Red Fort Cuisine of India

Nobody walks into a St. George Indian restaurant expecting to find Atlantis Txakoli and Aichenberg Grüner Veltliner on the wine list — and yet here we are. The list is short at 18 bottles, but whoever curated it was clearly thinking about food rather than just slapping Kendall-Jackson on the menu and calling it a day. That alone earns some genuine respect.

For an 18-label list, this thing covers surprising ground: Austria (Grüner Veltliner), the Basque Country (Txakoli), Alsace (Willm Pinot Gris), Bordeaux (Château de Ribebon), and Rioja (Hacienda López) all make appearances alongside the obligatory New World crowd-pleasers. The pan-European lean skews toward whites and lighter reds, which is exactly where you want to be when you're eating spice-forward food. There are gaps — no rosé, no natural wine, nothing from the Southern Rhône or Italy — but for a casual Indian spot in southern Utah, the intentionality here is real. The bottom of the list does drag a bit with Dark Horse Cab and Blackstone Merlot, but those are clearly there to keep the table of six from wandering.

Ten options by the glass is generous for a restaurant this size, and bottle prices topping out at $42 mean the glass pours are priced to match at $6–$7.50 — some of the most affordable wine-by-the-glass you'll find anywhere that isn't a happy hour special. Rotation appears static rather than seasonal, but at these prices, it's hard to complain loudly.