Vintage Wine Bar

Nineteen bottles. That's it. At first glance it reads like someone handed a well-meaning manager a short budget and a strong opinion about Champagne — and honestly, we're not mad about it. The list is tight, curated almost to a fault, but every label earns its spot.

Two-thirds of this list is sparkling wine, and not the grocery-store kind — we're talking Bereche et Fils, Pierre Peters Grand Cru, Philipponnat Reserve Perpétuelle, and Bollinger alongside the crowd-pleasing Veuve Clicquot. That's a Champagne section that a dedicated wine bar would be proud of. The still wine side is just three bottles deep: Dunn Howell Mountain Cab, Corison Napa Cab, and Pride Mountain Merlot — which is essentially a Napa Valley greatest hits sampler with no red wine by-the-glass optionality if the bottle commitments feel heavy. There's a lovely wild card in Patrick Bottex Bugey Cerdon — a fizzy, low-alcohol Gamay-Poulsard from the Jura foothills that has no business being this charming on a list this focused. No whites, no rosé still wines, no international detour beyond Champagne — the gaps are real, but the intent is clear.

We don't have confirmed by-the-glass data for this list, which is a notable blind spot for a wine bar format — if the answer is just bottle service and half-bottles, that changes the math significantly for casual visits. The Laurent Perrier La Cuvee 375ml at $29.98 and the Billecart Salmon Rosé 375ml at $59.98 suggest they're leaning on half-bottles as a middle-ground option, which is a reasonable workaround. We'd love to see a proper BTG program here — the Champagne lineup begs for it.