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Austin, Texas, USA · Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence

Dean's Italian Steakhouse

This is a tight, steakhouse sized list of 25 wines built around Italy and tilted heavily to red, with 14 reds against 7 whites and 4 sparkling. The depth lives in classic Italian benchmarks, with Piedmont showing through Ceretto, Brunello from Il Poggione, and a Friuli white from Pighin, so you have honest regional anchors to point a guest toward. Sparkling leans Prosecco from Bisol and Zardetto plus a Veuve Clicquot for the Champagne ask, and Catena covers the Argentine Malbec that drinkers expect with steak. Be aware there is no wine by the glass, so everything is a bottle commitment, and there is a small Premium Pours section if a guest wants to trade up. It rewards a table that knows it wants Italian reds with their steak and is fine ordering a full bottle.

25
Wines
25
Producers
2017 to 2023
Vintages

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Captured from the restaurant's published list · organized by type · prices as printed · Most-listed wines
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