Steak Town's Dependable Pour, No Surprises
Downtown / Near the Square · Georgetown · Upscale Steakhouse and Chophouse · Visit Website ↗
Reviewed by the RagingWine Tasting Desk · July 11, 2026
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City Post Chophouse feels like a restaurant that takes its steaks seriously and asks the wine list to keep up — which it mostly does. The list leans hard into the chophouse playbook: California Cab, a few Old World anchors, and enough bottle range to cover a business dinner without embarrassing anyone. It's not daring, but it's not lazy either.
The list sticks firmly to crowd-pleaser territory — domestic California Cabernet and Chardonnay do the heavy lifting, with France and Italy rounding out the Old World lane. There's no real adventurous detour into Rhône, South America, or anything that would make a wine nerd lean forward. What is genuinely interesting is the dessert wine section, where Warre's and a Royal Tokaji entry show at least someone was thinking beyond the final steak bite. Gaps in the mid-list are real — if you're looking for a grower Champagne or a Barolo, you're probably out of luck.
Glass pours run $14–$24, which is reasonable for an upscale chophouse in the Austin suburbs. We don't have a confirmed count or full BTG list, but the price band suggests a handful of options rather than a rotating program. Don't expect anything to blow your mind by the glass — order what you know and drink it confidently.
Royal Tokaji — $12
At $12 a glass, this Hungarian sweet wine is dramatically underpriced for what Tokaji delivers — honeyed apricot complexity that most dessert wines at this tier charge twice as much for. Order it with dessert and feel smug about it.
Warre's Otima 10 Year Tawny Port
Most tables skip right past the Port section after a big steak, which is exactly why you shouldn't. Warre's Otima 10 is a benchmark Tawny — nutty, dried fig, just enough sweetness — and at $15 a glass it's a steal for the finish it puts on a beef-heavy meal.
Warre's Vintage 20 Port
At $22 a glass, the Vintage 20 Port is the premium Port play, but without retail pricing context and in a room that doesn't seem built around its service, you're paying for the label more than the experience. Grab the Otima 10 at $15 instead and keep the change.
Warre's Otima 10 Year Tawny Port + Bone-in Ribeye
A char-heavy, fat-rich bone-in ribeye and a Tawny Port sounds counterintuitive until it isn't — the nutty oxidative notes in the Otima cut through fat in a way a big Cab sometimes can't, and it bridges you naturally into dessert without ordering a full second course.
✔️ The Bottom Line
City Post Chophouse is a reliable steakhouse wine list in a city that needed one — it won't wow you, but it won't embarrass you either. Send your parents here for their anniversary; just steer them toward the Port section before they order dessert.
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