Corporate Wine List Meets Corporate Steaks
International Drive · Orlando · Steakhouse · Visit Website ↗
Reviewed February 27, 2026 · How we review
RagingWine reviewed Ruth's Chris Steak House - Orlando’s wine list and gave it The Reliable — RagingWine’s Vibe-Check rating. How RagingWine reviews wine lists →
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The wine list at Ruth's Chris is exactly what you'd expect from a national steakhouse chain: safe, expensive, and designed for expense accounts. It's the vinous equivalent of ordering the New York strip medium-rare — predictable but not offensive.
The list leans heavily on Napa Cab, big-name Bordeaux, and domestic Chardonnay, with most bottles in the $70-150 range before the list climbs into three-digit trophy bottles. You'll find Silver Oak, Caymus, and Jordan doing the heavy lifting, alongside predictable Italian selections like Antinori and Ruffino. The French section trends toward recognizable Châteaux with hefty price tags, while the lower end offers safe choices from Sonoma and Washington. Nothing adventurous, nothing surprising, but also nothing that'll upset your colleague from corporate.
Glass pours run the standard steakhouse playbook: a California Cab around $16-18, a buttery Chardonnay, maybe a Pinot Noir for the lighter drinkers. Expect 8-12 options that rotate about as often as the menu does — which is to say, rarely. The pours are generous enough, but you're paying tourist-trap markup for wines you could find at Total Wine for a third of the cost.
Columbia Crest Grand Estates Cabernet Sauvignon — $48
It's Washington state doing its best Napa impression at half the price — solid fruit, enough structure for your ribeye, and the markup is merely insulting instead of criminal
Château de Beaucastel Côtes du Rhône
If they're carrying the baby brother of legendary Châteauneuf-du-Pape, it's your play — Grenache-based Southern Rhône has the peppery complexity to stand up to steak without the Napa tax
Caymus Cabernet Sauvignon
At $140+ for a bottle that retails for $85, you're paying $55 for the name recognition — it's fine wine, but the markup is offensive even by steakhouse standards
Louis Jadot Gevrey-Chambertin + Bone-In New York Strip
If they stock proper Burgundy, the earthy minerality and bright acidity of Gevrey-Chambertin cuts through the char and fat better than another fruit-bomb Cab
The Bottom Line
Ruth's Chris delivers exactly what's on the label: reliable corporate wine for corporate diners. The list won't wow you, but it won't embarrass you either. Order a mid-tier bottle, expense it, and focus on the steak.
Winter Park · Orlando · Greek, Mediterranean
AVA MediterrAegean earns its Wine Spectator recognition by doing something genuinely rare in Florida: building a Greek-forward wine program with real depth and the staff to back it up. If you're eating here and not exploring the Greek section, you're missing the whole point.
Deep & Eclectic
Fair
Varietal Specific
Knowledgeable & Friendly
Set & Forget
Proper
Downtown Orlando · Orlando · French, Regional
The Boheme is the best wine list in the kind of restaurant Downtown Orlando needs more of — it's not groundbreaking, but it's honest, properly focused, and worthy of its Wine Spectator recognition. Send your friends here for a date night, order the Chablis to start, and resist the urge to default to Caymus.
Solid Range
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Acceptable
International Drive · Orlando · Brazilian Churrascaria
Texas de Brazil isn't a wine destination, but it's a smarter wine program than the I-Drive zip code would suggest, and Wednesday's half-price bottles make it a legitimate value play. Come for the meat, stay for the Achaval Ferrer.
Solid Range
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Occasional
Acceptable
Grande Lakes · Orlando · Italian, Mediterranean
Primo is a resort restaurant that takes its wine list seriously enough to back it up with a real sommelier and a WS credential — which puts it well ahead of most hotel dining rooms. Pricing is what it is in this zip code, but the Italian backbone and capable staff make it a genuinely good wine dinner if you pick smart.
Solid Range
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Knowledgeable & Friendly
Set & Forget
Proper
Lake Nona · Orlando · Japanese
Nami is the kind of surprise that earns its Wine Spectator badge — a Japanese restaurant in Lake Nona that treats French wine with genuine seriousness, backed by a knowledgeable staff member who can actually guide you through it. Markups keep it from being a steal, but if you're eating omakase anyway, ordering from this list is the right call.
Small but Thoughtful
Steep
Varietal Specific
Knowledgeable & Friendly
Set & Forget
Proper
Orlando · Orlando · Brazilian Churrascaria
Chima's wine list does its job: it gives a celebratory crowd recognizable bottles that hold up to a carnivore's parade. If you're after discovery or value-hunting, look elsewhere — but if you want a solid Cab with your carved meats in a room that feels like a party, this delivers.
Crowd Pleasers
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Acceptable
University Area · Gainesville · Steakhouse
Shula's is a competent hotel steakhouse wine program — it won't embarrass you in front of a client, but it won't thrill you either. The regional framework is solid, the pricing almost certainly reflects the hotel setting, and the list is designed for comfort over curiosity. If you're in Gainesville and need a reliable red with a serious steak, it gets the job done; just don't show up expecting a deep dive.
Plays It Safe
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Acceptable
· Round Rock · Steakhouse
Double Cut is a resort steakhouse wine list doing exactly what it was designed to do: keep guests comfortable and keep bottles moving. The markups are real, especially at the top end, and the list won't surprise anyone who's eaten at a hotel restaurant in the last decade. If you're here, order the Norton Malbec or the Mer Soleil Silver, skip the Caymus, and don't expect a wine revelation — that's not the point.
Crowd Pleasers
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Rotating Cast
Set & Forget
Acceptable
· Irvine · Steakhouse
Fleming's Irvine delivers exactly what it promises: a wide, competent, California-forward wine list that covers all the bases for a steakhouse crowd. The markup is real — this is not a list for value hunters — but the by-the-glass depth is genuinely good and the Loosen Bros. Riesling at $11 is the rare honest deal hiding in plain sight. If you want adventure, look elsewhere; if you want a reliable glass with your ribeye in Irvine, this gets the job done.
Crowd Pleasers
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Rotating Cast
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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