Skip the wine, order a milkshake
Oyster Point / Jefferson Avenue · Newport News · American, gourmet burgers · Visit Website ↗
Reviewed June 30, 2026
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The wine list at Red Robin fits on a Post-it note — and not a big one. Four to six options, all of which you've seen at a gas station checkout or a college party, staring back at you from a laminated insert tucked behind the kids' menu. This is not a wine destination.
The list leans entirely on mass-market brands: Barefoot in three expressions, Yellow Tail showing up twice, and Ecco Domani rounding things out as the lone import with any pretense of respectability. There's one bright spot in name only — Chateau Ste. Michelle Riesling from Washington State — a legitimately solid producer that deserves better company than it's keeping here. No regional ambition, no vintage consideration, and zero effort to reflect anything beyond what the corporate buying team locked in years ago. If you came here hoping for California's Central Coast or even a token domestic rosé, keep hoping.
Three pours available by the glass, ranging from $7 to $10, which sounds affordable until you realize you're paying $8 for a Barefoot Cab that retails for $6.99 a full bottle. That's a 340-plus percent markup on wine that was never trying to be good in the first place. Rotation is nonexistent — what you see today is what you'll see next Thanksgiving.
Chateau Ste. Michelle Riesling — $9
The only wine on this list from a producer that actually cares. Ste. Michelle makes consistently solid Riesling out of Washington's Columbia Valley, and at $9 a glass it's at least a defensible choice — especially next to anything with a kangaroo on the label.
Chateau Ste. Michelle Riesling
Most people at Red Robin are defaulting to the Barefoot Cab on autopilot. The Riesling is the only wine here with a real winery behind it, and its slight sweetness and acidity actually hold up against the salty, sauce-heavy burger menu better than anything else on offer.
Barefoot Cabernet Sauvignon NV
Eight dollars for a glass of wine that costs less than $7 for the whole bottle at Walmart. The markup is offensive, the wine is forgettable, and you could just order a craft beer from their actual decent tap list and come out way ahead.
Chateau Ste. Michelle Riesling + Banzai Burger
The Banzai Burger comes loaded with teriyaki glaze and grilled pineapple — a sweet-savory combo that genuinely calls for an off-dry white. The Riesling's fruit and mild sweetness meet that glaze without getting steamrolled, making this the one moment on the menu where the wine list accidentally makes sense.
❌ The Bottom Line
Red Robin is here to sell you bottomless fries and a good time, not wine — and the list reflects exactly that level of effort. Grab a craft beer or a soda, save your wine spend for literally anywhere else.
Oyster Point / Jefferson Avenue · Newport News · Asian-American, Chinese
P.F. Chang's Newport News is not a wine destination — it's a chain restaurant with a corporate wine list designed to sell recognizable labels at comfortable margins. Come for the Lettuce Wraps and the Wednesday half-price bottles if you must, but don't come expecting anything interesting in the glass.
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Oyster Point / Jefferson Avenue · Newport News · Steakhouse / Roadhouse
Logan's Roadhouse is a beer-and-bourbon operation that happens to list six wines as an afterthought — and it shows. Order the steak, order the ribs, order a cold draft; just don't come here expecting the wine list to do any heavy lifting.
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Oyster Point / Jefferson Avenue · Newport News · American Steakhouse
LongHorn Newport News isn't a wine destination — it's a steakhouse where wine is an afterthought, priced to extract margin rather than reward curiosity. Order the ribeye, pick the least-bad bottle, and don't expect anyone at the table to talk about what's in the glass.
Crowd Pleasers
Steep
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Willing but Green
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Oyster Point / Jefferson Avenue · Newport News · Tex-Mex and American Casual Dining
There is no wine program here, just wine-shaped options on a chain restaurant menu with markups that would make your eyes water if you checked the retail shelf. Order the margarita — it's what Chili's actually does well.
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Oyster Point / Jefferson Avenue · Newport News · American / Casual Dining
Ruby Tuesday's wine program is an afterthought dressed up as a menu section — two Canyon Road pours do not a wine experience make. Order a cocktail, grab a beer, or just accept that wine was never the point here.
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Fair
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Oyster Point / Jefferson Avenue · Newport News · American / Casual Dining
This wine list exists so Applebee's can say it has one. Order the two-for-one cocktails and save your wine curiosity for somewhere that has any.
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Fair
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