Great Views, Grocery Store Wine List
Clearwater Beach Marina · Clearwater · Mexican and Latin-inspired seafood and tacos · Visit Website ↗
Reviewed July 6, 2026
Wingman Metrics
The waterfront views are genuinely stunning — Intracoastal Waterway, boats bobbing, golden hour doing its thing. Then you open the wine list and land back on earth fast. This is the kind of list that gets zero thought and maximum markup.
Thirteen wines, all of them bottles you'd recognize from the end-cap at Total Wine. Barefoot Moscato, Woodbridge Chardonnay, Kendall-Jackson, Josh Cellars, Meiomi — this is California's most recognizable value shelf, transplanted to a beach restaurant menu with a healthy price hike attached. There's no regional exploration, no nod to anything remotely interesting, and zero wines that suggest anyone involved gave the list more than fifteen minutes. It's a tequila bar at heart, and the wine list makes no effort to pretend otherwise.
Every single bottle on the list is available by the glass, which sounds generous until you realize the list is thirteen bottles deep and the ceiling is Meiomi Pinot Noir. Pours run $9–$14, which feels reasonable until you clock that these are $13–$15 retail bottles getting charged at three-plus times their cost. The glass program exists because it has to, not because anyone curated it.
Josh Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon — $10/glass
Relative to the rest of the list, Josh Cab is the least offensive markup at a ~162% premium over retail. It's still a supermarket wine, but at $10 a glass with a sunset view, it's the path of least resistance if you're skipping tequila.
Meiomi Pinot Noir
Not a hidden gem in any traditional sense, but if you're stuck on this list and ordering fish tacos, Meiomi's fruit-forward Pinot is the one wine here that at least gestures toward the food. Most people on a beach patio default to white — the Pinot gets overlooked and it's the better call with anything smoky or spiced.
Woodbridge by Robert Mondavi Chardonnay
A $9–$10 retail bottle pushed to $11 a glass, and it shows. Woodbridge Chard is flat, over-oaked for its price point, and a poor match for anything on this menu. Order a margarita instead — that's what this place actually does well.
Kendall-Jackson Chardonnay + Fresh seafood specials
KJ Chard is unobjectionable with mild Gulf fish — a little butter, a little fruit, nothing that fights the protein. It's not an exciting pairing. It's the best available option on a list that wasn't built with food pairing in mind.
❌ The Bottom Line
Come for the marina views and the margaritas — they've clearly invested their energy there. The wine list is an afterthought dressed up in beach pricing, and unless you genuinely can't live without a glass of Meiomi, you're better off staying in the tequila column.
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Solid Range
Steep
Varietal Specific
Knowledgeable & Friendly
Set & Forget
Proper
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Crowd Pleasers
Steep
Varietal Specific
Knowledgeable & Friendly
Set & Forget
Proper
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Solid Range
Fair
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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Crowd Pleasers
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Active Program
Acceptable
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Solid Range
Fair
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Active Program
Acceptable
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Crowd Pleasers
Fair
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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