Poor Calvin's

The wine list at Poor Calvin's is short, approachable, and built for people who know what they like without wanting to think too hard about it. It's a 39-label list that leans on recognizable names — Rombauer, Catena, Educated Guess — the kind of bottles that sell themselves. Nothing here is going to surprise you, but nothing is going to embarrass you either.

The list skews white-heavy with a decent spread across Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay, and Riesling, plus a nod to Albarino and a legitimate Chablis from Domaine Louis Moreau that earns its spot. The reds are workmanlike — Hahn Pinot Noir, Catena Malbec, Earthquake Zinfandel — reliable grocery-store-adjacent names that cover the bases without going anywhere interesting. There's a glaring absence of anything from Italy's red side, no Burgundy, no Rhône, and the 'eclectic' dial is firmly turned to zero. Volver Tempranillo is the one bottle that gestures toward something more interesting, and it's a pleasant outlier on an otherwise predictable red roster.

Seventeen by-the-glass options is a genuinely solid count for a restaurant of this size and type. At $14–$15 a glass, pricing is consistent if not exactly generous — you're paying Atlanta restaurant rates here, which means the math on bottles is considerably better if you're a two-glass-minimum table. The BTG selection mirrors the list's safe-harbor philosophy: familiar grapes, familiar producers, nothing that's going to start a conversation.