Order a margarita, skip the wine list
Old Fort Pkwy · Murfreesboro · Tex-Mex / American · Visit Website ↗
Reviewed by the RagingWine Tasting Desk · July 1, 2026
RagingWine reviewed Chili's Grill & Bar – Murfreesboro’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 Chili's Murfreesboro is exactly what you'd expect from a national chain running the same laminated insert from Tennessee to Tacoma. It's not a wine list so much as a formality — a few options slotted in between the Presidente Margaritas and the Frozen Mango options. Nobody came here for the Burgundy.
The selection is about as deep as a kiddie pool in July. We're talking house red and house white, both California domestic mass-market pours with no producer named, no vintage listed, and no reason to ask follow-up questions. There's no regional curiosity here, no attempt to match the food with anything interesting, and no signal that anyone on the corporate end thought wine was worth more than a line item. The entire program could be summarized in one sentence: it exists.
You get roughly four to six glass options depending on the day, and they all live in the same zip code of anonymous and inoffensive. At $5 a glass, the pricing is genuinely fair — possibly the most honest thing about this list. But fair pricing on wine you can't identify isn't a win; it's a consolation prize.
House Red Wine — $5
At $5 a glass with a markup that's essentially at retail, it's the least offensive way to get a pour of something red with your ribs. Low bar, cleared.
House White Wine
If you're eating fajitas and want something cold and neutral, the house white at $5 gets out of the way and lets the food do the talking. That's about the best endorsement we can give it.
House Red Wine
If you're ordering a bottle at $18-$28 for an unnamed, unbranded house red with no producer or vintage to hang your hat on, you're paying restaurant markup for a mystery. Just get the margarita — at least Chili's knows what they're doing there.
House White Wine + Fajitas
The neutral, low-acid profile of the house white won't fight the spice and char of the fajitas — it just sits there politely while the real flavor show happens on the sizzling plate. Sometimes that's enough.
The Bottom Line
Chili's wine program is a checkbox, not a commitment — and the Murfreesboro location is no exception. Drink the margaritas, eat the ribs, and don't let anyone at the table order the bottle.
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Grocery Store
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Grocery Store
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Basic Stemmed
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Set & Forget
Acceptable
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