When You Open the Menu and Stop on the Second Page
Some wine lists you flip through quickly. Others make you put down the bread and read more carefully.
WeSud’s cellar belongs to the second category.
This isn’t a list that was put together to impress. Every bottle on those shelves -and we’re talking hundreds of labels- was placed there deliberately. From aged Bordeaux Grand Crus to Italian wines you’d struggle to find on any wine list in this country. The result is a cellar that speaks to you directly, without unnecessary fanfare.
The Bordeaux Chapter: Three Labels, One Story
Five bottles, lined up on the table. That photograph says a lot about WeSud’s priorities.
Château Gazin 2005 from Pomerol is a wine few people mention when talking about the Right Bank, but 2005 was an outstanding vintage – dense, velvety, with the Merlot of Pomerol at full ripeness. Next to it, Château Montrose 2010 from Saint-Estèphe: one of the most structured, most rewarding wines the Left Bank produced that year. If you’ve tried Montrose before and thought you knew it, the 2010 will politely prove you wrong.
And even the Montrose only serves as a prologue for what comes next.
Pontet-Canet: Three Eras of the Same Character
Three vintages of Château Pontet-Canet from Pauillac -2005, 2010, and 2014- in the same cellar. That’s not a coincidence.
Pontet-Canet is one of the most talked-about Cinquième Grand Cru Classé wines in the Médoc. Since the Tesseron family shifted to biodynamic farming, their wines started earning scores that no Pauillac at their classification level had ever seen. The 2010, in particular, received 100 Parker Points and that means something, even if you don’t care about scores.
Having all three vintages at the same table lets you understand how a wine changes over time and how it stays true to itself at the same time.
The Italian Heart of the Cellar
If the French wines are the formal backbone of the wine list, the Italians are what make it breathe.
On the shelves you’ll spot labels from Barolo, Brunello di Montalcino, Chianti Classico and crucially, these aren’t the easy names you throw in to fill a page. The Grand Vin Bordeaux wooden cases peeking out between the bottles tell you someone has thought seriously about capacity and storage. WeSud’s cellar isn’t decorative. It works.
For the guest who wants to drink something Italian with depth and character -without having to explain why- this section of the list feels like home.
Burgundy: For Those Who Know What They’re Looking For
Among the cellar photographs, bottles of Burgundy stand out Nuits-Saint-Georges, Vosne-Romanée, labels carrying the characteristically fine print of Burgundian domaines.
Burgundy on a restaurant wine list says a great deal. It’s not easy to manage. These wines need the right temperature, the right moment, the right glass. If someone has invested in these labels, it means they believe their guests know what they’re ordering or that there’s someone nearby to help them find out.
Burgundy’s Pinot Noir is the most demanding wine you can open. And the most rewarding, if you give it the attention it deserves.
The White Wine Hiding on the Shelves
One detail that’s easy to miss: the Chardonnay bottles with the orange labels sitting in a row in the cellar.
Their presence makes one thing clear at WeSud, white wines don’t play second fiddle. A good Chardonnay, especially one from a terroir with real personality, can bring something to the table that no red can: freshness and complexity at the same time.
If you only order white wine in summer “because that’s what you do,” WeSud’s cellar is a good reason to change that habit.
How to Choose From a List Like This
A list with this kind of range can feel daunting. It doesn’t need to.
The best approach is to say what you’re eating, what you generally enjoy, and let someone who knows guide you from there. At WeSud, the wine list feels like it’s there to be used, not admired. After all, what’s the point of having three vintages of Pontet-Canet if nobody ever opens them?
Wine wins when it reaches the right table. Not the most expensive one, the right one.
Why This Cellar Deserves an Evening of Its Own
At the end of the day, WeSud’s wine list isn’t just a list of prices and labels.
It’s a statement of intent. Someone has read, traveled, tasted, and chosen. From Pomerol to Pauillac, from the rolling hillside vineyards of Burgundy to Italian terroirs that few people explore, the list has coherence. It’s not a marketplace, it’s not a showroom. It’s the cellar of someone who genuinely loves wine and wants to share it. That’s what you feel when you sit down, open the menu, and start reading.
And that feeling -that someone has already thought about what you’ll drink tonight- is rare.