Italian viticulture — Tignanello, Sassicaia, Ornellaia, Gaja all on one card, and you're sitting in a room overlooking the Pacific. The restaurant's DNA is baked into the list: it's named for an Antinori Chianti estate, and the whole program leans into that heritage without apology. This is not a list that hedges.
Tuscany does the heavy lifting here and earns the right to — Antinori Solaia, Sassicaia from Tenuta San Guido, and Ornellaia represent the Super Tuscan summit without feeling like a flex for flex's sake. Piedmont gets proper respect with Gaja Barbaresco anchoring the north, and Banfi's Brunello di Montalcino keeps Sangiovese fans happy across multiple styles. Sicily shows up via Planeta's Nero d'Avola, and there's a California section that gives local wine drinkers something to hold onto without letting it dominate the Italian story. The gaps are minor — you're not getting deep Friuli or Campania cuts — but for a resort restaurant, the depth is genuinely impressive.
With 12-20 pours running $16–$40 a glass, the BTG program reflects the bottle list's ambition, though at these prices you want to know exactly what you're ordering. The Antinori Pèppoli Chianti Classico by the glass is the move — it's the house wine in the most literal sense, thematically tied to the restaurant's identity, and it's the kind of pour that justifies the whole room. Rotation details aren't fully transparent from outside, but a sommelier on staff means someone can walk you through what's open and worth pouring.
Antinori Pèppoli Chianti Classico — $16
At the low end of the BTG range, this is the thematic anchor of the entire restaurant — a well-made Chianti Classico from one of Tuscany's best producers, and the most honest pour on the list for the money.
Planeta Nero d'Avola
Most tables at Pèppoli are tunnel-visioning on Tuscany, and fair enough — but Planeta's Sicilian Nero d'Avola is a genuinely interesting detour. It's a different register entirely: warmer, spicier, darker fruit, and it tends to be one of the more reasonably priced bottles on a list that otherwise trends north quickly.
Antinori Solaia
Solaia is a world-class wine — nobody's arguing that. But at a resort with a captive audience, the markup on prestige bottles like this is where Pèppoli really leans into the Pebble Beach premium. You can find Solaia elsewhere without the surcharge. Spend up on something mid-tier here instead.
Allegrini Amarone della Valpolicella + Osso buco
Amarone's concentrated, almost brooding fruit and firm structure need something equally serious on the plate. Osso buco's braised veal shank — rich, gelatinous, long-cooked — is exactly that match. The wine's intensity holds up to the dish without bulldozing it.
The Bottom Line
Pèppoli is the real deal for Italian wine in a resort setting — deep list, knowledgeable staff, and an Antinori-anchored program that takes the Italian canon seriously. Just go in knowing that Pebble Beach prices apply across the board, and steer toward the mid-tier bottles where the value actually lives.
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Alvarado Street is primarily a brewery, and the wine list knows it — it's compact, unpretentious, and priced without gouging. But it also has enough Central Coast credibility (Comanche, Curran, Le P'tit Paysan) to surprise you. If you're in the group that wants wine while everyone else debates hop schedules, you're covered and you won't overpay for it.
Small but Thoughtful
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Set & Forget
Acceptable
Carmel Valley · Monterey · Californian / Fine Dining
Lucia has the bones of a serious wine program — sommelier on staff, strong regional identity, and a setting in Carmel Valley that practically demands a good bottle. We just can't verify the specifics well enough to point you toward a particular pour or call out the markups with any precision. Go in expecting a deep, well-kept list with hotel-restaurant pricing to match, and let the sommelier do the heavy lifting. It's worth the conversation.
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If you're rolling through Monterey and want something more interactive than staring at a laminated wine list, The Wine Experience is a legitimate detour — especially for anyone curious about what the Santa Lucia Highlands and San Benito County are actually producing right now. We'd send a curious friend here without hesitation; we'd just tell them to skip any expectations of a formal dinner and lean into the tasting-room energy instead.
Small but Thoughtful
Fair
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Small but Thoughtful
Fair
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Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Acceptable
· Monterey · Wine Bar / Bistro
A Taste of Monterey is exactly what it advertises — a tight, local-first wine list that doubles as a crash course in what the Central Coast can do with white grapes. Pricing is honest, the regional focus is genuine, and the Wrath Falanghina alone is reason enough to pull up a stool. If you're eating along the Monterey waterfront and want something more interesting than a tourist-trap wine list, this is worth the detour.
Small but Thoughtful
Fair
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Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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Small but Thoughtful
Fair
Basic Stemmed
Rotating Cast
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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La Tavola deserves a real wine list — the food and the room both demand one. Right now, five bottles with no reds and no whites is a disservice to a kitchen that's clearly cooking at a higher level than the wine program suggests. Order the Ca' Del Bosco if you're drinking wine, and hope they overhaul this list before your next visit.
Grocery Store
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Set & Forget
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Plays It Safe
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