Order a Beer. Seriously, Order a Beer.
· Bardstown · Sports bar · Visit Website ↗
Reviewed by the RagingWine Tasting Desk · October 7, 2026
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Wingman Metrics
The wine list at Buffalo Wild Wings exists in the same way a salad exists at a steakhouse — technically present, rarely the point. Walking in, every signal in the room — the wall of screens, the bucket of ranch, the table of guys doing a fantasy football draft — is telling you to order a beer or a frozen margarita.
We don't have a verified list to dig into here, and honestly, that tracks. What we know is that the program leans on California and Italian basics — the kind of bottles that show up in chain restaurants coast to coast with no particular care or curation behind them. There's no local angle, no adventurous pick, no sign that anyone in corporate or at this location thought hard about what goes with a mango habanero wing. The list exists to check a box, not to serve wine drinkers.
By-the-glass options are unconfirmed from our sourcing, but at a chain sports bar of this profile, expect a short, safe roster of crowd-pleasers — a Chardonnay, a Cab, maybe a Pinot Grigio. Nothing worth getting excited about, and nothing worth getting upset about either.
The Bottom Line
If you're in Bardstown and craving wings, Buffalo Wild Wings will do the job. If you're planning to drink wine with those wings, our advice is simple: don't. The beer list is longer, the staff knows it better, and your money goes further. Come for the sports, stay for the lager.
Heaven Hill · Bardstown · Lounge
If you're at Bardstown Bourbon Company, drink bourbon — the wine list here is not the reason you came and it won't give you a reason to revisit. The pricing is fair and the pours are inoffensive, but this is a lounge that's made its priorities abundantly clear.
Crowd Pleasers
Fair
Basic Stemmed
Rotating Cast
Set & Forget
Acceptable
Beam Distillery Area · Bardstown · Contemporary Southern / Bourbon-Inspired American
The Kitchen Table is first and foremost a bourbon experience, and the wine list knows its place in that pecking order. If you're on the Bourbon Trail with a wine lover in tow, this is a perfectly acceptable landing spot — just temper expectations, lean toward the Pinot, and let them order the whiskey flights.
Crowd Pleasers
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Acceptable
East Bardstown / Parkway Drive · Bardstown · New American / Distillery Restaurant
The wine list at BBC Kitchen & Bar does exactly enough to keep non-bourbon drinkers comfortable, and not much else. Send your wine-curious friends here for the experience, but tell them to start with the bourbon.
Crowd Pleasers
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Acceptable
Downtown / Spalding Hall · Bardstown · Steakhouse / American
The Rickhouse is a perfectly competent steakhouse wine list doing exactly what a steakhouse wine list in bourbon country is supposed to do — familiar names, heavy pours, and enough bottles to keep the table happy. Just go in knowing you're paying for the atmosphere and the ambiance of that historic cellar as much as what's in the glass.
Crowd Pleasers
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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