Chain Steakhouse Wine, Exactly What You'd Expect
Peach Street Corridor · Erie · Steakhouse · Visit Website ↗
Reviewed by the RagingWine Tasting Desk · July 11, 2026
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The wine list at LongHorn Erie arrives looking like the back of a grocery store shelf — Woodbridge, Turning Leaf, Canyon Road, and friends. There's nothing here that'll surprise you, and honestly, that seems to be the point. This is a list built for people who want something red with their ribeye and aren't asking too many questions.
Thirty to forty selections sounds like range until you realize most of them are California value brands you'd find at a gas station with ambitions. The deepest the geography gets is a Michelle Riesling out of Washington's Columbia Valley and an Ecco Domani Pinot Grigio from Delle Venezie — two competent wines surrounded by a lot of Beringer White Zinfandel energy. There are no small producers, no regional surprises, no attempt to reflect the wine world beyond what corporate national sourcing allows. If you came here hoping to find something interesting, you're going to be eating a great steak and drinking a very average wine.
Eight pours on the glass menu covers the basics — cab, merlot, pinot noir, chardonnay, riesling, pinot grigio, moscato, and a white zin that is exactly what it is. Prices run $8.29 to $10.29 a glass, which is genuinely reasonable for a sit-down restaurant. Rotation is essentially nonexistent — this is a static national menu, and your Erie server is pouring the same lineup as every other LongHorn in the country.
Michelle Riesling — $10.29
Michelle is a legitimate Washington State producer making clean, food-friendly Riesling from Columbia Valley. It's the one wine on this list that earns its place on merit, not marketing budget. At under $11 a glass, it's the most honest pour on the menu.
Ecco Domani Pinot Grigio
Most people at a steakhouse aren't ordering Pinot Grigio, which means this one gets overlooked constantly. It's a simple, correct Delle Venezie expression — light, crisp, and actually refreshing against heavier food. Not complex, but it does its job better than anything else in the whites lineup.
Beringer White Zinfandel
Look, we're not here to judge your palate — but this is a steakhouse, and a sweet pink wine from Beringer is not doing anyone any favors at this table. It costs money and returns very little. Order the Michelle Riesling if you want something lighter and off-dry.
Woodbridge Cabernet Sauvignon + Outlaw Ribeye
Woodbridge Cab is about as mass-market as it gets, but it's a soft, fruit-forward California red that won't fight the fat and char on LongHorn's biggest ribeye. It's not a profound pairing — it's a functional one, and sometimes that's exactly right.
❌ The Bottom Line
The markup here is genuinely fair, which is the nicest thing we can say — you're not getting ripped off, you're just not getting anything interesting either. If wine matters to you, drink whatever's cheapest and put your attention where it belongs: the steak.
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Grocery Store
Fair
Basic Stemmed
MIA
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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Crowd Pleasers
Fair
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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Crowd Pleasers
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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Small but Thoughtful
Steal
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Proper
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Small but Thoughtful
Fair
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Proper
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Small but Thoughtful
Steal
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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Crowd Pleasers
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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Crowd Pleasers
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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Crowd Pleasers
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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