Sonoma Pizza, Local Pours, No Pretense
· Sonoma · Pizza and Italian · Visit Website ↗
Reviewed by the RagingWine Tasting Desk · September 24, 2026
RagingWine reviewed The Red Grape’s wine list and gave it The Reliable — RagingWine’s Vibe-Check rating. How RagingWine reviews wine lists →
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You're in Sonoma, steps from the plaza, at a brick-oven pizza spot with a sunny patio — the wine list should reflect where you are, and from what we can tell, it does lean into local and Italian pours. The vibe is casual and unhurried, which sets the right expectations: this isn't a destination wine list, but it shouldn't embarrass itself in wine country.
The program draws from Sonoma and California producers, with a nod toward Italian varieties that make sense alongside thin-crust pizza and Italian-leaning dishes. That dual focus — local and Italian — is the right call for this format. We don't have the full list in hand, so we can't verify depth or how far they venture beyond the obvious, but the regional alignment is at least conceptually sound. What we'd want to see more of: smaller Sonoma producers, anything off the beaten Cab-Chard path.
By-the-glass details weren't available to us at time of review, so we can't confirm count or rotation. In a casual pizza context like this, a rotating selection of four to six local pours would be the ideal play — we just can't confirm that's what's happening here.
The Bottom Line
The Red Grape is a neighborhood-friendly pizza spot in one of the best wine regions on earth, and the list at least points in the right direction — local Sonoma producers, Italian varietals, casual pricing. We'd love to report more specifics, but the program wasn't documented enough for us to go deeper. Worth a visit for the food and the patio; treat any wine discovery here as a bonus.
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