Green Bay's Quiet Secret Is Pouring Global Gems
Broadway District / Downtown · Green Bay · Wine bar with small plates, charcuterie, and contemporary American shareable dishes · Visit Website ↗
Reviewed by the RagingWine Tasting Desk · July 8, 2026
RagingWine reviewed Amphora Wine Bar’s wine list and gave it The Wild Card — RagingWine’s Vibe-Check rating. How RagingWine reviews wine lists →
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Walking into Amphora, you're not in Green Bay anymore — Art Deco bones, dim lighting, and a wine list that has no business being this interesting for a mid-sized Wisconsin city. The list is compact at 19 labels, but whoever curated it clearly did some homework. This is not a place that phoned it in with a wall of Kendall-Jackson.
For a bar this size, the geographic range is legitimately impressive — you've got Loire Valley Chenin Blanc from Maison Darragon, a skin-contact Pinot Gris from Austria's Biokult, Galician Albariño, Portuguese Vinho Verde, and a Garnacha Blanca from Herència Altès that most people in Chicago couldn't find on a map. There's a clear white wine bias here, which makes sense for the small-plates format, but reds get a bit thin. The sparkling section is a sleeper — Flegenheimer Bros. Sparkling Shiraz is an oddball pick that shows someone on the team is willing to take a swing. Gaps exist — no Burgundy, no domestic Pinot Noir worth mentioning — but what's here is coherent and intentional.
Every single bottle on the list is available by the glass, which is a genuinely generous policy and a real advantage for exploration. Pours run $8–$13, which is honest pricing for this quality tier and won't have you doing grim mental math after two rounds. The rotation doesn't appear to change frequently, so don't expect a chalkboard surprise — but the base list is interesting enough that it doesn't need one.
Maison Darragon Les Tuffes Vouvray Sec Chenin Blanc — $13/glass
Vouvray Sec from the Loire is a criminally underrated category — mineral-driven, age-worthy, and versatile. At $13 a glass in a bar setting, you're getting a wine that would anchor a serious wine shop shelf at $20-plus a bottle. Order two.
Biokult Naken Skin Contact Pinot Gris / Muskateller
Most people scroll past anything labeled 'skin contact' at a non-wine-bar destination, but this Austrian orange wine from Biokult is the kind of thing that makes you stop mid-conversation. It's textured, slightly tannic, and completely unlike anything else on the list — and most tables at Amphora will never touch it.
Canella Brut Prosecco DOC
Nothing wrong with Canella, but it's the safe airport-lounge call on an otherwise adventurous list. The Marqués de Cáceres Brut Cava gives you actual structure and complexity at likely the same price point — make the switch.
Granzabán Etiqueta Verde Albariño + Pan-seared fingerling potatoes with spicy salami
Albariño's bright acidity and saline edge cut right through the fat of the salami and hold up against the spice — it's the kind of pairing that makes the dish taste better and the wine taste more interesting. Spain meeting itself on a plate.
🎲 The Bottom Line
Amphora is a genuine surprise in a market that doesn't always reward this kind of ambition — a tight, globally curious wine list at prices that don't punish you for being adventurous. If you're passing through Green Bay or live there and haven't made it in yet, fix that.
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