Sook DC

We walk into what looks like a neighborhood café and suddenly find ourselves staring at a wine list that name-drops Georgian qvevri wines and Lebanese Cinsault. The 40-50 bottle list reads like a natural wine bar's passport collection, which feels wonderfully unexpected in a casual all-day spot serving khachapuri and chicken wings.

This list goes deep on regions most DC wine bars ignore completely. Greece gets serious attention with producers like Domaine Glinavos and Argatia, while Georgia, Lebanon, Turkey, and Mexico all get meaningful representation beyond token bottles. The Italian and French selections lean natural and quirky—Lambrusco, Verdeca, Loire rosé—while Austria and Germany bring the funk with skin-contact elderflower wine and Riesling sekt. It's a thoughtful, adventurous list that clearly has a point of view, even if it's still finding its depth in each category.

Eight glass pours spanning $15-20 is the right size for a café-to-wine-bar operation. The range covers sparkling, white, orange, rosé, and red with genuine variety—not just safe crowd-pleasers. You can order Georgian amber wine or Lebanese Cinsault alongside Oregon Chardonnay-Aligote blends, which shows real ambition in the BTG program.