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Friendly Center · Greensboro · American with global influences / winery restaurant · Visit Website ↗
Updated October 2026
Reviewed June 25, 2026 · How we review
RagingWine reviewed Cooper's Hawk Winery & Restaurant – Greensboro’s wine list and gave it The Reliable — RagingWine’s Vibe-Check rating. How RagingWine reviews wine lists →
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Walk in and you're immediately hit with the brand — Cooper's Hawk logos, wine club signage, and a list that's essentially a product catalog for their own label. It's polished, well-lit, and absolutely intentional. This is not a restaurant that happens to serve wine; it's a wine brand that happens to serve food.
The list runs 50–80 bottles deep on paper, but the honest range is narrower than that because the vast majority are Cooper's Hawk proprietary blends using grapes sourced from California, Washington, and internationally. A handful of outside producers appear, but they're more garnish than backbone. There's no real regional storytelling here — no Loire, no Willamette Valley deep cuts, no Rioja to speak of. What you get is a well-executed, consumer-friendly lineup built for accessibility, not adventure. Burgundy hunters and natural wine drinkers will find nothing to get excited about, but someone who just wants a dependable glass of red with their pork belly? They'll be fine.
The by-the-glass program is genuinely one of the stronger arguments for coming here — 20 to 30 options is a serious number, and the Cooper's Hawk monthly Wine Club selections rotate through, giving regulars something new to try without having to commit to a bottle. Prices run $9–$18 a glass, which is reasonable for an upscale-casual room in Greensboro. The catch is that almost every pour is Cooper's Hawk-branded, so if variety is what you're after, the large pour count is a bit of an illusion.
Cooper's Hawk Lux Chardonnay — $14
The Lux tier is Cooper's Hawk's upper-end offering and the Chardonnay is where they actually put in the work. At around $14 a glass, you're getting their best white, which is a notch above the entry-level pours with enough polish to feel like a step up without blowing your budget before the entrée arrives.
Cooper's Hawk Wine Club Monthly Featured Selection
Most people sitting at the bar don't know to ask for the current Wine Club monthly pick, but it's usually the most interesting thing poured that month — often a less common varietal or blend that doesn't appear on the standard list. Worth asking your server what it is before defaulting to the Cab.
Cooper's Hawk Sparkling Wine
The sparkling options here feel like an afterthought — entry-level bubbles that aren't bringing anything you couldn't get better elsewhere. At these prices, if you want sparkling, you're better off ordering a cocktail from the bar or asking if they have anything from an outside producer. The fizz just isn't the kitchen they cook in best.
Cooper's Hawk Lux Cabernet Sauvignon + Dana's Parmesan-Crusted Chicken
The Lux Cab has enough body and dark fruit to stand up to the richness of the Parmesan crust and the savory weight of the dish without steamrolling it. It's a crowd-pleaser pairing in the best sense — nothing risky, nothing to overthink, and it works every time.
The Bottom Line
Cooper's Hawk Greensboro is a reliable, well-run wine-brand restaurant that delivers a comfortable, approachable experience as long as you walk in knowing it's their universe and you're just visiting. Send your friend here if they love wine but don't want to think too hard about it — just don't send the friend who's going to ask about grower Champagne.
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Lewis & Elm earns the Wild Card badge because it's the kind of unexpected neighborhood wine bar that punches well above its zip code — a sommelier-curated list leaning into Tuscany, Greece, and Sicily inside a cozy South Elm storefront is not what most people expect to find in Greensboro. We'd happily send a friend here for a flight and a cheese board, and tell them to actually listen to whatever the staff recommends. Just know that our sourced pricing detail is thin right now, so go in with curiosity and ask questions — that's the right posture for a place like this anyway.
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Fleming's Greensboro is doing more than most chain steakhouses bother to do with wine — 42 by-the-glass options and actual Alsatian whites on a Greensboro wine list deserves acknowledgment. The markups are real and the list isn't going to surprise anyone who's been to a Fleming's before, but if you're eating a bone-in ribeye and want a proper glass without guesswork, this delivers.
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