Peanuts On The Floor, Wine On Autopilot
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Updated August 2026
Reviewed by the RagingWine Tasting Desk · July 13, 2026
RagingWine reviewed Logan's Roadhouse – Bloomington’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 Logan's arrives laminated, probably sticky, and feels like it was assembled by someone who last thought about wine in 2009. It's all familiar labels doing familiar things — no surprises, no ambition, no particular reason to be excited. This is a list that exists because a steakhouse has to have wine, full stop.
Twenty to forty options, almost exclusively California and Washington, and the producers read like a grocery store shelf: Kendall-Jackson, Woodbridge by Robert Mondavi, Chateau Ste. Michelle. There's nothing wrong with these wines in isolation — Chateau Ste. Michelle actually makes genuinely solid Riesling — but the list as a whole shows zero curatorial effort. No interesting Rhône varietals to match the smoky steaks, no value-play Malbec, no attempt to stretch beyond the safe zone. It's a list built for the path of least resistance.
Eight to fourteen pours by the glass at $8–$15, which sounds reasonable until you clock that you're paying restaurant markup on bottles that retail for $10–$14 at Total Wine. The glass selection mirrors the bottle list — familiar names, no rotation, no seasonal thinking. If you're here, just pick the Chateau Ste. Michelle Riesling and call it done.
Chateau Ste. Michelle Riesling — $9
It's the one wine on this list that actually earns its keep. Ste. Michelle's Columbia Valley Riesling has real acidity and just enough fruit — it's a legitimate wine at a workable price, and it holds up against the sweet-leaning menu better than anything else here.
Chateau Ste. Michelle Riesling
Most people at a roadhouse steakhouse walk right past the Riesling and grab a Cab, which is a mistake. This one's got the structure to cut through pulled pork or glazed ribs in a way the heavier reds simply won't.
Woodbridge by Robert Mondavi Cabernet Sauvignon
This retails for around $8 a bottle. Whatever they're charging by the glass, you're paying a comical markup for a wine that tastes like it was designed to offend no one and impress no one. It's not bad. It's just not worth it.
Chateau Ste. Michelle Riesling + Mesquite-Grilled Salmon
The smoke and char from the mesquite grill needs something with brightness to push back, and the Riesling's acidity does exactly that. It's also the rare pairing on this list that doesn't feel like an accident.
The Bottom Line
Logan's Roadhouse is a perfectly fine place to eat a steak and throw peanut shells on the floor — but the wine list is an afterthought, and the markup makes ordering a bottle feel like a small punishment. Stick to one glass of the Riesling or pivot to a beer.
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Solid Range
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Crowd Pleasers
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Active Program
Acceptable
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Rotating Cast
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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Grocery Store
Steal
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Acceptable
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