Twenty-one glass pours and a big Italian regional bottle list
North End · Boston · Rustic Regional Italian · Visit Website ↗
Reviewed October 9, 2026 · How we review
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Vinoteca di Monica posts two wine documents: a Wine By The Glass list with twenty-one wines, and a bottle list titled Wine List 2025. The bottle list is organized by Italian region, with Northwest Italy, Northeast Italy, Tuscany & Central Italy and Southern Italy & the Islands, plus a short New World & France section. Confirm availability, because the list carries a 2025 title.
Tuscany & Central Italy is the longest section of the bottle list, with Northwest Italy (all Piedmont) next. Piedmont has Barolo from G.D. Vajra, Prunotto, Marchesi di Barolo and Fontanafredda, and Barbaresco from Prunotto, Castello di Nieve and Luigi Giordano. Tuscany adds Chianti Classico from Antinori, Rocca delle Macie and Felsina, Brunello di Montalcino and Antinori's Tignanello at $320. Southern Italy runs from Sicilian Etna Rosso and Cerasuolo di Vittoria to Puglia Negroamaro and Campania Taurasi. Outside Italy the list is short: a 2018 Alexander Valley Cabernet, a Cotes du Rhone from Notre Dame des Pallieres, a Burgundy Pinot Noir and a 1.5L Rioja Reserva.
The Wine By The Glass list runs from $11 (Le Salare Trebbiano and Bertarose Rosé) to $32 (Fontanafredda Barolo). In between: Sella & Mosca La Cala Vermentino at $12, Rocca delle Macie Chianti Classico at $15, Tenute Mundi Barolo at $16 and Venica & Venica Merlot at $17. Fiol Prosecco is $14. It is Italian from end to end, so there are glass-pour Barolos, a Pecorino and a Moscato alongside the usual Pinot Grigio and Chardonnay.
The Bottom Line
Vinoteca di Monica pours twenty-one Italian wines by the glass, and its bottle list is built around long Tuscan and Piedmont sections. Order the $12 La Cala Vermentino by the glass with the cappellini, or the $60 Hofstatter Meczan Pinot Noir if you want a bottle of red. Confirm current availability, since the bottle list is titled 2025. This unrated guide covers the posted wine lists, not service, storage or markups.
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