South Carolina's backyard winery swings its own way
Pelzer · Greenville · Winery · Visit Website ↗
Updated September 2026
Reviewed April 11, 2026 · How we review
RagingWine reviewed City Scape Winery’s wine list and gave it The Wild Card — RagingWine’s Vibe-Check rating. How RagingWine reviews wine lists →
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Pull up to 589 Dunklin Bridge Road and you're not in Napa — you're in Greenville County, SC, where City Scape is doing something genuinely uncommon: growing and producing their own wines on-site and selling them at dead-retail pricing. The list clocks in at 25+ bottles, and it reads like a winemaker having fun rather than a committee chasing trends.
This is a hyper-local list, full stop — every bottle comes from City Scape's own production, which means you won't find a Willamette Valley Pinot or a Côtes du Rhône anywhere on it. What you will find is a surprisingly wide stylistic spread: there's a barrel-aged Cabernet Sauvignon and a Winemaker's Reserve Petite Sirah for the red-wine crowd, a Vidal Blanc dessert wine showing some genuine ambition, and fruit-forward crowd-pleasers like the Pineapple Riesling and Dark Chocolate Red that lean hard into accessibility. The Winemaker's Reserve tier signals that someone here is actually pushing the craft, even if the rest of the list plays to a broad audience. Gaps are obvious — no aged bottles, no outside producers, no real depth for the serious collector — but that's not the point here.
By-the-glass specifics aren't confirmed on the website, but given that this is a working tasting-room winery, it's a safe bet that most of the list is pourable by the glass on-site. We'd go in expecting a tasting-flight experience rather than a traditional BTG program — which honestly fits the vibe better anyway.
City Scape Winery Winemaker's Reserve Petite Sirah — $38.95
At $38.95 with zero markup over retail — literally what you'd pay to take it home — a barrel-aged Petite Sirah from a working South Carolina winery is a genuinely interesting pour. You're paying for the experience and the wine, not the restaurant's rent.
City Scape Winery Vidal Blanc Dessert Wine
Most people walk right past dessert wines, but Vidal Blanc is the grape that built Canadian ice wine, and at $27.95 from a local producer, this is a curious, well-priced detour worth taking — especially if you're ending the night on the patio.
City Scape Winery Dark Chocolate Red
At $21.95 it's not a rip-off, but flavored or chocolate-forward red blends are the gift-shop wine of the wine world. Fun for novelty, forgettable as a serious pour — if you're going to drink something interesting, spend a few more dollars on the Petite Sirah.
City Scape Winery Winemaker's Reserve Riesling + A charcuterie board from the tasting room
The Winemaker's Reserve Riesling at $26.95 has enough structure to cut through cured meats and enough fruit to play nice with any honey or jam on the board — it's the most food-flexible bottle on the list.
The Bottom Line
City Scape is a Wild Card worth making the drive for: zero markup over retail, a sommelier on-site, and the novelty of drinking a genuine Greenville County wine in Greenville County. Don't come expecting a classic restaurant wine list — come expecting something you can't get anywhere else.
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Small but Thoughtful
Fair
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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Plays It Safe
Fair
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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Small but Thoughtful
Steal
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Seasonal Rotation
Acceptable
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