Ristorante Da Benito has earned Wine Spectator’s Best of Award of Excellence, one of the publication’s top honors for restaurant wine programs. The recognition reflects a cellar built with real depth and intention 770 selections drawn from an inventory of 20,000 bottles, spanning the world’s most celebrated wine regions with particular strength in Italy, California, and France. 

The list moves fluidly between everyday elegance and once-in-a-lifetime pours. Champagne lovers will find everything from a approachable Prosecco to rarities like Salon’s Le Mesnil and Krug’s Clos du Mesnil. The Burgundy selection is especially deep, featuring an extraordinary run of Domaine de la Romanée-Conti from Échezeaux and Richebourg to La Tâche and Romanée-Conti itself alongside benchmark producers like Domaine Leflaive, Comtes Lafon, and Dujac. Bordeaux, the Rhône, and Italy’s great houses (Gaja, Giacomo Conterno, Biondi-Santi, Sassicaia) round out a cellar built for serious collectors and curious diners alike.