Great Fried Chicken, Forgettable Wine List
Route 30 / Paradise Area · Lancaster · Pennsylvania Dutch / American Smorgasbord · Visit Website ↗
Reviewed by the RagingWine Tasting Desk · July 18, 2026
RagingWine reviewed Miller's Restaurant & Smorgasbord’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 Miller's is exactly what you'd expect to find at a gas station cooler, except it costs slightly more and comes in a glass. Nine labels, all familiar faces from the bottom shelf, zero ambition. This is a wine list that exists because restaurants are supposed to have one.
The entire list reads like a Barefoot brand loyalty test — Merlot, Riesling, Pinot Grigio, Moscato — rounded out by a couple of Woodbridge cameos and a lone Yellow Tail Shiraz flying the Australian flag. There are no regions worth getting excited about, no small producers, no surprises whatsoever. The list caps at nine labels, all of which you can buy at your local grocery store for $7 a bottle. If you came to Lancaster County hoping to explore something local or interesting, this list will not help you.
Everything on the list is available by the glass, which sounds generous until you realize the list is nine bottles deep and tops out at $10 a pour. At those prices the markup is at least fair, but quantity without quality is just noise. Rotation appears nonexistent — this list looks like it hasn't changed since the smorgasbord last updated its wallpaper.
Woodbridge Cabernet — $10
If you're going to drink here, at least drink red. The Woodbridge Cab is the most food-friendly thing on the list and won't embarrass itself next to a plate of fried chicken.
Barefoot Riesling
Nobody's ordering this, but a cold, off-dry Riesling is actually a reasonable call alongside Lancaster County's sweeter, starchier sides. It won't be a revelation, but it'll be the most intentional wine decision you make at this table.
House White Zinfandel
White Zin in 2024 is a hard pass. There's nothing here that justifies ordering it when the rest of the list, mediocre as it is, at least pretends to be wine.
Barefoot Moscato + Chicken Corn Soup
Hear us out — the sweet, low-alcohol Moscato actually mirrors the mild, slightly sweet profile of the corn broth without competing with it. It's the one moment on this list where the wine and the food make accidental sense together.
❌ The Bottom Line
Miller's is a genuinely fun smorgasbord experience and the food earns its reputation, but the wine list is purely an afterthought. Order a sweet tea, save your wine appetite for somewhere else, and enjoy the fried chicken guilt-free.
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