1,800 Labels Deep and Still Counting
North Street / Downtown Plaza · Healdsburg · Japanese-influenced Californian · Visit Website ↗
Reviewed July 26, 2026 · How we review
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The wine list at SingleThread arrives like the rest of the meal — with intention and a little theater. You're handed a curated shortlist for the evening, but behind it sits a cellar of 1,800 labels that can be unlocked on request. This is not a place that leaves wine as an afterthought.
The full list is a serious document — Burgundy and Champagne anchor the old-world side, with Grower Champagne and German Riesling offering more texture than the usual luxury-restaurant defaults. Loire Valley shows up with enough range to signal that someone on staff actually cares about acid-driven whites. California is represented thoughtfully: Kistler earns its place, and local Sonoma producers get real shelf space, which feels right given the farm's roots. Austria rounds out a lineup that never feels like it was assembled by committee.
Tasting menu pairings are the main event here, with an estimated 8-12 pours curated course-by-course — expect Grower Champagne to open and a thoughtful progression through whites and reds from there. The rooftop lounge offers a more casual by-the-glass experience with a shorter list, which is worth knowing if you're not doing the full dinner. Rotation tracks the seasonal menu, so what's pouring in October won't be what's pouring in April.
Grower Champagne (tasting menu pairing) — Included in pairing
At a place charging $440-$505 per person, the pairing supplement unlocking Grower Champagne instead of a mass-market house pour is where your money actually works hardest. You're getting wines selected to track an 11-course kaiseki progression — that's a different calculation than ordering off a static list.
German Riesling (cellar selection)
Most guests at this price point gravitate toward Burgundy or California Chardonnay, but the German Riesling options in SingleThread's 1,800-label cellar are worth specifically asking about. A great Riesling tracks the delicate farm-vegetable courses and seafood preparations better than anything else on the list — and it tends to be the pick the staff actually gets excited about recommending.
California Chardonnay (standard selection)
When Kistler is in the building and you have access to a cellar this deep, defaulting to a safe California Chardonnay without pressing the staff for specifics is a missed opportunity. The markup at this level is steep regardless, so if you're paying luxury prices, push past the obvious and ask what they're actually excited about right now.
Loire Valley white (Muscadet or Savennières) + Live Santa Barbara spot prawns
The briny, clean sweetness of live spot prawns needs something with real acidity and mineral drive — not oak, not weight. A Loire white from the cellar hits that mark cleanly, cutting through the richness without competing with the ocean-forward flavor of the prawn. It's the kind of pairing the staff here will get right if you ask them directly.
The Bottom Line
SingleThread is the rare restaurant where the wine program is as considered as the food — a 1,800-label cellar, a staff that knows it, and pairings built course-by-course from a working farm. The pricing is what it is at this level, but if you're already in for the tasting menu, springing for the wine pairing is the only move that makes sense.
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