California Muscle Meets Bordeaux Royalty in Vegas
Las Vegas Strip · Las Vegas · Steak House
Reviewed April 8, 2026
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The wine list at Craftsteak lands with the kind of confident thud you'd expect from a Tom Colicchio steakhouse inside MGM Grand — 800 to 1,200 selections deep, anchored hard in California and Bordeaux, and clearly put together by people who actually care. This isn't a hotel F&B afterthought. Someone built this list with intent, and Wine Spectator's Best of Award of Excellence (held since 2020) backs that up.
California dominates the cellar in the best possible way — Screaming Eagle, Harlan Estate, Shafer Hillside Select, Peter Michael, Ridge Monte Bello, and Dominus all make appearances alongside Caymus Special Selection for the crowd that wants the name they recognize. Bordeaux holds its own corner of the list with Châteaux Latour, Margaux, and Pétrus covering the classics for anyone in a celebrating-something-serious mood. Stag's Leap Wine Cellars rounds things out for drinkers who want history with their ribeye. The gaps are predictable for a Vegas Strip steakhouse — natural wine and off-the-beaten-path regions aren't the priority here, and that's fine; this list doesn't pretend to be a Brooklyn wine bar.
The by-the-glass program runs 20 to 35 options, which is genuinely robust for a steakhouse format — enough variety that you're not stuck choosing between the same two Cabs while you wait on your party. We don't have confirmed current pour prices or specific glass selections on record, but with named sommeliers Troy Grenstiner and Todd Cunningham steering the program, the rotation should reflect what's actually drinking well right now rather than whatever needed to move.
Caymus Vineyards Special Selection Cabernet Sauvignon — $150–$200 (est.)
On a list where Harlan and Screaming Eagle set the ceiling, Caymus Special Selection is the responsible order — still a serious, concentrated Napa Cab with the weight to stand up to dry-aged beef, without requiring a second mortgage. It's the move when you want to drink well without the table noticing the bill.
Ridge Monte Bello
Everyone at the table is staring at the Screaming Eagle price and nobody's looking at the Ridge. Monte Bello is one of California's most serious and age-worthy Cabernet blends, consistently outperforms wines that cost twice as much, and has the structure to actually match the char and fat of a prime dry-aged ribeye. Skip the hype label and drink this instead.
Chateau Petrus
Pétrus on a Vegas Strip steakhouse list means you're paying a substantial premium stacked on top of an already inflated secondary-market price. Unless someone else is signing the check, this is a bottle better sourced elsewhere — the markup at a resort property takes something extraordinary and turns it into a flex purchase more than a drinking decision.
Shafer Vineyards Hillside Select Cabernet Sauvignon + Prime dry-aged ribeye
Hillside Select is built for exactly this moment — dense dark fruit, firm tannins, and enough structure to cut through the fat and crust of a dry-aged ribeye without either one bullying the other. It's the steakhouse pairing that doesn't need explaining to anyone at the table.
🔥 The Bottom Line
Craftsteak earns its Rager badge the old-fashioned way: a deep, well-curated list, named sommeliers who know the cellar, and a California-Bordeaux focus that fits the room perfectly. The markups are Vegas-steep, so go in with a plan — but if you're eating a serious steak here, you should be drinking a serious wine, and this list gives you every opportunity to do exactly that.
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Crowd Pleasers
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Knowledgeable & Friendly
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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Solid Range
Steep
Varietal Specific
Knowledgeable & Friendly
Set & Forget
Proper
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Solid Range
Steal
Basic Stemmed
Knowledgeable & Friendly
Active Program
Proper
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Solid Range
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Occasional
Acceptable
The Strip · Las Vegas · Spanish
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Small but Thoughtful
Steep
Varietal Specific
Knowledgeable & Friendly
Set & Forget
Proper
The Strip · Las Vegas · Japanese
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Solid Range
Steep
Varietal Specific
Knowledgeable & Friendly
Set & Forget
Proper
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Crowd Pleasers
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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Crowd Pleasers
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Knowledgeable & Friendly
Set & Forget
Proper
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Plays It Safe
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Proper
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