Waco's Steakhouse Has Wine Figured Out
Hewitt · Waco · Steakhouse · Visit Website ↗
Reviewed April 16, 2026
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The wine list at One Thirty Five Prime lands with more confidence than you'd expect from a mid-size Texas steakhouse. It's not trying to be a wine bar — it knows what it is — but someone here clearly cares enough to stock a 2023 Can Sumoi Xarel-Lo alongside the usual Cab suspects. That alone earns some goodwill.
The list runs 75 to 125 bottles and leans into the expected steakhouse pillars — California Cabs, Argentine Malbec, Italian reds — but there are genuine detours worth taking. Spain shows up with real intention via Can Sumoi and Pepe Raventós, both producers with actual credibility rather than supermarket shelf appeal. There's a nod to Alsace and McLaren Vale that suggests someone building this list wanted range, not just coverage. The Kathryn Kennedy 'Small Lot' Cabernet from Santa Cruz is a serious inclusion — that's not a wine you find at most steakhouses in Central Texas.
Ten to sixteen options by the glass is a respectable spread for a Waco steakhouse, and the program doesn't just default to the cheapest bottles to pour. Whether the rotation changes meaningfully or stays locked in for months at a stretch is less clear, but what's on offer holds up better than the category average in this market.
2023 Can Sumoi Xarel-Lo — $50
A crisp, mineral-driven white from Catalunya that drinks well above its price point — and brings something genuinely different to a menu full of ribeye and butter. At $50 a bottle in a steakhouse setting, it's the kind of left-field order that makes the whole table curious.
2022 Pepe Raventós Xarel-Lo
Most tables here are going straight for the Cabs, which means this Xarel-Lo from one of Catalonia's most respected Cava families is sitting quietly on the list waiting for someone to notice. It's a serious wine from a serious producer, and almost no one at a Texas steakhouse is ordering it.
Vino dei Fratelli Moscato d'Asti
Moscato d'Asti has its place, but that place is not alongside a $50 ribeye. This is a dessert wine afterthought dressed up as a list entry — sweet, low-alcohol, and thoroughly outclassed by everything else worth ordering here.
2020 Kathryn Kennedy 'Small Lot' Cabernet + Ribeye
Santa Cruz mountain Cab brings dark fruit and enough structure to stand up to a well-marbled ribeye without the jammy fruit-bomb tendencies of Napa at the same price. It's a more interesting conversation than the obvious California choices, and it holds its own through the whole cut.
✔️ The Bottom Line
One Thirty Five Prime is doing more with its wine program than a Waco steakhouse has to, and the fair markup on weekly specials keeps it honest. Send a friend here — just make sure they skip the Moscato.
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