An Italian bubble obsession hiding in Decatur
Decatur · Italian · Visit Website ↗
Reviewed by the RagingWine Tasting Desk · October 3, 2026
RagingWine reviewed Sotto Sotto’s wine list and gave it The Wild Card — RagingWine’s Vibe-Check rating. How RagingWine reviews wine lists →
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The list opens with a full section of bubbles — Bollicine — before a single still wine appears, and that tells you exactly where Sotto Sotto's priorities lie. Sixty-eight labels isn't a deep cellar, but the curation here is sharp and unapologetically Italian. This isn't a list built by committee; someone made choices.
The Italian backbone is real: Piemonte leads the charge with Timorasso from Vigneti Massa, Roero Arneis from Angelino Negro, and Gavi di Gavi from both Villa Sparina and the rare La Scolca D'Antan 2009. The sparkling section punches hardest — Ca Del Bosco Franciacorta at $88, the quirky Zanesi Lambrusco di Sorbara at $45, and even a Luigi Giordano Nature Nebbiolo Brut Rosé that almost no one in Atlanta is pouring. Champagne fans get Billecart-Salmon, Ruinart, Veuve Clicquot, and even the La Grande Dame 2015 at $430 — a flex, but a legitimate one. The Veneto, Liguria, and Trentino sections are thinner, but every bottle earns its spot.
Fourteen options by the glass is solid for a 68-bottle list, ranging from $12 to $26. You can open with the Avissi Prosecco at $12/glass, step up to the Ferrari Trento DOC Brut at $22/glass, or close with the Vietti Moscato d'Asti at $13/glass — a thoughtful arc. The glass program mirrors the bottle list's Italian focus, which keeps things coherent rather than scattershot.
The Bottom Line
Sotto Sotto is a genuinely Italian wine list in a city that usually settles for Italian-American approximations — the Timorasso, the Lambrusco di Sorbara, the Franciacorta all signal real intent. The glass program is accessible, markups are reasonable, and the bubbles section alone justifies a visit. If you want depth across all of Italy, you'll hit the edges fast at 68 labels, but what's here is well-chosen. Send a friend who likes to drink something they've never heard of.
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Solid Range
Fair
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Seasonal Rotation
Acceptable
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Café Alsace earns the Wild Card badge because it's doing something genuinely unusual in metro Atlanta — serving Alsatian food with a wine list to match, in a neighborhood bistro that doesn't take itself too seriously. We'd love to report more specifics on bottles and pricing, but the concept is sound and the food-wine alignment is real. If you're sitting down to a plate of choucroute garnie, you're probably drinking the right thing — and that's more than most restaurants in this city can say.
Small but Thoughtful
Fair
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Acceptable
Decatur · Decatur · Italian
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Surprising Depth
Fair
Basic Stemmed
Rotating Cast
Set & Forget
Acceptable
· Decatur · New American
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Small but Thoughtful
Fair
Basic Stemmed
Rotating Cast
Set & Forget
Acceptable
· Decatur · French and New American
The Select is doing honest, competent work on its wine list — fair markups, a generous by-the-glass program, and enough European depth to keep things interesting. It's not going to make a wine obsessive rearrange their calendar, but if you're eating French-leaning food in Decatur and want a glass that actually makes sense with your plate, this place will not let you down.
Solid Range
Fair
Basic Stemmed
Rotating Cast
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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Scout is punching above its weight class for a neighborhood spot in Oakhurst — a white-wine-forward list built with actual curiosity, fair pricing, and enough depth to reward guests who look past the obvious pours. If you care even a little about what's in your glass, this is worth a detour.
Small but Thoughtful
Fair
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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Trattoria Italia is clearly a restaurant that cares about its food and its room — the vodka rigatoni and seafood linguine have fans, and the vibe earns its date-night reputation. But the wine program is an afterthought at best, and at a price point where you'd expect at least a thoughtful Italian-focused list, four labels feels like a real missed opportunity. Order a cocktail or bring your own if corkage is an option — and check before you go.
Grocery Store
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Rotating Cast
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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Small but Thoughtful
Fair
Basic Stemmed
Rotating Cast
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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Crowd Pleasers
Fair
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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