Sky-high Iberian list worth the elevator ride
White Plains · Portuguese · Visit Website ↗
Reviewed April 9, 2026 · How we review
RagingWine reviewed The Restaurant at Kanopi’s wine list and gave it The Wild Card — RagingWine’s Vibe-Check rating. How RagingWine reviews wine lists →
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You ride a glass elevator 42 floors above White Plains to get here, so the bar for drama is already set before you open the wine list. What you find is a focused, Portugal-forward list that actually makes sense with the kitchen — a rare thing. It's not sprawling, but it's curated with a point of view.
The list leans hard into Iberia, which is exactly right for a Portuguese restaurant, and the heavy hitters are genuinely impressive: Prats & Symington Chryseia, Niepoort Vinhos, and Quinta do Crasto anchor the Douro section with real authority. Spain gets its due with Vega Sicilia Unico and Alvaro Palacios L'Ermita — serious bottles that signal someone cared enough to source them. California shows up in the form of Ridge Monte Bello and Opus One, which reads more like crowd-pleaser insurance than a coherent program extension, but the Iberian spine is strong enough to forgive the detour. Port lovers will be happy: Dow's and Graham's Vintage Port entries round out a list that actually follows through on the restaurant's identity.
With 12 to 20 pours available and glasses running $12–$18, the by-the-glass program is accessible without being cheap — and at this altitude, that's the right call. The range likely pulls from the Douro and Alentejo selections that define the bottle list, which gives you a real taste of what this kitchen is built around. We'd push staff to walk you through the Portuguese options specifically; that's where this program earns its keep.
Esporão Reserva — $40
Esporão Reserva is a workhorse Alentejo red that punches well above its price point — structured enough to hold up to the cataplana, honest enough not to make you feel like you're being farmed. At the low end of this list's price range, it's the clearest win.
Quinta do Crasto Douro
Most tables in a room with these views are ordering by prestige — Opus One, Vega Sicilia — but Quinta do Crasto is where this list quietly earns its Wine Spectator badge. It's a proper Douro red from one of the valley's most reliable estates, built for exactly the kind of rich, saline food this kitchen sends out.
Opus One
Opus One is a fine bottle, but it has no business being the reason you came to a Portuguese restaurant 42 floors above Westchester. The markup on a bottle this visible is rarely kind, and you can drink better and more interesting for the same money or less by staying in the Iberian section.
Niepoort Vinhos + Seafood Cataplana
Niepoort makes wines with a restless, almost saline energy that mirrors exactly what's happening in a good cataplana — all that clam liquor, saffron, and coastal brine. Whether you go with one of their whites or a lighter red, the house is built for this dish.
The Bottom Line
Kanopi is a Wild Card in the best possible sense: a rooftop Portuguese restaurant in White Plains with a genuinely serious Iberian wine list and a Wine Spectator credential to back it up. Skip the California imports, stay in the Douro and Alentejo, and let the view do the rest.
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