Savona's Trattoria

The list at Savona's is exactly what you'd expect from a neighborhood Italian trattoria — familiar names, approachable prices, nothing that's going to make your jaw drop. But then you notice the Wednesday deal and suddenly the whole place looks a lot more interesting.

The list runs 30 to 60 bottles and leans heavily on the Italian-American greatest hits: Chianti, Montepulciano, Pinot Grigio — all sensible calls for a pasta-and-veal kind of room. The international side fills in with Cabernet, Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, and Sauvignon Blanc, which tells you this list is built for the widest possible audience, not for the person who wants to geek out on Abruzzo producers. There are no deep cuts here, no grower Champagnes hiding in the back pages, no natural wine experiments. What you see is what you get — and honestly, for Albany on a Tuesday, that's fine.

Eight to fifteen pours by the glass is a respectable spread for this category of restaurant, and the lineup mirrors the bottle list: Pinot Grigio, Chardonnay, Rosé on the white side, a Chianti or Montepulciano if you want red. Don't expect the glass list to rotate much — this feels like a set-and-forget program — but the basics are covered and the prices are reasonable enough that you won't feel gouged on a weeknight pour.