Bellini

The list reads like it was built by someone who actually likes Italian wine — not just someone who Googled 'Italian wine list template.' There's a clear regional backbone here, anchored in Tuscany and the north, with enough American and French selections to keep the table from mutinying. It's upscale without being pretentious, which is about right for downtown Providence.

Italy rightfully dominates — you've got Antinori's Tenuta Guado al Tasso Vermentino, Rocca delle Macie Chianti Classico, and the Cipriani Prosecco doing honest work across the list. The French presence is lean but deliberate: Gosset Grand Réserve and Château Peyrassol Commanderie show someone made real choices. The American contingent is more interesting than expected — Belle Pente Yamhill-Carlton Pinot Noir and Mathiasson Linda Vista Chardonnay are legitimately good producers that you don't often see on an Italian restaurant list. The gaps are in the south of Italy and anything remotely obscure — no Nerello, no Aglianico, no natural wine energy — but for what it is, this is a coherent list.

Twelve to sixteen pours is a generous program for a restaurant this size, and the spread across sparkling, white, rosé, and red is balanced. At $14 entry-level, you're not getting gouged on the low end — the Angeline Pinot Noir and Cabernet Sauvignon Prelius both sit there as honest house-tier options. The $32 ceiling with the Gosset gives the list some ambition without going full expense-account.