Barefoot and Babe. That's the whole list.
Near Campus · Columbia · American Sports Bar · Visit Website ↗
Reviewed July 4, 2026
Wingman Metrics
The wine list at Campus Bar & Grill fits on a napkin — and not a big napkin. Six options, all of them names you'd find in the checkout aisle at a gas station convenience store. If you came here for wine, you already made your first mistake.
The entire program is six labels: three Babe canned-wine-turned-bottle options (Red, White, Rosé) and three Barefoot standbys (White Zinfandel, Chardonnay, Cabernet Sauvignon). That's it. No regions worth discussing, no producers worth noting, no effort worth acknowledging. This is a beer-and-shots bar that checked a box marked 'wine' and moved on with its life. The closest thing to a regional focus is 'mass-market California,' which is less a focus and more a surrender.
All six wines are available by the glass, which sounds generous until you realize the list is six wines total. There's no rotation, no seasonal swap, no sense that anyone has looked at this program since it was set up. You're getting the same Barefoot Chardonnay in January as you are in August.
Babe Rosé — $
If you're here and you're ordering wine anyway, Babe Rosé is light, cold, and unoffensive — which is the highest compliment we can give anything on this list. It's basically a hard seltzer with ambitions. Order it cold and keep your expectations there.
Babe Red
Nobody at a college sports bar is ordering the red wine, which means it might actually be sitting at a decent temperature and freshly opened. Low bar, sure, but relative to the rest of the list, that counts for something.
Barefoot White Zinfandel
Sweet, cloying, and marked up from its $6 retail price — this one exists solely to fill a slot on the menu. There is no version of this evening where Barefoot White Zin is the right call.
Babe Rosé + Wings
It's Wednesday, wings are the special, and Babe Rosé is cold and pink. It won't cut through the buffalo sauce in any meaningful way, but it's refreshing enough to survive the experience. Sometimes pairing is just about getting out alive.
❌ The Bottom Line
Campus Bar & Grill is a great place to watch a Mizzou game and drink a beer — and that's exactly what you should do. The wine program is an afterthought from a restaurant that has no interest in wine, and we respect the honesty of that even as we wave you toward the tap list.
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