Chops City Grill

Four hundred bottles at a Fort Myers steakhouse is not something you expect to stumble into. The list signals immediately that someone here takes wine seriously — this isn't a Sysco-catalog situation. The room matches: polished, confident, a little loud in the best way.

The backbone is exactly what you'd want from an upscale steakhouse — Napa Cabernet heavy, with Bordeaux providing the old-world counterweight. Beyond the red meat anchors, there's genuine range: Italian reds, German and French whites, Malbec, rosé, and enough Chardonnay options to satisfy the half the table that isn't here for the Cab. Producers like Jordan and Silver Oak are crowd-pleasers, yes, but Caymus sitting on the same list alongside proper French Bordeaux suggests the program isn't just chasing recognition — there's some thought behind the curation. The gaps are minor: no obvious deep dive into Rhône or Spain, but for a steakhouse in Southwest Florida, this list punches well above its zip code.

Twenty to thirty pours by the glass is a genuinely strong program — most steakhouses in this price range give you eight options and call it a day. The glass list pulls from the same quality tier as the bottle list, which means you're not being handed leftovers while the real wine sits behind a bottle minimum. Rotation appears limited though; this feels like a curated-and-held program rather than something that changes often.