In the past it would have been difficult to come up with a handful of US restaurants whose wine list that could be compared with the great cellars of Europe. Only since the 1980’s that California wineries have made great strides in producing world class vintages that are often less expensive than their European counterparts. Most new restaurants in the US now open with a sommelier or a wine director in place. The United States now has a truly great and original wine lists than does Europe.
Restaurants like Meadowood located in Napa Valley’s wine country, stocks a list of wines that are rich in European and new world wines. In Chico, Montana at Chico Hot Springs Resort you will find a wine cache that would be daunting to any big city. With the parking lot full practically every night with Mercedes, Bentleys and Maseratis, Valbella Risorante in Greenwich, Connecticut is a superb Italian restaurant with a never ending wine list. They are known for storing more than 1,500 selections in an exquisite wine cellar dining room. Then you have restaurants like Veritas in New York that was literally built around wine. There list offers more than 3,5oo selections and 200,000 bottles. I can go on talking about wine all night, there are many restaurants with exceptional wines all you have to do is go out and find your favorite restaurant.