Trophy Bottles in a Strip Mall Steakhouse
SanTan Village · Chandler · Steakhouse · Visit Website ↗
Reviewed by the RagingWine Tasting Desk · October 11, 2026
RagingWine reviewed Bourbon & Bones – SanTan Village’s wine list and gave it The Wild Card — RagingWine’s Vibe-Check rating. How RagingWine reviews wine lists →
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The reserve wine list at Bourbon & Bones SanTan reads like someone raided a collector's cellar and priced everything accordingly. Thirty-four labels, a floor of $280, and a ceiling at $6,000 — this is not a list built for casual Tuesday dinner wine. It's a celebration list, a big-night list, and it knows it.
The list leans hard into California cult and collector Cabernet: Heitz Martha's Vineyard in two vintages (2010 and 2017), Spottswoode, Inglenook Rubicon, Quilceda Creek, Dominus, and Realm Cellars' Farella Vineyard all share space here. That's a genuinely strong lineup of American powerhouses. The international representation is thin but not embarrassing — Ao Yun from Yunnan, Domaine Michel Niellon's Les Champgains Premier Cru for white Burgundy lovers, and an Egon Müller Scharzhofberger Riesling that has no business being on a Phoenix-area steakhouse list (in the best way). The gaps are real though: no Champagne, no Italian reds, and almost no Old World depth beyond a couple of outliers. This is a list for people who love big, structured reds and don't flinch at three-digit bottle prices.
By-the-glass options are not detailed on the reserve list, and the full glass pour program couldn't be confirmed from available sources. If you're not ready to commit to a bottle in the $400–$750 range, it's worth asking the server what's available by the glass before you sit down with big expectations.
Freemark Abbey Sycamore Vineyard 2017 — $380/bottle
At the low end of this list's pricing, Freemark Abbey's Sycamore Vineyard Cabernet is serious Napa without the cult markup. It's the sensible entry point on a list that climbs fast — if $380 qualifies as sensible.
Egon Müller Scharzhofberger Kabinett Riesling 2020
Nobody walks into a steakhouse looking for German Riesling, which is exactly why this one is worth your attention. Egon Müller is one of the Mosel's most storied producers, and a Kabinett from Scharzhofberger at a Chandler steakhouse is genuinely surprising — order it alongside the sea bass and let everyone at the table wonder what you know that they don't.
Château Haut-Brion Haut-Brion Blanc 2015
At $1,400 a bottle, Haut-Brion Blanc is an icon — but this is a price point where steakhouse storage anxiety and markup reality make it a hard sell. If you're spending four figures on a white Bordeaux, you want to know exactly how it's been kept. Pass unless someone else is buying.
Dominus 2020 + Bone-in filet
Dominus is a Napa Cabernet with Pomerol DNA — Christian Moueix's influence gives it more structure and restraint than the typical California big-hitter. Against a bone-in filet, that backbone matters: it holds up to the richness without turning the whole experience into a fruit bomb.
The Bottom Line
Bourbon & Bones SanTan has a reserve list that punches above its suburban strip-mall weight class — the Heitz Martha's Vineyard duo, Dominus, and the rogue Egon Müller Riesling are all legitimate gets. The pricing is unambiguously steep and the list has real gaps, but if you're celebrating something and want a specific California collectible with your ribeye, this is one of the more unexpected places to find it in the East Valley.
· Chandler · Italian
Pesto's earns its wine bar billing for Chandler — it's a genuine neighborhood spot with a real glass program, live music, and food that's priced to let you spend a little more on the bottle. We can't verify every detail of the list from here, but the bones are solid enough to make this a reliable call for a casual date night with pizza and a pour.
Solid Range
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Willing but Green
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· Chandler · Seafood
Sea & Smoke earns its reputation as a polished neighborhood seafood spot, but the wine program isn't yet pulling its weight alongside a kitchen that's clearly swinging for the fences with Lobster Pot Pie and Chilean Sea Bass. Until we have a full menu in hand, we'd recommend asking your server directly what's pouring well tonight — and keeping an eye on that markup.
Plays It Safe
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Sun Lakes · Chandler · New American
Stone & Barrel is a solid neighborhood destination in the southeast Valley where the food — especially the wood-fired pizza — is the main event, and the wine list is a willing supporting act. We don't have enough detail on the full wine program to send you in with a specific bottle in hand, but if you're going for a casual dinner with friends in Sun Lakes, you're unlikely to go thirsty. Come for the pizza, manage your expectations on the wine, and you'll have a good night.
Crowd Pleasers
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Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Acceptable
· Chandler · Steakhouse
DC Steakhouse's list is honest about what it is: a curated set of California crowd-pleasers anchored by a strong Cabernet bench, with a few thoughtful whites sneaking in around the edges. It won't win any points for adventure, and without pricing data or confirmed glass pours we can't vouch for value — but if you're here for red meat and red wine, you'll find something that works.
Plays It Safe
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Basic Stemmed
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Set & Forget
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· Chandler · Steakhouse
Bourbon & Bones is a steakhouse that takes its Champagne seriously — the sparkling selection runs deeper than most dedicated wine bars in the Valley, and the by-the-glass program gives you real options at multiple price points. The markups are steep across the board and the non-sparkling list is nothing to write home about, but if you're coming here to celebrate over a bone-in ribeye and a bottle of Dom, this list is built for exactly that occasion.
Plays It Safe
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Rotating Cast
Set & Forget
Acceptable
· Chandler · New American
St. Amand keeps it simple and fair — every bottle by the glass, prices that don't punish you for wanting wine with dinner, and a few selections like Valraven Pinot Noir and Cave De Lugny that show someone was paying at least some attention when building the list. If you're in Chandler and want a reliable glass without drama or sticker shock, this gets the job done.
Crowd Pleasers
Fair
Basic Stemmed
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Set & Forget
Acceptable
· White Plains · Steakhouse
This appears to be a Restaurant Week wine promotion rather than Benjamin Steakhouse's full list, and we'd want to see a complete menu before rendering a final verdict on the overall program. Based on what's sourced here, though, the wine offering is thin for a steakhouse of this caliber — if you're coming for a serious bottle of Cab with your dry-aged ribeye, call ahead and ask what's actually on the full list.
Grocery Store
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Basic Stemmed
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Occasional
Acceptable
Pleasant Valley · Colorado Springs · Steakhouse
A compact, fully priced list of 16 wines with a glass and a bottle price printed for every wine. Start with the Angeline Cabernet at $10 a glass for a low-cost red, or the L' Ecole Merlot at $17 if you want the Washington bottle, and confirm prices since the page is undated. This unrated guide covers the posted wine list, not service, storage or markups.
Downtown DC · Washington · Steakhouse
A steakhouse beverage menu with 30 wines by the glass and a bottle list that is mostly California, with some France, Italy and Portugal. Start with the $9/glass happy hour Bonanza Cabernet if you arrive in the window, or the Eroica Riesling, the only Riesling on the glass list, and ask for prices because regular wine prices aren't posted. This unrated guide covers the posted wine list, not service, storage or markups.
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