Verse

The wine list at Verse lands with real weight — 400 to 600 bottles deep, with California and Burgundy anchoring a list that has clearly been curated by people who actually care. This is not a restaurant that threw some popular labels on a laminated card. Wine Spectator handed them a Best of Award of Excellence in 2025, and one look at the list tells you it was earned.

California takes the lead, as you'd expect in LA, but the depth here goes well beyond the usual suspects — Kistler Vineyards Chardonnay and Paul Hobbs Cabernet Sauvignon share space with Domaine Leflaive Puligny-Montrachet and Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Villages, which is a flex most Valley restaurants wouldn't dare attempt. Bordeaux is properly represented with Château Lynch-Bages and Château Pichon Baron, and the Rhône gets its due via Guigal's Côte-Rôtie La Mouline — a wine that most lists treat as decoration but here feels intentional. Italy shows up through Antinori Tignanello, and Champagne gets a serious nod with Krug Grande Cuvée on the list. The American-Latin kitchen gives the team real room to play across regions, and they've used it.

Twenty to thirty-five pours by the glass at $15 to $30 is a legitimate program, not an afterthought. The range suggests the kitchen and the wine team are actually talking to each other, which is rarer than it should be. We'd push the staff to walk you through what's pouring that night — with sommeliers Joben Herrera and Jenna Isaacs on the floor, you're in good hands.