Coastal New England with a California State of Mind
Westerly · American · Visit Website ↗
Reviewed April 23, 2026 · How we review
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Walking into The Restaurant at Weekapaug Inn, the wine list feels exactly like the room: unhurried, well-appointed, and not trying too hard to impress you. It's a 100-150 bottle list that leans hard into California and France — no surprises, but no embarrassments either. Wine Spectator has been handing them an Award of Excellence since 2019, and you can see why pretty quickly.
California is the clear anchor here — Napa Cabs like Jordan and Stag's Leap, Sonoma Chardonnays from Rombauer and Sonoma-Cutrer, and Pinot Noir from Flowers and La Crema give the list a reliable West Coast backbone. France holds down the other flank with Burgundy standbys like Louis Jadot and Joseph Drouhin, plus Bordeaux château selections from the Médoc. It's not a deep-dig list — you're not going to find Barolo or Ribera del Duero lurking in a back section — but what's here is well-chosen and fits the coastal upscale crowd this room attracts. Sommelier John Cappiello's fingerprints are on this thing; the list has a sense of intentionality that a generic hotel wine card usually lacks.
Ten to sixteen options by the glass is a solid spread for a place this size, and the $10–$18 range means you're not getting punished for ordering a pour instead of a bottle. We'd love to see more rotation and adventurous pours, but what's on the board covers all the bases without embarrassing anyone at the table.
Flowers Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir 2021 — $82
Flowers is a legitimately great producer — their Sonoma Coast Pinot punches well above its weight in the glass, and $82 at a restaurant of this caliber is a fair ask. This is the bottle we'd order if we were splitting it between two people over scallops and conversation.
Domaine Serene Evenstad Reserve Pinot Noir 2020
Most people at this restaurant are going straight for the Napa Cab. Meanwhile, the Domaine Serene Evenstad Reserve — one of Oregon's most consistent prestige Pinots — sits at $98 and gets ignored. It's the sleeper on this list and it rewards anyone willing to look past the Stag's Leap.
Château Margaux 2018
At $650, the Margaux is the kind of line item that exists to make the list look prestigious, not to deliver value. It's a great wine, sure, but this is a coastal New England inn dining room — not the setting to be dropping that kind of money. Save it for somewhere with the cellar program to back it up.
Rombauer Zinfandel 2022 + Grilled Rack of Lamb
Rombauer's Zin is plush, fruit-forward, and carries just enough spice and structure to stand up to the lamb without bulldozing it. The richness matches the char on the rack, and at $72 it's an easy yes for a table that wants red and wants it to actually deliver.
Tuesday — Half-price wine night on Tuesdays — the best reason to eat here mid-week.
The Bottom Line
The Restaurant at Weekapaug Inn is exactly what it needs to be — a thoughtful, Wine Spectator-vetted list run by a real sommelier in a room where the ocean air practically does half the work. Tuesday's half-price wine night is genuinely worth planning around.
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