Great Tacos, Forget the Wine List
North Round Rock · Round Rock · Tex-Mex · Visit Website ↗
Reviewed by the RagingWine Tasting Desk · July 4, 2026
RagingWine reviewed Casa Garcia's – Round Rock’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 Casa Garcia's Round Rock fits on a napkin — because it basically is one. Six Sutter Home labels, $6 a glass, end of story. This is a margarita-and-Modelo restaurant, and the wine program knows it.
All six bottles are Sutter Home, which is less a wine program and more a bulk-buy decision made by someone who had five minutes and a Costco membership. Cab, Merlot, Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Pink Moscato, Pinot Grigio — the full Sutter Home greatest hits. There are no regions worth discussing, no producers worth noting, and no depth to dive into. If you showed up hoping for even a mid-tier California table wine, you're eating the wrong meal at the wrong place.
All six wines are poured by the glass at $6 flat, which is at least honest — there's no bottle list to pretend otherwise. Happy hour Monday through Friday from 4 to 7pm drops house wine to $4, which is genuinely the right price for what you're getting. Beyond that, there's no rotation, no seasonal picks, nothing changes.
Sutter Home Pinot Grigio — $4
During happy hour, $4 for a cold, innocuous Pinot Grigio alongside chips and salsa is hard to argue with. It's not a wine pick — it's a refreshment pick, and it does that job fine.
Sutter Home Pink Moscato
Nobody's ordering this on purpose, but if you've got a table of mixed drinkers and someone wants something sweet and low-stakes, this is the only soft landing on the list. Own it.
Sutter Home Cabernet Sauvignon
Ordering a Cab with your Tex-Mex sounds like a plan until you remember this is Sutter Home. It's thin, vaguely sweet, and doesn't belong anywhere near a chimichanga. Get a Modelo.
Sutter Home Pink Moscato + Crispy Tacos Plate
The slight sweetness in the Moscato plays off the salty crunch of the crispy tacos better than any of the reds here will. It's the least bad option in a short field.
Monday–Friday — Happy Hour 4:00–7:00pm includes house wine for $4/glass
The Bottom Line
Casa Garcia's is a solid Tex-Mex spot where the wine list is purely an afterthought — and that's fine, because the margaritas and food are the whole point. Come for the menudo, not the Merlot.
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