Pranzo Italian
Half-Price Sundays and a Local Surprise
Railyard District · Santa Fe · Italian · Visit Website ↗
Reviewed March 29, 2026
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First Impression
The list at Pranzo is short — 30 to 50 bottles — but it doesn't feel lazy. There's an Italian backbone with some smart detours, and the prices are genuinely shocking for a sit-down restaurant in Santa Fe. When you see glass pours starting at $10, you expect the usual suspects, but a few names here earn a second look.
Selection Deep Dive
Italy anchors the list the way it should at a place called Pranzo: Vietti Moscato d'Asti, Vajra Langhe Rosso, Terradora Di Paoli Falanghina, and Spinelli Montepulciano D'Abruzzo give you real Italian character without retreating entirely into Chianti-and-done territory. The Vajra Langhe Rosso is the most serious wine on the list — a Barolo-adjacent bottle from a top Piedmontese producer that most casual diners will walk right past. The New Mexico shoutout via Gruet Blanc de Blanc is a genuine local touch, not a token gesture. The gaps show up in the Burgundy-and-Rhône-shaped holes, and the New World entries — Oyster Bay, Chateau Ste. Michelle, Josh Cellars — are filler, but at least they're priced like it.
By the Glass
Ten-plus options by the glass is solid for a trattoria this size, and at $10 to $16 a pour, you're not getting gouged. The Falanghina and the Gruet Blanc de Blanc are the standouts in the pour lineup — everything else trends toward crowd-pleaser territory. Rotation isn't aggressive, but Sunday half-price all day makes the glass program a genuinely good deal.
Gruet Blanc de Blanc NV — $12/glass
New Mexico sparkling wine that holds its own against entry-level Champagne, at a price that's almost embarrassingly fair. Retail is $20 and you're paying $12 a glass at the restaurant — the math does not usually work out this well.
Vajra Langhe Rosso
G.D. Vajra is one of the most respected names in Barolo, and their Langhe Rosso is essentially a gateway into that world at a fraction of the cost. Most tables ordering pizza won't touch it, which is a shame — and your gain.
Oyster Bay Sauvignon Blanc
Fine wine, widely available, nothing wrong with it — but at $11 a glass you can get the Falanghina instead and actually taste something you didn't have last week from a grocery store shelf.
Terradora Di Paoli Falanghina + Wood-fired pizza
Falanghina's bright acidity and subtle mineral edge cuts through the char and cheese without fighting the toppings. It's the kind of white that makes you wonder why you default to red with pizza every time.
Sunday — Full wine list at half price, all day Sunday from 3 PM to 9 PM.
🎲 The Bottom Line
Pranzo isn't trying to be a wine destination, but the markups are so honest and the Sunday half-price program so generous that it earns a Wild Card badge on value alone. Show up on a Sunday, order the Vajra, and let someone else pay full price somewhere else.
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