Sixty-Four Pours Deep in the Suburbs
Downtown Naperville · Naperville · American Wine Bar & Contemporary American · Visit Website ↗
Reviewed July 2, 2026
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Sixty-four wines by the glass — daily — is a flex that most dedicated wine bars in major cities can't pull off, let alone a spot on Water Street in downtown Naperville. The list lands with real weight: a sommelier on staff, tasting pours starting at one ounce, and a 100-bottle reserve room that signals genuine intention. This is not a restaurant that happens to have wine; this is a wine program that happens to serve food.
The breadth here is legitimately impressive — every major region, every major varietal, organized in a way that lets curious drinkers explore without getting lost. The house bottling from Stagecoach Vineyard is a standout curatorial move: Stagecoach is one of Napa's most sought-after vineyard sources, and having a proprietary label from it is the kind of thing you'd expect from a high-end city wine bar, not a Naperville dining room. The bones of the list lean California-heavy — Caymus, Silver Oak, Cakebread, Orin Swift's '8 Years in the Desert' — which is crowd-pleasing but safe. We'd love to see more European depth given the ambition of the program.
Sixty-four options by the glass is the whole identity of this place, and it earns that number honestly. The one-, three-, and six-ounce tasting format is genuinely smart — it lets you run a DIY flight without committing to a full pour, and it's the kind of flexibility that makes adventurous ordering feel low-risk. Rotation cadence isn't fully documented, but with a sommelier on staff, we'd expect regular updates rather than a static list.
Cakebread Chardonnay Napa Valley — $78/bottle
Retail sits around $45, so the markup is reasonable for a sit-down wine bar experience with proper service and storage. Cakebread Chard punches above its price point — toasty, structured, and recognizable enough that everyone at the table will be happy. On a per-bottle basis, this is where the list makes the most sense.
Stagecoach Vineyard Proprietary Napa Cabernet (house bottling)
Most people at this table will order Caymus on autopilot. Don't. The house Stagecoach bottling is the most interesting thing on this list — it's a wine made from one of Napa's elite mountain vineyard sources, bottled exclusively for SixtyFour. You won't find it at Binny's. That exclusivity alone earns a pour.
Caymus Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley
At approximately $42 for a glass, you're paying a steep per-bottle equivalent for a wine that retails around $90 — fine math if you only want one glass, but Caymus has become the safe, ubiquitous Napa Cab that shows up everywhere. With 63 other options available, ordering Caymus here is like going to a great record store and asking for Taylor Swift.
Silver Oak Cabernet Sauvignon Alexander Valley + Steak Frites
Silver Oak Alexander Valley is softer and more approachable than its Napa sibling — silky tannins with enough structure to stand up to a properly charred steak without bulldozing it. Classic pairing, executed with a wine that actually has the finesse to let the beef do some talking too.
🎲 The Bottom Line
SixtyFour is doing something genuinely unusual for suburban Illinois — running a serious, sommelier-backed wine program with 64 daily pours and an exclusive Stagecoach vineyard bottling — and it mostly delivers. Markups get wobbly at the glass level, but if you lean into the tasting format and order smart, this is absolutely worth a trip from the city.
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