Italian list with 12 glass pours from $9.50 to $14.75
Ballard · Seattle · Italian · Visit Website ↗
Reviewed October 9, 2026 · How we review
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Picolinos posts its wine list as two web pages, a Red Wine Menu and a White Wine Menu, each opening with house wines by the glass and bottle. Below that sit numbered Old World and New World bottle sections, a rosé group and a sparkling group priced by split and bottle. The pages carry no date, so confirm current prices and vintages when you book.
The Old World Red section is the longest part of the list: Chianti from Volpaia ($50) and Tenuta di Arceno ($54), a Rosso di Bolgheri from Banfi ($60), Banfi Brunello di Montalcino 2020 ($118), a Barolo from Serralunga d'Alba 2018 ($85), Travaglini Gattinara 2020 ($69), Muso Barbaresco 2017 ($75) and two Amarones, Masi 2018 ($120) and Zenato 2017 ($121). The Old World whites are a short list, with Banfi Principessa Gavia 2021 ($50), a Lugana ($44), Coppo Moscato d'Asti 2020 ($35) and Mastroberardino Greco di Tufo 2021 ($50). New World whites are Sonoma and Napa Chardonnay and Fumé Blanc from $45 to $64. The restaurant says its wine cellar is under the care of Dino Piro, who has spent over two decades on Italian wines. Corkage is posted at $20 per bottle.
The Glass column covers 12 pours: six reds, five whites and one rosé. They run from $9.50 (Chateau Ste. Michelle Riesling 2022) to $14.75 (Borgogno Barbera d'Alba 2022 and Villa Antinori Super Tuscan 2022). Among the cheaper reds, the Umani Ronchi Montepulciano 2022 is $11 and the Castello d Bibbione Chianti Classico 2020 is $12.50, and the rosé pour is Notte Rosa from Cantina di Capri at $10.50. Sparkling is priced by split ($10.50 to $11.50) and bottle.
The Bottom Line
A short, Italian-leaning list with most of its bottles in the Old World red section. Order the $11 Montepulciano by the glass, or the $69 Travaglini Gattinara if you want to splurge a little, and confirm prices on the day. This unrated guide covers the posted wine menus, not service, storage or markups.
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