The 10 Best Wine Lists in L.A. Amid some pretty stiff competition, what counts most is a restaurateur's creativity Home Edition

Once, if your wine list had Stony Hill and Joseph Swan wines, you were in. Today those wines still show great taste and dedication, but among the newest of the neon darlings of the industry are Spottswoode, Ferrari-Carano, Hess Collection, Dunn, Forman. (Next year? Maybe it will be Skalli Atkinson.)...

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Published inThe Los Angeles times
Main Author Berger, Dan
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Los Angeles, Calif Los Angeles Times Communications LLC 08.01.1989
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Summary:Once, if your wine list had Stony Hill and Joseph Swan wines, you were in. Today those wines still show great taste and dedication, but among the newest of the neon darlings of the industry are Spottswoode, Ferrari-Carano, Hess Collection, Dunn, Forman. (Next year? Maybe it will be Skalli Atkinson.) 1. Valentino. Sixty-seven pages of wines, more than 1,000 selections, and all the neon darlings are the obvious reasons that Valentino tops the list. But Piero Selvaggio injects so much of his ebullient personality into the wine list and the wine service that one cannot help but become enthused. The best part of this list are the sleepers, wines that-wine lovers will know this right off-didn't get here by accident, such as two Penfolds Australian Cabernets; three Spanish reds; two 1979 Cote-Roties and a 1961 Chianti Classico Riserva from Dr. Fossi at $35. (But beware: The Fossi wine may be a gamble. Some bottles I have had were spectacular, others from the same vintage were spoiled.)
ISSN:0458-3035