Utah's Italian Wine Room Done Right
Salt Lake City · Northern Italian · Visit Website ↗
Updated October 2026
Reviewed April 9, 2026 · How we review
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The wine list at Veneto lands like a serious love letter to the Italian peninsula — not a postcard. Two hundred-plus bottles anchored by Piedmont and Tuscany, with a Best of Award of Excellence from Wine Spectator that they've held since 2019, tells you immediately this isn't a restaurant that bolted a wine list onto an Italian menu as an afterthought. Someone here genuinely cares.
The backbone of this list is exactly where it should be: Barolo and Barbaresco from Piedmont, Brunello di Montalcino from Tuscany, and Amarone from the Veneto — the holy trinity of Italian reds for anyone who means business. Producers like Gaja, Antinori, and Allegrini aren't filler names dropped to impress; they're the real operators, and Sassicaia and Tignanello make appearances for those who want a Super Tuscan moment. The list doesn't try to cover the globe, which is honestly refreshing — it knows what it is and commits fully. A nod to Soave Classico on the white side shows they're not totally ignoring northern Italy's quieter, food-friendly wines.
Twenty to thirty-five options by the glass is genuinely generous for a room this size, and at $12–$25 a pour the range covers both the casual Tuesday diner and the person who wants to open with something serious. The pours skew Italian throughout, which keeps things coherent rather than scattered across six continents.
Soave Classico — $12–$18 by the glass
Soave Classico is chronically underordered at Italian restaurants while people chase Pinot Grigio, but it's a far more interesting wine — mineral, textured, genuinely food-friendly — and at this price point inside a list this caliber, it's the quiet overachiever of the pour program.
Allegrini Amarone della Valpolicella
Everyone at Veneto is looking left toward Barolo and Brunello, and Allegrini's Amarone is sitting right there being quietly spectacular. It's a fuller, richer style that Allegrini does extremely well, and most tables walk right past it chasing the more recognizable Piedmont names.
Sassicaia
Sassicaia is a genuinely great wine, but it's also one of the most recognized and therefore most marked-up labels in any Italian wine program. You're paying a premium for the name recognition here — the Tignanello or an Antinori Brunello will give you a comparable experience with less brand tax on the bill.
Barolo (Piedmont) + Osso Buco
Osso Buco's braised veal shank — rich, gelatinous, deeply savory — needs a wine with serious structure and enough tannin to cut through the fat. Barolo is essentially built for this moment. The high acidity keeps the dish from feeling heavy, and the wine's dried cherry and tar character threads right through the gremolata without fighting it.
The Bottom Line
Veneto is quietly one of the best Italian wine lists in the mountain west — focused, deep where it counts, and priced with enough fairness that you won't wince at the bill. Send your friends here, and tell them to order the Barolo.
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