Supper Club Classics, No Surprises, No Complaints
South Sioux Falls · Sioux Falls · Italian · Steakhouse · Visit Website ↗
Reviewed June 20, 2026
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The wine list at Spezia reads like a greatest hits album you already own — Caymus, Rombauer, Meiomi. It's comfortable, recognizable, and about as adventurous as a Tuesday night at Applebee's, which is to say not very. For Sioux Falls, though, it gets the job done for the supper-club crowd this place clearly serves.
The list runs somewhere in the 50-80 bottle range with California doing the heavy lifting — Napa Cabernets and a few Pacific Northwest bottles anchor the reds, while Italian whites get a token nod through Santa Margherita and Antinori. There's no real depth in Burgundy, no Rhône presence, nothing from Spain or South America worth mentioning. It's a list built to sell bottles people already know, not to introduce them to anything new. Stag's Leap sits alongside Caymus as the prestige play, and that's roughly where the ambition peaks.
By-the-glass specifics aren't confirmed, but given the list makeup, expect the usual suspects — Meiomi Pinot Noir and Rombauer Chardonnay almost certainly showing up in the pour lineup. If you're drinking by the glass here, lean Italian: the Santa Margherita Pinot Grigio is a safe, predictable pour that at least fits the restaurant's spirit.
Antinori Santa Cristina — null
It's the one bottle on this list where the Italian-steakhouse concept actually makes sense. Santa Cristina is a reliable Tuscan Sangiovese blend that drinks above its price point — if Spezia prices it fairly, it's the move over the California cabs that carry four-figure restaurant markups on a $20 retail bottle.
Stag's Leap Wine Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon
Most people at this restaurant are going straight for Caymus on name recognition alone. Stag's Leap is the more interesting bottle — more structured, more nuanced, with actual winemaking history behind it. It gets overlooked because it doesn't have the same marketing machine, but it's the smarter order.
Caymus Cabernet Sauvignon
Caymus is a fine wine that has been markedly overcropped and over-distributed in recent years, and restaurants markup an already-inflated retail price to painful levels. You're paying heavily for the label recognition. The wine itself has drifted toward sweet and extracted — there are better Napa Cabs for less money on this very list.
Antinori Santa Cristina + Pasta dishes
A Tuscan Sangiovese blend with a plate of pasta is barely even a pairing decision — it's just geography doing the work. The acidity in Santa Cristina cuts through rich tomato-based sauces and keeps things moving in a way that a big California Cab absolutely cannot.
✔️ The Bottom Line
Spezia is a reliable dinner option in Sioux Falls if you want a recognizable bottle with a nice steak and no surprises. Just don't expect the wine list to challenge you — it's here to comfort, not to excite.
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