Cary

Nazara is the rare Indian restaurant where the wine list is worth your actual attention — California-focused and safe, sure, but fairly priced and legitimately curated. We'd send a friend here who wants a proper bottle of wine with their lamb.

Herons is a genuine rager hiding in a Cary hotel — a deeply sourced, professionally managed wine program with a sommelier team that knows what they're doing. Markups run steep, as they do everywhere at this tier, but the quality and depth of what's available justifies the trip if wine is the reason you're going.