Two Wines. Both From a Box.
· Gatlinburg · American bar and grill · Visit Website ↗
Reviewed by the RagingWine Tasting Desk · September 27, 2026
RagingWine reviewed Dick's Last Resort Gatlinburg’s wine list and gave it The Lazy List — RagingWine’s Vibe-Check rating. How RagingWine reviews wine lists →
Wingman Metrics
The wine list at Dick's Last Resort Gatlinburg is exactly two bottles long — and both of them are Bota Box. That's not a wine program, that's a grocery run. If you came here hoping to find something interesting in a glass, you're going to want to recalibrate your evening immediately.
Two SKUs. Bota Box Chardonnay and Bota Box Cabernet. That's the entire wine universe on offer here. Bota Box is a perfectly functional bag-in-box wine that has its place at a backyard barbecue — but it's the full extent of what this list has to offer, with no regional variety, no depth, no attempt at curation. There are no imported wines, no interesting producers, and no indication that anyone involved in building this list has given wine more than thirty seconds of thought.
We don't have confirmed by-the-glass counts or pricing from the available data, so we can't tell you what a pour will cost you. What we can tell you is that when the entire list is Bota Box, the glass program and the bottle program are essentially the same conversation.
The Bottom Line
Dick's Last Resort is a novelty dining experience built around rude service and tourist energy — and the wine list is consistent with that brand in the worst possible way. Skip the wine entirely, order a beer or a bucket cocktail, and save your wine curiosity for literally anywhere else in the Smokies.
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Crowd Pleasers
Fair
Basic Stemmed
Rotating Cast
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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Grocery Store
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Rotating Cast
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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Grocery Store
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Rotating Cast
Occasional
Acceptable
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Small but Thoughtful
Fair
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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Grocery Store
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Rotating Cast
Set & Forget
Acceptable
Downtown Parkway Rooftop · Gatlinburg · Mexican, Tex-Mex
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Crowd Pleasers
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Rotating Cast
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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Plays It Safe
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Rotating Cast
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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Crowd Pleasers
Fair
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Seasonal Rotation
Acceptable
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Crowd Pleasers
Fair
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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