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Wine bar · Downtown Grand Junction Italy's old hillsides, Colorado's young vines.

Our wine list is a conversation between two valleys: classic Italian bottles beside small-lot wines grown a few miles from our door in Palisade.

You must be 21 or older to order alcohol, and we check ID. Please drink responsibly and plan a safe ride home.

A server in a black apron pouring red wine into a glass beside plates of fresh pasta in the candle-lit dining room
A glass of Nebbiolo poured tableside, just as the pasta lands.

01Il metodo

How we build the list

  1. Grower first

    We buy from families who farm their own vines, in Piemonte and on the Palisade mesas alike.

  2. Made for the table

    Every bottle has to earn its place next to a plate of pasta. Bright acidity, honest fruit, nothing overworked.

  3. Open the good stuff

    A wine preservation system lets us pour Barolo and Brunello by the glass, so you can taste them without committing to a bottle.

02Dalla cantina

Selections from the cellar

A sample of our 180-bottle list. Vintages change often; ask for the full cellar book.

Grand Valley & Colorado

  • Riesling, East Orchard Mesa

    52

    Palisade, Colorado

  • Viognier, Vinelands

    56

    Palisade, Colorado

  • Cabernet Franc, Grand Valley

    60

    Palisade, Colorado

  • Pinot Noir, West Elks

    68

    Paonia, Colorado

  • Peach sparkling wine

    44

    Palisade, Colorado

Italia

  • Franciacorta Brut

    78

    Lombardia

  • Etna Rosso

    64

    Sicilia

  • Chianti Classico Riserva

    74

    Toscana

  • Barolo

    120

    Piemonte

  • Brunello di Montalcino

    140

    Toscana

03Il bar

Aperitivo hour, the Italian way

From four to six, Tuesday through Saturday, the marble bar fills with Main Street regulars. Spritzes and Negronis are made with care, and every drink comes with a little plate of something salty from the kitchen.

Aperitivo

Tuesday – Saturday · 4 to 6 pm

Half-price wines by the glass and complimentary cicchetti at the bar.

  • Negroni Monumento

    14

    Gin, Italian red bitter, sweet vermouth infused with Palisade cherries.

  • Spritz della Valle

    13

    Bitter orange aperitivo, peach shrub, Prosecco, soda, an orange wheel.

  • Bookcliff Boulevardier

    15

    Colorado rye, bitter aperitivo, vermouth, smoked rosemary.

  • Limonata Rosa

    8

    Zero-proof: blood orange, lemon, rosemary syrup, tonic.

04Cene del vino

Wine dinners

Once a month we close the dining room for a five-course dinner built around a single winemaker, from the Langhe to Orchard Mesa, with tasting-size pours. Seats are limited to forty.

Ask about the next dinner (970) 555-0143

Corkage is $25 per 750 ml bottle, limit two. Waived when you also buy a bottle from our list.