Anna Maria Oyster Bar

The wine list at Anna Maria Oyster Bar reads like someone placed a single order from a distributor in 2018 and called it a day. This is a restaurant that knows its oysters cold, but the wine program feels like an afterthought—predictable selections at prices that make you wonder if they think tourists don't know what Kendall-Jackson costs at Publix.

The list leans heavily on the usual suspects: mass-market California Chardonnays, a token Pinot Grigio, maybe a Sancerre if you're lucky, and reds that seem confused about why they're even at a seafood restaurant. There's no regional storytelling, no interesting coastal whites from Spain or Greece, no skin-contact experiments, and certainly no Florida wines (yes, they exist). What you get is a safe, corporate-approved lineup that pairs better with the restaurant's beach-town tourist traffic than with the quality of their raw bar.

By-the-glass pours follow the same paint-by-numbers approach. Expect four to six options that you could find at any Outback Steakhouse—a Barefoot Moscato, a butter-bomb Chardonnay, maybe a Whispering Angel if they're feeling adventurous. No rotation, no seasonality, no reason to order a second glass. The pours are generous enough, but that doesn't make up for the lack of imagination.