Mastello

Over 100 labels at an upscale Italian spot in Fort Myers is a serious opening move — this isn't the kind of list that got copy-pasted from a distributor catalog and forgotten. The range runs from approachable Italian pours to heavy-hitting Napa cult wines, which tells you exactly who this restaurant is trying to impress.

Mastello leans into the Italian-California axis hard, with credible representation from Italy alongside Napa Valley, Paso Robles, and Willamette Valley rounding out the American side. The headline names — Insignia Joseph Phelps, Timeless by Silver Oak, Caymus Cabernet — read like a greatest hits of the expense-account crowd, which is fine, but the list skews heavily toward crowd pleasers rather than anything that would surprise a serious wine drinker. There are no glaring gaps on the red side, but we'd love to see more depth in Italian whites — Vermentino, Fiano, or Etna Bianco would sharpen the identity. Still, for Fort Myers, this is one of the stronger lists in the market.

At least nine options by the glass priced $10–$17 is a reasonable spread for a place at this level — enough to work with across a full dinner without being forced into a bottle. The Laurent Perrier Brut and Ferrari Sparkling Rosé Brut on the bubbly side are solid choices to open with. We'd want to know how often the glass list rotates, but the static feel of the program suggests it doesn't change much.