Vintage 423
Approachable Pours in the High Desert
Downtown · Santa Fe · American · Visit Website ↗
Reviewed April 3, 2026
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First Impression
The wine list at Vintage 423 isn't trying to impress you — it's trying not to lose you. What you get is a compact, approachable selection anchored by recognizable names at prices that feel almost aggressively reasonable for a downtown Santa Fe dining room.
Selection Deep Dive
The list leans heavily on California workhorses and a handful of approachable French and New Mexico labels — think Josh Cellars and Kim Crawford doing most of the heavy lifting. There's no real deep-cuts energy here; this is a list built for the table that wants a glass with dinner, not a wine nerd rabbit hole. The New Mexico regional inclusion is a nice nod to local pride, even if the overall range stays firmly in crowd-pleaser territory. Gaps in old-world depth and anything resembling a discovery bottle are real, but at these prices, it's hard to hold it against them.
By the Glass
By-the-glass options clock in starting at $7, which in 2024 is basically a rounding error for a sit-down restaurant in a tourist-heavy market. The pours skew white and rosé-friendly, with Serial Cab holding down the red side. Rotation appears minimal — this list looks like it's been set and left alone for a while.
Serial Cabernet Sauvignon — $8
At $8 a glass, you're paying barely above retail for a Cab that drinks above its price point. It's the best dollar-for-dollar proposition on the list — order two.
Seaglass Pinot Noir
Most people at this price point reach for the Cab, but the Seaglass Pinot punches up with solid Santa Barbara fruit character and retails for $16 — making your $8 glass feel like an actual deal that most guests are sleeping on.
Kim Crawford Rosé
Kim Crawford is fine, but at $7 a glass you're paying almost half the retail bottle price for something you could crack open at home any Tuesday. When the BTG program is this affordable across the board, there's no reason to default to the grocery store pick.
Charles Krug Sauvignon Blanc + Green chile dishes
Santa Fe menus live and die by green chile, and the Charles Krug Sauv Blanc's bright acidity and citrus cut through the heat without steamrolling the flavor. It's $8 and it works — that's the whole story.
✔️ The Bottom Line
Vintage 423 isn't a wine destination, but with by-the-glass pours priced like it's still 2018, it earns its place as a genuinely solid neighborhood option in a city where wine markups can get brutal fast. Send a friend here if they want a decent glass without a side of sticker shock.
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