Tequila town with a Livermore wine surprise
Downtown Livermore · Livermore · Mexican · Visit Website ↗
Reviewed by the RagingWine Tasting Desk · July 11, 2026
RagingWine reviewed Blue Agave Club’s wine list and gave it The Wild Card — RagingWine’s Vibe-Check rating. How RagingWine reviews wine lists →
Wingman Metrics
You're walking into a tequila bar that happens to care about where it lives. The wine list is short — 13 labels — but it leans hard into Livermore Valley producers, which is exactly the right call for a restaurant sitting in the middle of wine country. It's not trying to be a wine destination, and that honesty earns some respect.
The list is tight but coherent: Concannon, Wente, Murrieta's Well, and Hess all show up, giving you a genuine Livermore Valley tour alongside the enchiladas. There's a nod to broader California with Sonoma Cutrer and Bonterra, and the Due Terre Wines Rosé di Frappato is a genuinely unexpected choice that signals someone paid attention when building this list. Gaps are obvious — no bubbles worth getting excited about (Korbel is table wine territory), no depth in reds beyond the basics — but for a Mexican spot, the local-first approach is more than most competitors bother with. Don't come here expecting a deep cellar; do come expecting something honest.
Every single wine on the list is available by the glass, which means all 13 pours are accessible without committing to a bottle. That's a smart move for a tequila-forward room where most people are splitting flights, not bottles. Rotation appears minimal — this looks like a set list rather than a dynamic program — but the quality-per-dollar at the glass level is solid.
Murrieta's Well The Spur Merlot-Syrah — null
Murrieta's Well punches well above its restaurant price point — this Livermore blend is a legit wine from a serious estate, and ordering it here feels like getting insider access in your own backyard. Skip the Cab and go for this instead.
Due Terre Wines Rosé di Frappato
A Frappato-based rosé on a Mexican restaurant wine list in Livermore is the last thing you'd expect, and it's the most interesting bottle on the menu. It's light, slightly savory, and built for food — exactly what you want next to a plate of mole enchiladas.
Korbel Sparkling
Korbel is grocery store fizz dressed up in a restaurant setting. At any markup above $12 a glass, you're paying for convenience, not quality. Save the bubbles budget for somewhere that means it.
Due Terre Wines Rosé di Frappato + Mole Enchiladas
The Frappato rosé's earthy, slightly tart character stands up to the complexity of mole without competing with it — red fruit and savory undertones running parallel to the chile depth in the sauce. This is the pairing that justifies the whole list.
🎲 The Bottom Line
Blue Agave Club is first and foremost a tequila destination, but the wine list earns its place by betting on local Livermore producers and sneaking in a wild card or two. If you're eating here and skipping the wine entirely, you're missing a cheap way to drink well in wine country.
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