Four Bottles and a Prayer
· Duluth · Asian · Visit Website ↗
Reviewed November 6, 2026 · How we review
RagingWine reviewed 두부공방 Dubu Gongbang’s wine list and gave it The Lazy List — RagingWine’s Vibe-Check rating. How RagingWine reviews wine lists →
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The wine list at Dubu Gongbang is exactly four bottles long — and that's the whole story. It reads less like a curated selection and more like someone grabbed four familiar labels off a distributor sheet and called it a day.
All four bottles are California-focused: a Diora Chardonnay from Monterey, an Aretesa Sauvignon Blanc from Napa Valley, a Robert Hall Cabernet Sauvignon from Paso Robles, and a Twenty Rows Pinot Noir from Sonoma County. These are approachable, widely distributed labels — nothing adventurous, nothing that suggests anyone spent much time thinking about how wine might interact with the tofu-forward food on the menu. There's no old-world presence, no bubbles, no rosé, and no sense that the list will ever change. It exists, and that's about the extent of the ambition.
By-the-glass options aren't listed on the website, so we can't confirm whether any of these are available as pours. If the full bottle is your only option, at least the prices are low enough that sharing a bottle isn't a painful commitment.
The Bottom Line
Dubu Gongbang clearly isn't here to win a wine award, and that's fine — the draw is the food, not the cellar. But four generic California labels with no by-the-glass program and no apparent curation is a wine list in name only. If you're eating here, order what looks good on the food menu and don't overthink the wine.
4 wines captured from the source list, including wines not yet matched to our catalog. Availability, vintages, and prices can change. View source wine list.
Diora, Chardonnay, Monterey $28.00
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$28.00 / bottle
Aretesa, Sauv Blanc, Napa Valley $29.00
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$29.00 / bottle
Robert Hall, Cab Sauv, Paso Robles $25.00
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$25.00 / bottle
Twenty Rows, Pinot Noir, Sonoma Country $29.00
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$29.00 / bottle
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