Great food, grocery store wine list
East Plano · Plano · Tex-Med (Texas and Mediterranean Fusion) · Visit Website ↗
Reviewed June 25, 2026 · How we review
RagingWine reviewed Ferah Tex-Med Kitchen’s wine list and gave it The Lazy List — RagingWine’s Vibe-Check rating. How RagingWine reviews wine lists →
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The room is genuinely nice — bright, modern, the kind of place that makes you want to linger. Then you open the wine list. It reads like the endcap of a Total Wine on a Tuesday, and not the good endcap.
The concept promises Spain, Greece, California, and Italy — which sounds adventurous until you realize those regions are represented almost entirely by grocery-tier brands rather than anything with a story to tell. There's no Tempranillo from Rioja with some age on it, no Greek Assyrtiko to make the mezze plates sing, just the usual cast of Meiomi, Kim Crawford, Josh Cellars, and Ménage à Trois doing their thing. For a kitchen that's clearly putting thought into the food, the wine list feels like it was assembled in about twenty minutes. The Mediterranean angle of the cuisine practically begs for a Pecorino, a Vermentino, or a Garnacha — none of which appear to have gotten the invite.
Eight to fourteen pours by the glass is a reasonable count, and the $10–$16 price range won't shock anyone in Plano's casual-fine dining scene. The problem is that the pours almost certainly mirror the bottle list — meaning your glass options are the same recognizable labels you've bought at Costco, just marked up considerably. There's no evidence of any rotation or adventurous additions keeping things fresh.
Decoy by Duckhorn Cabernet Sauvignon — $44
It's the least offensive markup on the list at roughly 2x retail, and at least Decoy has some actual structure and depth behind the Duckhorn name. It's still overpriced, but if you're ordering a bottle, this is where you lose the least ground.
Decoy by Duckhorn Cabernet Sauvignon
On a list where everything else is grocery-shelf filler, Decoy is quietly the most legitimate bottle here — it actually has winemaking credentials behind it. Most people will reach for the Josh or the Meiomi out of habit, but this is the one worth upgrading to.
Ménage à Trois Red Blend
A $12 bottle priced at $32 is a 167% markup on a wine that costs less than a movie ticket. It's not interesting enough to justify the price at retail, let alone what they're charging here. Hard pass.
Kim Crawford Sauvignon Blanc + Hummus and mezze small plates
Kim Crawford's grassy, citrus-forward profile has enough acidity to cut through tahini and play nicely with bright herb-forward mezze flavors. It's not a thrilling pairing, but it's the most logical match on a list that doesn't give you many options for Mediterranean food.
Wednesday — Wine Down Wednesday: 50% off bottles of wine. Exact exclusions not published, but the deal appears to apply to most or all list bottles. This is the only night the markups make sense.
The Bottom Line
Come for the Tex-Med Chicken Kabob and the lamb, stay for the food — but seriously consider ordering a cocktail instead of wine unless it's a Wednesday. Wine Down Wednesday's 50% off bottles is the one legitimate reason to engage with this list; at half price, even the steep markups become defensible.
· Plano · American Steakhouse Grille
What we have here is a six-bottle wine dinner roster masquerading as a wine program — and every one of those bottles comes from the same producer family. That's not a wine list, that's a sponsorship. Until Del Frisco's Grille Plano puts actual curation into its wine program, we'd suggest leaning into the cocktail menu instead.
Grocery Store
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Rotating Cast
Occasional
Acceptable
· Plano · Brazilian Steakhouse
Fogo de Chão Plano isn't trying to be a wine destination and doesn't pretend otherwise — but that all-day $6 happy hour on South American wines, anchored by solid producers like Alamos and Calina, gives the list a practical generosity that earns it some respect. If you're here for the churrasco experience, the Catena Malbec at $12 is your move. Wine enthusiasts should calibrate expectations accordingly, but nobody's walking away feeling gouged.
Crowd Pleasers
Fair
Basic Stemmed
Rotating Cast
Active Program
Acceptable
· Plano · Steakhouse
Del Frisco's Plano delivers a wine list that does its job without doing anything exciting — it's competent, recognizable, and priced for a room where the company card is doing the heavy lifting. If you're here for the steak and want a bottle that won't embarrass you, the list handles that. If you're here to drink well on your own dime, the markup will sting.
Crowd Pleasers
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Rotating Cast
Set & Forget
Acceptable
Legacy West · Plano · Italian
Taverna – Legacy West is a solid Italian restaurant with a wine program that reflects its roots in northern Italy — if you stick to the regional Italian selections, you're probably in good shape. We'd love more transparency on pricing and pour options before giving it a stronger endorsement, but for Legacy West, this clears the bar comfortably. Go for the branzino and ask your server what's drinking well from the Piedmont section.
Solid Range
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Acceptable
· Plano · New American
The Mercury is a safe, competent wine list for a polished New American in Plano — you won't be stuck drinking something bad, but you probably won't discover anything new either. If you're here, the Allegrini Ripasso is worth the detour from the obvious picks, and we'd skip the Moët unless someone else is paying.
Crowd Pleasers
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Rotating Cast
Set & Forget
Acceptable
· Plano · Healthy New American
Flower Child's wine program exists in name only — six unnamed pours between $9 and $10 tell you exactly how much thought went into this. If you're here for the grain bowls and good vibes, great. If you want to drink wine with intention, you're in the wrong place. Order a sparkling water and move on.
Grocery Store
Fair
Basic Stemmed
Rotating Cast
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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