Spencer's Restaurant

The wine list at Spencer's lands with the same energy as the room — mid-century cool, a little theatrical, clearly proud of itself. Somewhere between 350 and 500 bottles deep, it signals immediately that this isn't a list assembled by someone clicking through a distributor catalog. California and Bordeaux anchor everything, and they do it with names that command attention.

California is the main event here, and Spencer's doesn't phone it in — Opus One, Caymus Special Selection, Stag's Leap, Far Niente, Chateau Montelena, Silver Oak, and Jordan are all present, which reads like a greatest-hits of Napa done right. Bordeaux gets serious real estate too, with Chateau Margaux and Chateau Lynch-Bages representing the left bank at proper depth. Italy shows up with conviction: Antinori's Tignanello and Gaja Barbaresco are exactly the kind of picks that separate a thoughtful list from a safe one. If there's a gap, it's probably on the natural and emerging-region side — this list skews classic and collector-friendly, which fits the room perfectly.

With 20 to 30 pours by the glass, Spencer's is genuinely generous in this department for a steakhouse of its caliber — most rooms like this top out at 12 and call it a day. We don't have the full glass pour lineup, but given the bottle list's California-forward identity, expect a solid rotation of Napa Cabs and Chardonnays holding down the core slots. Whether there's active rotation or it stays locked in place year-round is unclear, but the sheer count means you're not stuck choosing between two mediocre options.