Uproot
New Jersey's Quietly Serious Wine Destination
Warren · Warren · American · Visit Website ↗
Reviewed April 8, 2026
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First Impression
The wine list at Uproot lands with genuine weight — 300 to 500 bottles deep, anchored in California and Bordeaux, with the kind of names that make you sit up straighter. This is not a list assembled by someone who called a distributor and said 'just send the usual.' Someone here actually cares, and that someone is sommelier John Egan.
Selection Deep Dive
California is the clear centerpiece, with heavy hitters like Opus One, Screaming Eagle, Caymus Special Selection, Silver Oak Alexander Valley, Kistler Chardonnay, Dominus, and Stag's Leap Cask 23 all present and accounted for. Bordeaux holds its own with Château Margaux and Château Lynch-Bages anchoring the French side of things, and Ridge Monte Bello bridges the gap between old-world structure and new-world muscle. The list skews toward the prestige end of the spectrum — this is collector territory — but the range is broad enough that you're not forced to drop a mortgage payment to drink well. The one honest gap: if you're hunting natural wine, funky Jura, or Georgian amber, this probably isn't your room.
By the Glass
Twenty to thirty-five pours by the glass is a genuinely strong program, and at $12 to $22 a glass, the range covers casual weeknight drinkers and serious explorers alike. The Monday half-price wine night is the real headline here — getting into a list of this caliber at half the cost is rare and worth building a week around.
Duckhorn Napa Valley Merlot 2021 — $88
Duckhorn is one of the most reliable names in Napa Merlot and this bottle consistently drinks above its price point — at $88 on a list where the prestige bottles stretch to four figures, it's the most accessible on-ramp to a serious night of wine.
Ridge Monte Bello
Everyone's eyes go straight to Screaming Eagle and Opus One, so Monte Bello quietly sits there doing its thing. It's one of California's most age-worthy, intellectually interesting bottles — Bordeaux-structured, distinctly Californian, and almost always outperforms the more famous names in a blind taste test.
Château Margaux 2018
At $850 you're paying a premium that makes sense at auction or a dedicated wine bar, but in a restaurant setting on a Best of Award list without retail pricing to benchmark against, you're almost certainly absorbing a markup that doesn't do justice to what this wine could cost you elsewhere. Save this splurge for a specialized cellar or a special occasion with a friendlier price tag.
Silver Oak Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon + Short rib ravioli
Silver Oak Alexander Valley is built for exactly this — it's got the plush fruit and soft tannins to match braised short rib's richness without steamrolling the pasta, and the wine's approachable structure means it works from the first pour without needing an hour in a decanter.
Monday — Half-price wine night every Monday — applies to the full wine list, making this one of the better midweek wine deals in New Jersey.
🔥 The Bottom Line
Uproot is the kind of wine program that earns its Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence badge honestly — deep list, a real sommelier, and a Monday half-price night that makes the whole thing accessible. The markups run steep on the trophy bottles, but this is absolutely worth the trip if wine is part of why you're going to dinner.
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