Greece Meets Gaul in Unexpected Florida
Cocoa Village · Melbourne · French / Continental Fine Dining · Visit Website ↗
Reviewed by the RagingWine Tasting Desk · July 12, 2026
RagingWine reviewed Café Margaux’s wine list and gave it The Wild Card — RagingWine’s Vibe-Check rating. How RagingWine reviews wine lists →
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You're in Cocoa Village, Florida — not exactly the first place you'd expect to find Thymiopoulos Anatolikos or Karavitakis on the wine list. But here we are. Café Margaux hands you a menu that reads like someone with a serious wine habit came back from a road trip through the Greek islands, Provence, and the Rhône and just… kept ordering.
The list leans heavily Old World and does it with genuine conviction. Rhône representation comes via De Boisseyt, Provence shows up with Domaine de la Coquillade, and Spain gets a nod through Familia Martinez Bujunda — all solid, purposeful picks. But the real story is Greece: Karavitakis, Oinea, Kefalonga, Ktima Spiropoulos, and Thymiopoulos Anatolikos give this list a Greek depth you'd expect from a dedicated wine bar in Athens, not a continental bistro in Brevard County. Argentina rounds things out with Layda and Graffigna for guests who want something familiar. The gaps are minor — Burgundy is present but feels thin relative to the ambition elsewhere on the list.
With an estimated 10-16 pours by the glass, there's enough here to explore without committing to a bottle — which is smart given how unusual some of these selections are. The glass program appears to rotate through the list's key regions, giving curious drinkers a low-risk entry point into the Greek selections. Pricing in the $12-$20 range is appropriate for the market and doesn't feel punishing.
Thymiopoulos Anatolikos — $40-$50
Xinomavro from Macedonia is one of Greece's most serious red grapes — think Barolo-adjacent structure at a fraction of the price. Finding it here at fine dining bottle prices is a genuine win.
Karavitakis
Most tables at a French bistro will drift toward something French or Argentinian. Don't. Karavitakis from Crete is the kind of discovery that makes dining out worth it — earthy, structured, and completely unfamiliar to most American wine drinkers in the best possible way.
Graffigna (Argentina)
Graffigna is a high-volume commercial producer that shows up in grocery stores regularly. At fine dining markups, you're paying restaurant prices for a bottle that retails for under $15. There's too much interesting stuff on this list to settle here.
Ktima Spiropoulos + Rack of Lamb
Ktima Spiropoulos works with indigenous Greek varieties that bring dried herb, iron, and dark fruit — exactly what you want against a well-seasoned rack of lamb. It's a textbook match that also happens to be a genuinely unusual one.
🎲 The Bottom Line
Café Margaux is doing something legitimately weird for its zip code, and we mean that as the highest compliment. If you're anywhere near Cocoa Village and you care about wine, this list is worth the trip just for the Greek selections alone.
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