Half-Price Tuesdays Can't Save This List
Cherry Street · Tulsa · BBQ / Smokehouse · Visit Website ↗
Reviewed March 29, 2026
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Pull up the wine list at Smoke on Cherry Street and you get a greatest hits collection of grocery store staples — Cakebread, Santa Margherita, Robert Mondavi. It's the kind of list that feels like someone grabbed a distributor's starter pack and called it a day. For a BBQ spot, you're probably not coming for the Burgundy, but that doesn't mean you should be getting gouged either.
The list leans almost entirely on recognizable brand names with zero regional personality or adventurous picks — no Arkansas or Texas producers, no domestic oddities, nothing that reflects Tulsa's growing food scene. What you get is a small rotation of safe, heavily marketed bottles: Cakebread Chardonnay, Santa Margherita Pinot Grigio, Murphy-Goode Merlot. The markups run uniformly high, sitting at 44–82% above retail, with the cheaper bottles actually getting hit hardest percentage-wise. There's no coherent vision here beyond 'wine people recognize.'
We couldn't confirm specific by-the-glass offerings from available data, which is itself a yellow flag — a list worth drinking from usually makes its glass pours easy to find. If they're pouring from the same bottles on this list, expect the usual suspects at prices that won't feel like a win.
Cakebread Cellars Chardonnay Napa Valley 2021 — $65
It's the least-bad deal on a steep list — at 44% over retail it's still overpriced, but Cakebread actually delivers some quality for the spend and holds up next to smoked meats better than the lighter whites on offer.
Francis Ford Coppola Diamond Collection Pinot Noir 2021
It's not a hidden gem in any exciting sense, but at $32 it's the most approachable price point on the list and a lighter red that can actually cut through the fat on smoked brisket without overwhelming it. Low bar, but it clears it.
Santa Margherita Pinot Grigio 2022
You're paying $40 for a $22 bottle of Pinot Grigio you can buy at any grocery store in America. There is no world in which this makes sense alongside a plate of pulled pork. Hard pass.
Robert Mondavi Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley 2019 + Smoked Brisket
Mondavi Cab brings enough dark fruit and structure to stand up to the char and fat of a proper brisket. It's not a revelatory pairing, but it's the most logical match on an otherwise uninspired list.
Tuesday — Half-price wine bottles on Tuesdays after 5 PM — the one genuine reason to crack this list open.
❌ The Bottom Line
Tuesday half-price bottles are the only real reason to engage with the wine list here — at full price, you're overpaying for brands you've seen in every chain restaurant across the country. Come for the smoked meats, order a beer, and save the wine for somewhere that cares.
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Celebrity is a Tulsa institution for a reason, and the wine list does exactly what it needs to do for a white-tablecloth steakhouse crowd — no more, no less. Send a friend here for the prime rib and a bottle of Jordan; just don't send them expecting to be surprised.
Plays It Safe
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Acceptable
Brookside · Tulsa · Italian
Mondo's wine list won't blow anyone's mind, but it does its job honestly — fair prices, decent Italian representation, and enough options to keep a table happy all night. Send your friends here for dinner without hesitation; just steer them toward the Allegrini instead of the Meiomi.
Crowd Pleasers
Fair
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Acceptable
Brookside / Peoria corridor · Tulsa · Italian
Prossimo is doing the right things with wine in a city where many restaurants don't bother — the Italian focus is genuine and the top-shelf picks show range. The markups keep it from being a great wine destination, but as a neighborhood Italian with a real list, it earns its place.
Solid Range
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Acceptable
Cherry Street · Tulsa · Creole and Cajun
Nola's is a genuinely fun place to eat Creole food in Tulsa, but the wine list is an afterthought dressed up in nice stemware. Lean hard into the cocktail menu or bring your own bottle — check if they have a corkage policy, because that might be your best move here.
Crowd Pleasers
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Rotating Cast
Set & Forget
Acceptable
Brookside · Tulsa · Modern American
Oren is the kind of wine list that makes you recalibrate your expectations for a mid-size city. It's not a deep cellar and there's no half-price night to celebrate, but the curation is thoughtful, the markups are mostly honest, and the picks are the kind you'd expect from a much bigger food scene. Worth ordering from the list — not just the cocktail menu.
Small but Thoughtful
Fair
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Acceptable
Brady Arts District · Tulsa · Craft cocktail bar with beer and wine
Valkyrie is a cocktail bar first and a wine bar never, but the list has more backbone than it has any right to. Come for the drinks, stay curious about the Gamay.
Small but Thoughtful
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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