Kermit Lynch in Tulsa? We're in.
Unknown · Tulsa · Unknown · Visit Website ↗
Reviewed March 31, 2026
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The list is short, but every bottle feels like it was chosen by someone who actually cares. When you spot Guy Breton and Faury on a wine list in Tulsa, Oklahoma, you stop scrolling and start ordering. This is not a restaurant that phoned it in.
Ava June leans hard into France — and not the safe, supermarket-shelf version of France. Clos St Magdeleine from Cassis, Guy Breton from Beaujolais, Faury's Saint Joseph from the northern Rhône — these are producers with serious credibility in the natural and artisan wine world. The Le Tour Banyuls Riserva rounds things out with a fortified southern French wildcard that most diners will have never encountered. The list is tight by design, not by laziness, and it holds together with real editorial conviction. The France-only (or near-France-only) focus will frustrate guests looking for a domestic cab, but that's kind of the point.
By-the-glass specifics weren't fully documented at time of review, but given the caliber of bottles on the list, expect the pours to punch above their weight. A program built around Kermit Lynch-imported producers — the restaurant has hosted a Kermit Lynch wine dinner — suggests the glass menu is treated with the same intentionality as the bottle list.
Guy Breton Regnie 2022 — Unknown
Guy Breton is one of the original Beaujolais Gang producers — low-intervention, Gamay that drinks with the kind of freshness and depth that converts wine skeptics. Finding it in Tulsa at any price is a win.
Le Tour Banyuls Riserva
Most tables are going to walk right past the fortified section, and that's a mistake. Banyuls is a coastal French appellation making Grenache-based wines in a style most Americans have never tried — rich, slightly oxidative, and unlike anything else on the table. Order a glass after dinner.
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Insufficient pricing data to call out a specific overpriced pour — we'd rather stay honest than guess. Check back as more data comes in.
Faury Syrah Ribaudes Saint Joseph 2022 + Unknown
Philippe Faury's Saint Joseph is a northern Rhône Syrah with structure, pepper, and dark fruit — it was built to go alongside rich meat dishes or anything with some char on it. Menu specifics weren't available at time of review, but ask your server what's coming off the grill.
🎲 The Bottom Line
Ava June is doing something genuinely rare — running a thoughtful, producer-driven French wine list in a mid-sized American city, and doing it without any pretension. If you care about wine, this is worth a detour.
Midtown · Tulsa · Classic American Steakhouse and Continental Fine Dining
Celebrity is a Tulsa institution for a reason, and the wine list does exactly what it needs to do for a white-tablecloth steakhouse crowd — no more, no less. Send a friend here for the prime rib and a bottle of Jordan; just don't send them expecting to be surprised.
Plays It Safe
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Acceptable
Brookside · Tulsa · Italian
Mondo's wine list won't blow anyone's mind, but it does its job honestly — fair prices, decent Italian representation, and enough options to keep a table happy all night. Send your friends here for dinner without hesitation; just steer them toward the Allegrini instead of the Meiomi.
Crowd Pleasers
Fair
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Acceptable
Brookside / Peoria corridor · Tulsa · Italian
Prossimo is doing the right things with wine in a city where many restaurants don't bother — the Italian focus is genuine and the top-shelf picks show range. The markups keep it from being a great wine destination, but as a neighborhood Italian with a real list, it earns its place.
Solid Range
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Acceptable
Cherry Street · Tulsa · Creole and Cajun
Nola's is a genuinely fun place to eat Creole food in Tulsa, but the wine list is an afterthought dressed up in nice stemware. Lean hard into the cocktail menu or bring your own bottle — check if they have a corkage policy, because that might be your best move here.
Crowd Pleasers
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Rotating Cast
Set & Forget
Acceptable
Brookside · Tulsa · Modern American
Oren is the kind of wine list that makes you recalibrate your expectations for a mid-size city. It's not a deep cellar and there's no half-price night to celebrate, but the curation is thoughtful, the markups are mostly honest, and the picks are the kind you'd expect from a much bigger food scene. Worth ordering from the list — not just the cocktail menu.
Small but Thoughtful
Fair
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Acceptable
Brady Arts District · Tulsa · Craft cocktail bar with beer and wine
Valkyrie is a cocktail bar first and a wine bar never, but the list has more backbone than it has any right to. Come for the drinks, stay curious about the Gamay.
Small but Thoughtful
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Acceptable
Atlanta · Atlanta · Unknown
Oby Brush has a wine list with a genuine point of view — small, focused, and clearly assembled by someone who reads more than a distributor's sales sheet. The markup keeps it from being a destination purely for wine, but as a companion to whatever's happening in the room, it more than holds its own.
Small but Thoughtful
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Acceptable
Atlanta · Atlanta · Unknown
Banshee is doing something genuinely rare in Atlanta — a short list that swings for interesting every single time, priced like they actually want you to order a bottle. If you care even a little about drinking something you haven't had before, this is your spot.
Deep & Eclectic
Fair
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Acceptable
Unknown · Tulsa · Unknown
The Vault is doing exactly what a neighborhood restaurant wine list is supposed to do — keep prices honest and put something drinkable in front of every type of guest. It won't make a wine lover's shortlist, but it won't embarrass anyone either.
Crowd Pleasers
Fair
Basic Stemmed
Rotating Cast
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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