Wisconsin's Most Earnest Italian Wine Passport
Wauwatosa · Italian · Visit Website ↗
Reviewed October 22, 2026 · How we review
RagingWine reviewed Ristorante Bartolotta dal 1993’s wine list and gave it The Wild Card — RagingWine’s Vibe-Check rating. How RagingWine reviews wine lists →
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Ninety-nine labels isn't a sprawling cellar, but Bartolotta's list reads like someone actually cared about building it — not just filling a binder. The focus lands squarely on Italy, from Franciacorta to Friuli, and for Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, that's a genuinely impressive commitment. The price floor starts at $60 a bottle, which positions this well above casual, but the ceiling of $800 doesn't feel gratuitous given the range on offer.
The list is organized around Italian categories — Bollicine, Rosati, Frizzanti, and regional whites with a leaning toward alpine, high-minerality producers — and it holds up under scrutiny. You'll find Vie Di Romans Ciampagnis 2021 sitting next to Nino Negri Ca Brione 2022 from Valtellina, which signals someone with a real point of view. The Franciacorta section alone, with Ca del Bosco, Berlucchi 61, and Ferrari, is more serious than most Italian restaurants in major metro areas. Gaps exist — there's no obvious depth on Barolo or Brunello from the extracted data, and the red side of the list is less illuminated — but what's here is purposeful.
By-the-glass specifics aren't confirmed from the available data, so we can't call out individual pours or rotation frequency. Given the list's Italian focus and price range, it would be worth asking the server directly what's open — the answer will tell you a lot about how much the room cares.
The Bottom Line
Bartolotta is doing something genuinely unusual for the Midwest — a focused, Italy-only wine list that favors regional specificity over safe crowd-pleasers. The pricing is fair relative to what's on offer, and standouts like the Vie Di Romans Ciampagnis and Ca del Bosco Franciacorta punch well above the restaurant's zip code. If Italian wine is your thing and you're anywhere near Wauwatosa, this list is worth a dedicated evening.
99 wines captured from the source list, including wines not yet matched to our catalog. Availability, vintages, and prices can change. View source wine list.
233 2021 Tavignano "Il Pestifero" (Sangiovese, Malvasia, Verdicchio) Marche 70
Frizzanti
$70.00 / bottle
235 2020 Terre di Chieti "Il Mostro" (Montepulciano) Abruzzo 60
Frizzanti
$60.00 / bottle
250 NV Tenuta del Buonamico "Particolare" Brut Rosé (Sangiovese, Syrah) Toscana 75
Frizzanti
$75.00 / bottle
167 2023 Tre Monti "Doppio Bianco" (Pignoletto) Emilia-Romagna 70
Frizzanti
$70.00 / bottle
168 2023 Tre Monti "Doppio Rosso" (Barbera) Emilia-Romagna 70
Frizzanti
$70.00 / bottle
206 2022 Bisol "Relio" Prosecco Veneto 85
Frizzanti
$85.00 / bottle
241 2023 Villa Ligi "Fiori" Rosato (Aleatico) Marche 75
Rosati
$75.00 / bottle
244 2023 Cantele Rosato (Negroamaro) Puglia 75
Rosati
$75.00 / bottle
201 NV Ca del Bosco "Cuveé Prestige" Franciacorta (Chardonnay, Pinot Bianco, Pinot Nero) Lombardia 130
Bollicine
$130.00 / bottle
213 NV Berlucchi "61 Extra Brut" Franciacorta (Chardonnay, Pinot Nero) Lombardia 110
Bollicine
$110.00 / bottle
215 NV Terre Stregate "Calidonio" (Falanghina) Campania 90
Bollicine
$90.00 / bottle
205 NV Nino Franco "Rustico" Prosecco Superiore Veneto 85
Bollicine
$85.00 / bottle
211 NV Rotari Brut (Chardonnay) Trento 80
Bollicine
$80.00 / bottle
214 2018 Casa E. di Mirafiore "Diavoletto" Alta Langa Brut (Pinot Noir, Chardonnay) Piemonte 140
Bollicine
$140.00 / bottle
216 NV I Pastini Spumante (Verdeca) Puglia 100
Bollicine
$100.00 / bottle
203 NV Ferrari Metodo Classico Brut Rose (Pinot Noir, Chardonnay) Trentino 115
Bollicine
$115.00 / bottle
137 2022 Nino Negri "Ca Brione" (Chardonnay, Sauvignon, Incrocio Manzoni, Nebbiolo) Lombardia 140
Chardonnay & Chardonnay Blends
$140.00 / bottle
116 2022 Anselmi "San Vincenzo" (Garganega, Chardonnay, Sauvignon) Veneto 75
Chardonnay & Chardonnay Blends
$75.00 / bottle
118 2018 Scarbolo "My Time" (Chardonnay, Sauvignon) Friuli 105
Chardonnay & Chardonnay Blends
$105.00 / bottle
110 2021 Vie Di Romans "Ciampagnis" (Chardonnay) Friuli 135
Chardonnay & Chardonnay Blends
$135.00 / bottle
160 2022 Luigino Balozio (Chardonnay) Friuli 150
Chardonnay & Chardonnay Blends
$150.00 / bottle
111 2023 Ronc Platat (Chardonnay) Friuli 120
Chardonnay & Chardonnay Blends
$120.00 / bottle
119 2019 Colognole "4 Chiacchiere a Oltrepoggio" (Chardonnay) Toscana 100
Chardonnay & Chardonnay Blends
$100.00 / bottle
101 2020 Antinori "Cervaro della Sala" (Chardonnay) Umbria 155
Chardonnay & Chardonnay Blends
$155.00 / bottle
104 2023 GAJA "Gaia & Rey" (Chardonnay) Piemonte 325
Chardonnay & Chardonnay Blends
$325.00 / bottle
133 2020 Jermann "Where Dreams have no end..." (Chardonnay) Friuli 155
Chardonnay & Chardonnay Blends
$155.00 / bottle
140 2023 Terlan "Terlaner Cuvée" (Pinot Bianco, Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc) Alto-Adige 100
Chardonnay & Chardonnay Blends
$100.00 / bottle
138 2021 Manni Nossing (Kerner) Alto Adige 85
North: Alpine "High Minerality"
$85.00 / bottle
123 2021 Kloster Neustift (Sylvaner) Alto-Adige 90
North: Alpine "High Minerality"
$90.00 / bottle
139 2022 Pojer e Sandri (Nosiola) Trentino-Alto Adige 90
North: Alpine "High Minerality"
$90.00 / bottle
153 2022 Ermes Pavese Blanc de Morgex et de La Salle (Prié Blanc) Valle d'Aosta 135
North: Alpine "High Minerality"
$135.00 / bottle
472 1998 Elvio Pertinace Piemonte 190
North: Barbaresco
$190.00 / bottle
422 2018 Ca'Rome "Maria di Brun" Piemonte 200
North: Barbaresco
$200.00 / bottle
450 2019 Fontanafredda Piemonte 165
North: Barbaresco
$165.00 / bottle
458 2020 GAJA "Sori Tildin" Piemonte 650
North: Barbaresco
$650.00 / bottle
423 2020 GAJA Piemonte 382
North: Barbaresco
$382.00 / bottle
473 2019 Bruno Rocca "Rabaja" Piemonte 275
North: Barbaresco
$275.00 / bottle
458 2019 Produttori Del Barbaresco "Ovello" Riserva Piemonte 270
North: Barbaresco
$270.00 / bottle
459 2021 Produttori del Barbaresco Piemonte 185
North: Barbaresco
$185.00 / bottle
468 2015 Conterno-Fantino "Sori Ginestra" Piemonte 267
North: Barolo
$267.00 / bottle
464 2013 Cascina Chicco "Rocche di Castelletto" Piemonte 190
North: Barolo
$190.00 / bottle
457 2017 Cordero di Montezemolo Piemonte 170
North: Barolo
$170.00 / bottle
437 2019 Batasiolo Piemonte 150
North: Barolo
$150.00 / bottle
491 2019 Elio Altare Piemonte 265
North: Barolo
$265.00 / bottle
498 2022 Marziano Abbona Piemonte 175
North: Barolo
$175.00 / bottle
405 2020 Oddero Piemonte 180
North: Barolo
$180.00 / bottle
477 2021 Elvio Cogno "Cascina Nuova" Piemonte 200
North: Barolo
$200.00 / bottle
475 2019 Cascina Adelaide Cannubi Piemonte 230
North: Barolo
$230.00 / bottle
476 2019 Giacomo Conterno "Monfortino" Riserva Piemonte 800
North: Barolo
$800.00 / bottle
481 2020 Case E. di Mirafiore Piemonte 180
North: Barolo
$180.00 / bottle
436 2017 Elvio Cogno "Ravera" Piemonte 267
North: Barolo
$267.00 / bottle
482 2020 GAJA "Dagromis" Piemonte 295
North: Barolo
$295.00 / bottle
480 2019 GAJA "Sperss" Piemonte 575
North: Barolo
$575.00 / bottle
716 2023 Speri Valpolicella Classico Veneto 100
North: Valpolicella
$100.00 / bottle
712 2022 Cesari Valpolicella Ripasso Superiore Veneto 95
North: Valpolicella
$95.00 / bottle
709 2022 Masi "Bonacosta" Valpolicella Classico Veneto 85
North: Valpolicella
$85.00 / bottle
787 2019 Torre d'Orti Veneto 175
North: Amarone della Valpolicella
$175.00 / bottle
715 2021 Zeni Veneto 150
North: Amarone della Valpolicella
$150.00 / bottle
790 2016 Romano Dal Forno Veneto 550
North: Amarone della Valpolicella
$550.00 / bottle
791 2018 Tommasso Bussola Veneto 220
North: Amarone della Valpolicella
$220.00 / bottle
451 2018 Il Chiosso "Fara" (Nebbiolo, Uva Rara, Vespolina) Piemonte 140
Other North
$140.00 / bottle
400 2023 Cavallotto (Nebbiolo) Piemonte 130
Other North
$130.00 / bottle
461 2020 Bruno Rocca (Nebbiolo) Piemonte 120
Other North
$120.00 / bottle
463 2022 Elvio Cogno "Montegrilli" (Nebbiolo) Piemonte 100
Other North
$100.00 / bottle
411 2021 GAJA "Sito Moresco" (Nebbiolo) Piemonte 185
Other North
$185.00 / bottle
467 2022 Poderi Luigi Einaudi Digliani Superiore (Dolcretto) Piemonte 95
Other North
$95.00 / bottle
2022 GAJA Ca'Marcanda "Magari" (Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot) Toscana 190
Toscana
$190.00 / bottle
2022 Tenuta San Guido "Le Difese" (Cab. Sauv, Sangiovese) Toscana 155
Toscana
$155.00 / bottle
2020 Brancaia "Il Blu" (Merlot, Sangiovese, Cabernet Sauvignon) Toscana 275
Toscana
$275.00 / bottle
2021 Antinori "Tignanello" (Sangiovese, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc) Toscana 350
Toscana
$350.00 / bottle
2021 GAJA Ca'Marcanda "Ca'Marcanda" (Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot) Toscana 475
Toscana
$475.00 / bottle
2022 Antinori "Il Bruciato" Bolgheri Rosso (Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Syrah) Toscana 135
Toscana
$135.00 / bottle
2018 Montevertine (Sangiovese, Canaiolo, Colorino) Toscana 210
Central: Montepulciano d'Abruzzo
$210.00 / bottle
2015 Fontodi "Flaccianello della Pieve" (Sangiovese) Toscana 310
Central: Montepulciano d'Abruzzo
$310.00 / bottle
2017 Montevertine "Le Pergole Torte" (Sangiovese) Toscana 360
Central: Montepulciano d'Abruzzo
$360.00 / bottle
2017 San Felice (Pugnitello) Toscana 180
Central: Montepulciano d'Abruzzo
$180.00 / bottle
2019 Felsina "Fontalloro" (Sangiovese) Toscana 200
Central: Montepulciano d'Abruzzo
$200.00 / bottle
2023 Boscarelli Rosso di Montepulciano (Prugnolo) Toscana 100
Central: Montepulciano d'Abruzzo
$100.00 / bottle
2019 Tenuta Colpaola "Canovaccio" (Merlot) Marche 95
Central: Montepulciano d'Abruzzo
$95.00 / bottle
2015 Còlpetrone "Memoira" (Sagrantino) Umbria 120
Central: Montepulciano d'Abruzzo
$120.00 / bottle
2018 Tenute Lunelli "Carapace" (Sagrantino) Umbria 175
Central: Montepulciano d'Abruzzo
$175.00 / bottle
2010 Lungarotti (Sagrantino) Umbria 180
Central: Montepulciano d'Abruzzo
$180.00 / bottle
2013 Arnaldo Caprai 25yr. Anni (Sagrantino) Umbria 280
Central: Montepulciano d'Abruzzo
$280.00 / bottle
2021 Arnaldo Caprai Montefalco Rosso (Sagrantino, Sangiovese, Merlot) Umbria 105
Central: Montepulciano d'Abruzzo
$105.00 / bottle
2020 Casale del Giglio (Petit Verdot) Lazio 100
Central: Montepulciano d'Abruzzo
$100.00 / bottle
2023 Corte dei Papi (Cesanese colle Ticchino) Lazio 95
Central: Montepulciano d'Abruzzo
$95.00 / bottle
2018 Drei Donà "Pruno" Riserva (Sangiovese) Emilia-Romagna 165
Central: Montepulciano d'Abruzzo
$165.00 / bottle
2019 Drei Dona "Magnificant" (Cabernet Sauvignon) Emilia-Romagna 165
Central: Montepulciano d'Abruzzo
$165.00 / bottle
2024 Drei Dona "Lillybeth" Vino Rosso (Sangiovese, Cabernet, Cab Franc) Emilia-Romagna 80
Central: Montepulciano d'Abruzzo
$80.00 / bottle
2022 Tenuta Sassoregale (Sangiovese) Maremma Toscana 115
Central: Montepulciano d'Abruzzo
$115.00 / bottle
2018 Illuminati "Zanna" Riserva Abruzzo 160
Other Central
$160.00 / bottle
2021 Italo Pietrantoni Abruzzo 80
Other Central
$80.00 / bottle
2020 Statti (Gaglioppo) Calabria 80
Other South
$80.00 / bottle
341 2020 Tenuta San Guido "Sassicaia" (Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc) Toscana 460
$460.00 / bottle
351 2016 Tenuta Ornellaia "Bolgheri" (Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot) Toscana 460
$460.00 / bottle
563 2018 GAJA Pieve Santa Restituta "Sugarille" Brunello di Montalcino Toscana 375
$375.00 / bottle
918 2011 Mastroberardino "Villa dei Misteri" (Sciascinoso, Piedirosso) Campania 315
$315.00 / bottle
706 2018 Giuseppe Quintarello "Ca' del Merlot" (Corvina, Rondinella, Cabernet) Veneto 300
$300.00 / bottle
458 2020 GAJA "Sori Tildin" Piemonte 650
$650.00 / bottle
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Set & Forget
Acceptable
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