Bin 2004 Wine & Tapas Bar

You pull up to a strip mall on Highway 17 and walk into what feels like a completely different city — intimate lighting, a serious wine wall, and a list that has no business being this ambitious in North Myrtle Beach. The list runs from Argyle Pinot to Penfolds Grange, and it does so without apology. This place knows what it wants to be, and it's swinging well above its zip code.

The list punches hard across both hemispheres — Agostina Pieri Brunello, M. Chapoutier Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Rocca di Montemassi Super Tuscan, and a Chapelle De Blagney Puligny-Montrachet Premier Cru anchoring the Old World side, while California heavyweights like Caymus, Opus One, Silver Oak, and La Jota hold down the New World. There's a solid Champagne section featuring Taittinger Prestige Rosé, Moët, Dom Pérignon, and the full Ace of Spades treatment for anyone who wants to stunt on the Grand Strand. Oregon and Washington get some love via Argyle Bloomhouse Pinot and K Vintners Royal City Syrah, which signals genuine curiosity beyond the Napa comfort zone. Gaps show up in natural wine, anything Spanish, and German whites, but for a beach bar, the depth here is genuinely surprising.

The by-the-glass program is where Bin 2004 really earns its keep — with a wide range of pours spanning value picks like Belle Glos Clark & Telephone Pinot at $21 all the way up to Caymus Cab at $60 for six ounces. The variety by the glass is the whole point of coming here, and the pacing works well for a tapas format where you want to move through multiple bottles' worth of wine one pour at a time. No formal rotation program was evident, which means what you see is what you get — but what you get is a lot.