South American Beef, South American Bottles — It Tracks
The Star / Warren Parkway · Frisco · Brazilian Steakhouse · Visit Website ↗
Reviewed by the RagingWine Tasting Desk · June 28, 2026
RagingWine reviewed Fogo de Chão Brazilian Steakhouse - Frisco’s wine list and gave it The Reliable — RagingWine’s Vibe-Check rating. How RagingWine reviews wine lists →
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The wine list at Fogo de Chão Frisco feels exactly like the restaurant itself: polished, reliable, and designed to move quickly through a crowd that's more focused on the next cut of picanha than what's in the glass. You get a tightly curated South American lens with some California support — no surprises, no left turns. It's a corporate wine program done competently, which is more than most chains manage.
Argentina and Chile anchor the list, which makes obvious sense given the concept, and the producers they've chosen aren't embarrassments — Catena Zapata and Concha y Toro Don Melchor are legitimate names that belong on a serious table. Bodega Caro's Aruma Malbec fills the approachable mid-tier slot. The gaps show up in range: you're not finding anything from Mendoza's high-altitude outliers, nothing from Brazil's Serra Gaúcha that might actually tell a story, and California appears to exist mostly as a fallback for guests who won't cross the hemisphere mentally. Depth beyond the anchor bottles is thin.
Ten to sixteen options by the glass at $12–$20 is a reasonable spread for a steakhouse of this caliber, and the price ceiling won't shock anyone sitting next to a platter of wagyu. The problem is rotation — this feels like a static list that gets refreshed maybe once a year at the corporate level, not something a floor team is actively curating. What you see is what you get, and what you get is pretty much always the same.
Bodega Caro Aruma Malbec — $12–$15/glass (est.)
Bodega Caro is a joint venture between Lafite Rothschild and the Catena family — that's serious Mendoza pedigree at an entry-level price point on this list. If you're doing the churrasco experience and want something that can actually stand up to charred beef without breaking your bill, this is where you land.
Concha y Toro Don Melchor Cabernet Sauvignon
Most tables here order Malbec on autopilot, but Don Melchor from Puente Alto is one of Chile's most serious Cabernets — routinely compared to mid-tier Napa in blind tastings. In a room full of people reflexively reaching for Argentine red, this one gets overlooked, and it shouldn't.
Catena Zapata Adrianna Vineyard
Look, Adrianna Vineyard is genuinely great wine — but at a Frisco churrascaria markup on a bottle that's already commanding high retail, you're paying a premium to drink something great in a context that won't do it justice. The gaucho tempo and tableside chaos aren't exactly ideal for meditating on high-altitude terroir. Save this one for a quieter room.
Bodega Caro Aruma Malbec + Picanha (top sirloin cap)
Picanha is the star of the churrasco circuit — rich, fatty, and hit hard with coarse salt — and Malbec's dark fruit and soft tannins are built for exactly this. Aruma keeps it in the accessible lane without being thin, and the Mendoza origin makes the pairing feel intentional rather than accidental.
The Bottom Line
Fogo de Chão Frisco isn't trying to be a wine destination, and the list makes that clear — but it's doing enough of the right things with legitimate South American producers to avoid embarrassment. Drink the Malbec, skip the markup on the prestige bottles, and stay focused on why you actually came here.
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Crowd Pleasers
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