Ava June
Kermit Lynch in Tulsa? We're in.
Unknown · Tulsa · Unknown · Visit Website ↗
Reviewed March 31, 2026
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First Impression
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.
Selection Deep Dive
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
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.
Unknown
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.
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