3,500 Bottles Deep in Beverly Hills
Beverly Hills · Beverly Hills · French, European · Visit Website ↗
Reviewed April 5, 2026
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The wine list at Wally's doesn't arrive — it lands. Over 3,500 selections spanning every serious wine region on earth, this is less a restaurant list and more a collector's fever dream made physical. The retail shop bleeding into the dining room sets the tone immediately: wine is not an afterthought here, it's the whole point.
California and Burgundy anchor the list with the kind of depth that makes grown adults emotional — we're talking Domaine de la Romanée-Conti, Domaine Leroy Musigny, Harlan Estate, Screaming Eagle, and Sine Qua Non sharing real estate with Château Pétrus and Château Margaux. Ridge Monte Bello represents for the serious California crowd who want terroir with their Cabernet, and Krug Clos du Mesnil handles Champagne duties at the absolute top of the format. The Rhône and Italy sections aren't trophy chasings — they're genuinely considered programs that hold their own against the heavy hitters. If there's a gap, it's that adventurous drinkers hunting natural wine or obscure Old World producers may find the list skews heavily toward the canonical and collectible.
Forty to sixty options by the glass is an almost absurd level of generosity — this isn't a Kendall-Jackson-and-call-it-a-day situation. Glasses run from $18 up to $150, which means you can either ease in responsibly or drink something genuinely extraordinary without committing to a full bottle. The range rotates enough to keep regulars honest.
Opus One — $50 (glass estimate)
At a place where bottles top out at five figures, catching Opus One by the glass — if it's pouring — is the move for anyone who wants Napa's most iconic Bordeaux blend without the full bottle commitment. It's a reference-point wine at an access-point price.
Ridge Monte Bello
Everyone in the room is eyeing the DRC and the Screaming Eagle, which means Ridge Monte Bello — one of California's most age-worthy and genuinely terroir-driven Cabernets — sits quietly underordered. It's the thinking person's California Cab and it belongs on your table.
Château Pétrus
Pétrus is legitimately one of the greatest wines on earth, but at Wally's Beverly Hills prices on a bottle that already commands a king's ransom at retail, you're paying a premium on top of a premium. The wine is real; the value equation is not. Save it for when someone else is signing the check.
Krug Clos du Mesnil + Dover sole
One of Champagne's most precise and mineral-driven blanc de blancs meets the most elegant fish on the menu — it's a study in restraint and tension that neither overwhelms the other. This is the pairing you remember when you're eating sad desk salads a week later.
🔥 The Bottom Line
Wally's is a genuine rager — a Wine Spectator Grand Award winner that earns it on the floor every night with one of the deepest, most seriously assembled lists in Los Angeles. Yes, your wallet will feel it, but you'll drink better here than almost anywhere in the city.
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Plays It Safe
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Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Proper
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Crowd Pleasers
Steep
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Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Acceptable
Beverly Hills · Beverly Hills · Mediterranean, European
The Terrace is a legitimately deep, thoughtfully assembled list wearing resort hotel clothes — don't let the parasols fool you. If you're in Beverly Hills and want to drink something serious alongside Mediterranean food in a genuinely beautiful setting, this is where we'd send you.
Deep & Eclectic
Steep
Varietal Specific
Willing but Green
Active Program
Proper
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The Polo Lounge is one of the few places in LA where the wine list genuinely matches the room's legend. Markups run steep across the board, but Wednesday half-price night and Sarah Plath's expertise make it worth the pilgrimage — and the McCarthy Salad.
Deep & Eclectic
Steep
Varietal Specific
Knowledgeable & Friendly
Active Program
Proper
Beverly Hills · Beverly Hills · Italian
Nerano is the real deal — a serious Italian wine list in a room that knows how to use it, with producers that would make any Piedmont-obsessed collector pay attention. Prices run steep across the board, but for a special occasion Italian dinner in LA, this is where you want to be.
Deep & Eclectic
Steep
Varietal Specific
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Proper
Beverly Hills · Beverly Hills · Steak House
Mastro's is a trophy-list steakhouse through and through — deep cellar, serious producers, and prices that match the zip code. Come with a plan, come on a Wednesday, and let Ridge Monte Bello be your secret weapon.
Deep & Eclectic
Steep
Varietal Specific
Willing but Green
Occasional
Proper
Greensboro · Greensboro · French, European
Print Works Bistro is doing the right things for wine in a market where most restaurants aren't trying at all — a focused list, fair prices, and 15-plus years of Wine Spectator recognition to show it's not an accident. It's not a destination wine list, but if you're eating in Greensboro and want a real bottle with dinner, this is where you go.
Solid Range
Fair
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Proper
Williamsburg · Brooklyn · French, European
Le Crocodile is the kind of place that makes you wonder why every neighborhood doesn't have a serious French wine program tucked inside a bistro this unpretentious. Pricing leans steep at the top end, but the staff knows their stuff and the list earns its stripes — send a friend here without hesitation.
Small but Thoughtful
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Knowledgeable & Friendly
Set & Forget
Proper
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MaMou is a Burgundy love letter set inside a French Quarter bistro, and for the right diner — someone who wants to eat duck confit and drink Drouhin — it absolutely delivers. Just know what you're walking into: a focused, France-first list with prices that reflect it.
Small but Thoughtful
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
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