Pizza joint wines that actually make sense
Downtown Mesa · Mesa · Artisan Pizza, American · Visit Website ↗
Reviewed June 22, 2026 · How we review
RagingWine reviewed Myke's Pizza’s wine list and gave it The Wild Card — RagingWine’s Vibe-Check rating. How RagingWine reviews wine lists →
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Walking into Myke's — tucked inside Cider Corps with craft beer taps everywhere — you don't expect much from the wine list. Then you spot a Slovenian Blaufränkisch and a Las Jaras field blend on a pizza menu in Mesa, Arizona, and suddenly this place has your attention. It's a short list, but someone clearly cared when they built it.
The list leans on Italy and California as its backbone, which makes obvious sense for a pizzeria, but the curators threw in a few curveballs. A Vecchia Torre Leverano Rosso — Negroamaro from Puglia — sits next to a Kobal Blaufränkisch from Slovenia, which is not a sentence you'd expect to write about a spot in downtown Mesa. The California side brings Broadside Cab from Paso and the Las Jaras 'Waves' Red, a breezy field blend that skews more natural-curious than mainstream. Graham Beck Méthode Cap Classique from South Africa rounds out the bubbles situation. The list is short, no question, but the bones are interesting.
We couldn't confirm the full by-the-glass breakdown or how many options rotate on pour, which is genuinely frustrating given the list has some things worth drinking by the glass. What we can say is that in a craft-beer-forward room, the wine program holds its own — ask your server what's open and you'll likely land something drinkable. Rotation details remain unclear, so temper expectations on that front.
Las Jaras 'Waves' Red — $38
At a 73% markup over retail, this is the most fairly priced bottle on the list by a wide margin. It's an easygoing California field blend — fruit-forward, low-fuss, meant to be drunk — and it belongs on a pizza table more than most of the other options here.
Vecchia Torre Leverano Rosso
Negroamaro from Puglia is one of the most underrated pizza wines on the planet — earthy, a little rustic, with enough dark fruit to stand up to a heavy pie. Most people at Myke's are ordering beer; the ones who order this are eating better.
Graham Beck Brut Méthode Cap Classique
A $48 price tag on a bottle that retails for $18 is a tough ask anywhere, let alone at a casual pizza counter. Graham Beck is a fine sparkler, but at 167% markup, you're paying a lot for bubbles you could grab at Total Wine on the way home.
Kobal Blaufränkisch + Pepperoni Pizza
Blaufränkisch has this peppery, slightly spicy backbone that mirrors pepperoni without fighting it — plus enough acidity to cut through the grease. It's an unusual call for a pizza joint and that's exactly why it works.
The Bottom Line
Myke's punches well above its weight class on list curation — a Slovenian Blaufränkisch and a Las Jaras field blend at a pizza spot inside a cider bar is genuinely wild in the best way. The markups are mostly hard to justify, but the Las Jaras is fairly priced and the list shows real personality; order that bottle, grab a seasonal pie, and enjoy being somewhere that didn't have to try this hard.
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Small but Thoughtful
Fair
Basic Stemmed
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Set & Forget
Acceptable
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Small but Thoughtful
Fair
Basic Stemmed
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Set & Forget
Acceptable
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Grocery Store
Fair
Basic Stemmed
Rotating Cast
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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Crowd Pleasers
Fair
Basic Stemmed
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Set & Forget
Acceptable
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Surprising Depth
Fair
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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Crowd Pleasers
Fair
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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