Sonoma's Wildest By-the-Glass Program, Full Stop
· Sonoma · Japanese-inspired tasting menu · Visit Website ↗
Reviewed by the RagingWine Tasting Desk · September 24, 2026
RagingWine reviewed SingleThread’s wine list and gave it The Rager — RagingWine’s Vibe-Check rating. How RagingWine reviews wine lists →
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The wine list at SingleThread lands less like a restaurant menu and more like a curated dispatch from someone who has spent serious time in cellars across Champagne, Burgundy, the Loire, and their own Sonoma backyard. Sixty-four labels with 36 by-the-glass options is an almost absurd ratio, and it tells you everything you need to know about this program's ambition. This is a place that wants you to drink well across every course, not just uncork one bottle and coast.
The list moves confidently across regions without ever feeling scattered. Champagne anchors the opening with Krug Grand Cuvée 172ème, Dom Pérignon 2017, and Vilmart & Cie Rubis sitting alongside Michel Gonet Les Hautes Mottes 2018 — a grower-producer pick that signals real taste rather than just big-label flex. Whites span Alsatian-adjacent Riesling territory via J.J. Prüm's Wehlener Sonnenuhr Kabinett 2024, a characterful Jérôme Galeyrand Bouzeron Aligoté, and Sadie Family's South African Chenin Blanc, which has no business being this easy to order by the glass. Reds lean into Burgundy and Beaujolais — Domaine de L'Arlot Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er Cru and Buisson-Charles Morey-Saint-Denis 1er Cru are serious pours, while Jean Foillard's Côte du Py Morgon and Giuseppe Quintarelli's Primofiore round things out with Old World character. The SingleThread Brousseau Chalone Grenache is a genuine statement: the restaurant making its own wine and putting it on the list at $25/glass.
Thirty-six by-the-glass options is nearly unheard of at this level, and the range holds up under scrutiny — this isn't 36 options padded with forgettable house pours. Entry points start at $20/glass for Tyrrell's Hunter Valley Sémillon 2024 and Thibaud Boudignon's Loire Rosé, which gives you somewhere to land before committing to a $110/glass Nuits-Saint-Georges. The glass program is clearly built for the tasting menu format: you're meant to move through wines course by course, and the list is architected to support exactly that.
The Bottom Line
SingleThread is operating one of the most ambitious by-the-glass programs in California wine country — 36 options that span grower Champagne, first-cru Burgundy, South African Chenin, and their own estate Grenache is not something you stumble into accidentally. The pricing is unambiguously steep across the board, and you should go in knowing that, but the quality and intentionality of the selection justifies the badge. If you're going for the tasting menu, budget to drink through the glass list rather than anchoring to a single bottle — that's what this program is built for.
· Sonoma · Portuguese
LaSalette earns its Wild Card badge by doing something genuinely unusual: building a wine list that mirrors the restaurant's identity rather than defaulting to whatever sells. The Portuguese selection alone — Redoma Reserva, Quinta do Crasto, Soalheiro Rosé — gives this list a personality most Sonoma restaurants can't match. If you're eating Portuguese food in wine country and want a bottle that actually makes sense with your plate, this is the right room to be in.
Small but Thoughtful
Fair
Basic Stemmed
Rotating Cast
Set & Forget
Acceptable
· Sonoma · French country
The Girl & the Fig has built something genuinely unusual for Sonoma: a tightly curated, Rhône-obsessed wine list that actually makes sense with the food and doesn't gouge you for the experience. It's not a deep cellar and it's not trying to be — but if you want to drink Cinsault, Mourvèdre, and Roussanne by the glass at fair prices in wine country, this is your spot. Send your friends here and tell them to skip the Pride Mountain.
Small but Thoughtful
Fair
Basic Stemmed
Rotating Cast
Set & Forget
Acceptable
· Sonoma · Wine-country tasting menu
Bricoleur is a legit estate wine destination disguised as a restaurant wine list — fair prices, genuine single-vineyard ambition, and magnums going back to 2019. If you're eating here, you're buying into the Bricoleur universe wholesale, and the list is deep enough to make that a good deal rather than a trap. Just don't show up hoping to order off the beaten path.
Small but Thoughtful
Fair
Basic Stemmed
Rotating Cast
Set & Forget
Proper
· Sonoma · Pizza and Italian
The Red Grape is a neighborhood-friendly pizza spot in one of the best wine regions on earth, and the list at least points in the right direction — local Sonoma producers, Italian varietals, casual pricing. We'd love to report more specifics, but the program wasn't documented enough for us to go deeper. Worth a visit for the food and the patio; treat any wine discovery here as a bonus.
Solid Range
Fair
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Acceptable
· Sonoma · New American
El Dorado Kitchen isn't trying to be a wine destination, but it's set up squarely in one, and the list reflects that self-awareness. Fair pricing, smart local representation, a few genuinely interesting outliers, and the full list available by the glass make this a reliable stop for a well-poured evening in Sonoma. If you're after a deep cellar or something truly adventurous, look elsewhere — but if you want to drink well without stress, this delivers.
Small but Thoughtful
Fair
Basic Stemmed
Rotating Cast
Set & Forget
Acceptable
· Sonoma · Seafood
Willi's is a wild card in the best sense — a casual Sonoma seafood bar running a wine list that belongs in a much more serious room. The by-the-glass depth alone is worth showing up for, and the pricing is honest by the region's standards. If you're anywhere near Healdsburg, order the Assyrtiko and thank us later.
Deep & Eclectic
Fair
Basic Stemmed
Rotating Cast
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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