Tasting House

The wine list at Tasting House lands with real weight — 400 to 600 selections anchored by France, Italy, and California, exactly what Wine Spectator flagged when handing out the Best of Award of Excellence in 2022. This isn't a list someone threw together; it reads like a team of five sommeliers actually argued over every page. The room is intimate, the list is not.

Burgundy gets serious treatment here — Faiveley and Louis Jadot hold down the approachable end while Domaine de la Romanée-Conti sits at the top for the table ready to make a memory (and a dent in their savings account). Italy is equally strong with Gaja and Bruno Giacosa representing Piedmont at its most formidable, and Sassicaia and Antinori flying the Super Tuscan flag with authority. California Cab fans get their Caymus, Jordan, and Ridge without apology, and the Rhône Valley shows up properly with Chapoutier and Guigal to round out the French holdings. The only real gap is the Southern Hemisphere and anything remotely adventurous — this list skews classical and confident, not experimental.

With 20 to 35 pours available, the by-the-glass program is legitimately one of the stronger ones in the South Bay — enough options to build an evening's worth of exploration without committing to a bottle. We'd expect the sommelier team to rotate selections thoughtfully given the depth of the cellar they're working with. If they're not steering you toward something interesting off the BTG list, ask — that's what five somms are there for.