Italy-first wine list done right in Alpharetta
Alpharetta · Italian · Visit Website ↗
Updated September 2026
Reviewed by the RagingWine Tasting Desk · April 17, 2026
RagingWine reviewed Rena's Italian Fishery and Grill’s wine list and gave it The Reliable — RagingWine’s Vibe-Check rating. How RagingWine reviews wine lists →
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The wine list at Rena's reads like someone actually cares about Italy — not just the tourist-trap Pinot Grigio version of it, but the real stuff. You're greeted with names like Gaja, Antinori, and Banfi before you've even looked at the food menu, which sets a certain expectation. For a relatively new restaurant in downtown Alpharetta, this is a confident opening move.
The list runs 80-120 bottles and stays firmly planted in Italian territory, which is exactly the right call given the kitchen concept. You've got serious representation across the north — Barbaresco from Gaja, Barolo from Marchesi di Barolo, Amarone from Masi — alongside Tuscan heavyweights like Tignanello and Banfi's Brunello. The gaps show up when you push beyond Italy: the rest of the world feels like an afterthought, which is fine if you're here for the pasta and fish. Wine Spectator handed them an Award of Excellence in 2024, and the Italian depth earns it.
Twelve to eighteen pours by the glass at $10-$18 is a respectable range for suburban Atlanta, and the pricing doesn't feel punitive. Santa Margherita Pinot Grigio is the crowd-pleaser anchor you'd expect, but the list has enough range to give you options beyond the obvious. We'd like to see more rotation here — right now it reads more like a permanent fixture than a living program.
Ruffino Chianti Classico Riserva — $45
Chianti Classico Riserva from Ruffino punches above its weight at this price point — Sangiovese-driven, food-friendly, and capable of standing up to the bolder dishes on the menu without costing you a second mortgage.
Livio Felluga Pinot Grigio
Most tables reflexively order Santa Margherita, but Livio Felluga's Pinot Grigio from Friuli is a cut above — more texture, more complexity, and it actually tastes like a wine someone thought about rather than a brand someone recognized.
Santa Margherita Pinot Grigio
Look, it's not bad wine — it's just $22 at Costco and whatever they're charging here isn't the revelation it was in 1985. With Livio Felluga on the same list, there's no reason to default to the marketing budget.
Masi Amarone della Valpolicella + Fregola with Seared Scallops
Amarone's richness and dried-fruit depth against the nutty, toasted fregola and the caramelized crust on seared scallops is a genuinely compelling contrast — big wine, big flavors, and the dish has enough body to hold its own.
The Bottom Line
Rena's is a reliable Italian wine destination for Alpharetta — focused, fairly priced, and serious enough about Italy to earn its Wine Spectator credential. If you're in the neighborhood and want a bottle that actually matches the food, this is your spot.
· Alpharetta · Wine and Cigar Bar
Wine Me Down earns points for carving out a genuinely different kind of night out in Alpharetta — cigars, hookah, and wine together in one stylish room is not a combination you find everywhere in the suburbs. But until we can get a real look at the wine list with actual bottles and prices, we can't send you here specifically for the wine. Go for the atmosphere, bring cash for the cigars, and keep your wine expectations flexible.
Crowd Pleasers
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Acceptable
· Alpharetta · Wine tasting bar
Fermented Flight Club is doing something genuinely unusual in the Atlanta suburbs: building a wine program around obscurity as a feature, not a flaw. If you've ever wanted to try Nascetta, Marzemino, or a co-fermented red-white without flying to Italy or paying fine-dining prices, this is your spot. We'd send a curious friend here without hesitation — and tell them to let the Four Blind flight humble them a little.
Deep & Eclectic
Fair
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Acceptable
Alpharetta · Alpharetta · Modern Italian
Colletta's wine list punches well above its suburban strip-mall expectations — an all-Italian program with genuine depth in whites and a sparkling section worth lingering over. The markup is honest, the by-the-glass count is generous, and the producers skew toward the interesting rather than the obvious. If you're eating here, skip the red and let the white Italian side of the list do the work.
Solid Range
Fair
Basic Stemmed
Rotating Cast
Set & Forget
Acceptable
· Alpharetta · Italian Steakhouse
Luci's isn't going to win any wine destination awards, but the by-the-glass program is unusually broad, markup is fair across most of the list, and there are a few genuinely good picks tucked in among the crowd-pleasers. If you're eating here, you can drink well — just know what to order and what to skip.
Crowd Pleasers
Fair
Basic Stemmed
Rotating Cast
Set & Forget
Acceptable
Alpharetta · Alpharetta · Restaurant
Cooper's Hawk is a wine club experience dressed up as a restaurant, and if you're already a member, you'll feel right at home — everyone else is essentially a captive audience for a single producer's full catalog. We'd send a friend here for the club experience, not for the wine list.
Plays It Safe
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Acceptable
Halcyon · Alpharetta · Upscale farm-to-table steakhouse / wine bar
Cattle Shed won't rattle any cages or win wine list awards, but it delivers a fair, well-rounded program with a by-the-glass setup that most restaurants twice its size can't match. If you're eating steak in Alpharetta and you care about what's in your glass, you could do a lot worse.
Solid Range
Fair
Basic Stemmed
Knowledgeable & Friendly
Set & Forget
Proper
· Overland Park · Italian
Brio Overland Park's wine list is a functional, crowd-pleasing program that won't offend anyone and won't excite anyone either. If you're here for a work dinner or a low-stakes birthday, you'll find something drinkable — just go in with measured expectations and maybe steer toward the Italian bottles before defaulting to the California heavyweights.
Crowd Pleasers
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Rotating Cast
Set & Forget
Acceptable
Downtown · New Haven · Italian
Villa Lulu is a genuinely appealing Italian restaurant with food worth showing up for — Branzino Puttanesca and Squid Ink Linguini are the kind of dishes that deserve a decent Sicilian white alongside them. The wine program has the right regional bones, but until they put a real list online, we're recommending the restaurant with a side of cautious optimism on the wine. Ask your server what's on by the glass, and keep an eye out for that half-price wine promotion if it's still running — unconfirmed, but worth asking about.
Plays It Safe
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Occasional
Acceptable
· Fresno · Italian
Oggi Caffe is a solid neighborhood Italian restaurant where the wine list does its job without doing anything particularly interesting. The Napa-Tuscany focus is predictable but dependable, and at a $25–$45 entree range the bottle prices are likely to feel steep relative to what you're getting. Go for the homemade pasta and the atmosphere — and if wine matters to you, ask what's open by the glass before committing to a bottle.
Plays It Safe
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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