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I-35 Corridor · Georgetown · Seafood · Visit Website ↗
Reviewed by the RagingWine Tasting Desk · July 12, 2026
RagingWine reviewed Red Lobster – Georgetown’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 here reads like the shelf at a gas station that also sells lottery tickets — Sutter Home, Cupcake, Josh Cellars, all present and accounted for. There's no curation happening, just a corporate spreadsheet handed down from headquarters. If you came hoping to find something interesting, you already made a wrong turn.
The list leans almost entirely on mass-market California brands, with a couple of token international entries — Matua Sauvignon Blanc from New Zealand and Ecco Domani Pinot Grigio from Italy — doing the heavy lifting for anything outside the 50 states. Chateau Ste. Michelle Riesling from Washington is the one wine that could actually hold a real conversation with a seafood plate, and it stands out precisely because everything around it is so forgettable. Jam Jar Sweet White from South Africa signals the list is chasing the sweeter-sipper crowd rather than anyone with a passing interest in wine. There are no depth, no regional storytelling, and zero producer diversity worth mentioning.
By-the-glass counts aren't published, but the full roster appears to be available by the glass given the format — which means you're choosing between maybe seven or eight corporate crowd-pleasers at presumably modest pour prices. At $5 a glass for wines like Ecco Domani and Mark West, the pricing is low enough that the damage is limited. Just don't expect a pour that surprises you.
Chateau Ste. Michelle Riesling — null
The one wine on the list that actually belongs next to a seafood plate. Washington Riesling has enough acidity and fruit to cut through butter sauces and not overwhelm lighter dishes — and at Red Lobster prices, even if it's $8-9 a glass, it's the smartest order on the menu.
Matua Sauvignon Blanc
New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc in a sea of California sweetness is easy to overlook here, but Marlborough's grassy, citrusy profile is actually a reasonable match for fried seafood and shrimp dishes. Most people reach for the Chardonnay out of habit — this is the better call.
Sutter Home Chardonnay
Sutter Home Chardonnay is the wine equivalent of a participation trophy. It exists, it's technically wine, and it will not improve your meal in any discernible way. At a seafood restaurant where better options are sitting right next to it on the same list, there's no reason to default to this.
Chateau Ste. Michelle Riesling + Ultimate Feast
The Ultimate Feast — snow crab legs, shrimp, lobster tail — is rich, briny, and butter-forward. Riesling's off-dry fruit and bright acidity is one of the few wine styles that can actually stand up to that combination without getting bulldozed. It's the right tool for the job.
The Bottom Line
Red Lobster's wine list is a corporate afterthought dressed in a laminated menu, and the Georgetown location is no exception. Order the Riesling, enjoy the biscuits, and save your wine curiosity for somewhere that shares it.
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