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Reviewed by the RagingWine Tasting Desk · August 22, 2026
RagingWine reviewed Butchr Bar’s wine list and gave it The Wild Card — RagingWine’s Vibe-Check rating. How RagingWine reviews wine lists →
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A butcher shop that also runs an 18-bottle wine program heavy on obscure grapes and natural producers is not a sentence we expected to write, but here we are. The list reads like it was curated by someone who actually gets excited about wine, not someone who just ordered from a distributor catalog. Chenin Blanc, Pet Nat Regent, Arneis, Chasselas, Abouriou — this thing has range.
The list is small at 18 labels but punches well above its weight in terms of category diversity — bubbles, orange, white, and red all get proper representation. France dominates but not lazily: you've got a Grenache Gris from Mas Champart, a Chasselas from Ça Boit Libre, and a Terret Bourret/Picpoul blend from La Baladeuse that most somms wouldn't even recognize. Italy shows up with a Barolo, a Piedmontese Arneis, and a Castello Di Uviglie Barbera/Pinot Noir blend. The Absentee Winery multi-varietal field blend — Pink Carignan, Syrah, Zinfandel, Petite Syrah, and Abouriou — is the kind of wine that makes you ask questions. Bottle pricing tops out at $120 for the Barolo and a Marselan, which is steep but not offensive given the provenance of everything else.
Nine by-the-glass options at $14–$19 is a solid deal for a list this thoughtful. Half the bottle list being available by the glass means you can actually explore without committing to a full bottle of something weird — which is the correct way to run a program like this. We'd go straight for the Deux Punks De La Soif, a blend of Chardonnay, Malvasia, Assyrtiko, Picpoul, and Bourboulenc that sounds like a dare and drinks like a revelation.
Brangero Centofile Arneis 2024 — $56
The cheapest bottle on the list and it's a Piedmontese Arneis from a solid producer — not a throwaway entry-level pick. At $56 you're getting a grape most people can't name, from a region that commands respect. That's a win.
Deux Punks De La Soif Chardonnay, Malvasia, Assyrtiko, Picpoul, Bourboulenc, Sevillon 2023
Five grapes from what appears to be a southern French producer nobody's heard of — this is exactly the kind of bottle that gets ignored because it's impossible to categorize. That's precisely why you should order it.
Château Du Centenaire, Christian De Rivel Gran Marselan Marselan
At $120, this Marselan is the priciest bottle on the list and a tough sell when the Barolo next to it at the same price has a much clearer value story. Marselan is a hybrid grape with limited track record — not the place to drop your top dollar here.
Cacciatore D'uve Carmenere 2020 + Butcher's cut of the day
Carmenere has that savory, herbaceous edge with enough dark fruit to stand up to a serious piece of meat. In a butcher shop setting, this is almost too obvious — but obvious in the best way.
The Bottom Line
Butchr Bar is doing something genuinely different: a tight, weird, well-priced wine list in a space where you'd expect a refrigerator of craft beer. Go for the Arneis, stay for the field blends, and don't overthink it.
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