<p class="ingestion featured-caption">A lengthy restaurant wine list can be intimidating to navigate. Carlo Prearo/Shutterstock</p><ul class="summary-list"><li>As a sommelier, I love <a target="_blank" class href="https://www.businessinsider.com/worst-wines-to-order-sommelier-what-to-get-instead-2024-4">trying new wines</a> at restaurants, but they're not all winners.</li><li>Most people miss out on Italian whites — some of the most underappreciated wines in the world.</li></ul><p>I know it can be overwhelming to be handed an <a target="_blank" class href="https://www.businessinsider.com/best-restaurant-at-disney-world-for-adults-wine-bar-george-review-2022">extensive wine list</a> at a restaurant. Multiple pages with small print can be an overload of information — anxiety ensues, and you're not sure what to order.</p><p>But as a <a target="_blank" class href="https://www.businessinsider.com/us-states-with-best-wineries-vineyards-from-a-sommelier">sommelier</a>, I've trained to understand all those little details, so you don't have to.</p><p>Here are the mistakes I see people make while ordering wine and what to do instead next time you're dining out.</p>