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Woodland · Duluth · Pizza, American Grill · Visit Website ↗
Reviewed by the RagingWine Tasting Desk · July 12, 2026
RagingWine reviewed Bulldog Pizza & Grill’s wine list and gave it The Lazy List — RagingWine’s Vibe-Check rating. How RagingWine reviews wine lists →
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The wine list at Bulldog Pizza & Grill is less a list and more a footnote — the kind of thing that exists because a restaurant feels obligated to have wine, not because anyone involved actually cares. Three to six glass pours, a house red, a house white, and a handful of labels that blur together under the fluorescent glow of a sports broadcast.
We're talking a generic Bordeaux by the glass and a red blend that could be from California, Chile, or anywhere a bulk wine broker had inventory on a slow Tuesday. There's no producer identity here, no region story, no throughline beyond 'red' and 'white.' The list tops out somewhere around 12 bottles, and none of them appear to have been selected with any particular intention. If you came here hoping to find something from, say, the Rhône or even a halfway interesting domestic pick, reset those expectations now.
The by-the-glass program runs three to six options depending on the night, anchored by a house red and house white at $7.95 each. The house red rotates between a generic Bordeaux and a red blend — which tells you everything about the program's ambition level. There's no visible rotation strategy, no seasonal swap, no chalkboard surprise.
House Red Glass (Bordeaux) — $7.95
It's the most defensible option on the list — a basic Bordeaux at a price that, while not exactly a steal, is at least in the neighborhood of what you'd pay at a casual chain. Markup is steep relative to retail but the dollar amount is low enough that the damage is contained. Order it cold, order a pizza, call it a night.
House White Glass
Nobody orders the house white at a pizza place, which means nobody's complaining when it's actually fine. We don't know the varietal — the menu doesn't say — but at $7.95 it's the low-risk move for anyone who wants something cold and not beer. The bar is low, but it clears it.
House Red Glass (Red Blend)
The generic red blend sits at the same $7.95 price as the Bordeaux, but the markup math is uglier — nearly 159% over retail on a bottle that probably retails around $10. You're paying wine-bar prices for a bulk blend with no story. Spend that $7.95 on a tap instead.
House Red Glass (Bordeaux) + Bulldog Supreme Pizza
A simple Bordeaux blend — fruit-forward, soft tannins, nothing aggressive — doesn't fight the salt and fat of a loaded pizza the way a bigger red would. It's the path of least resistance, and at Bulldog, that's actually the right call.
The Bottom Line
Bulldog Pizza & Grill is a perfectly good neighborhood pizza spot that has no business being evaluated for its wine program, because there isn't really one. Drink the beer, enjoy the pizza, and save your wine curiosity for a different night.
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