California Classics Done Right in Alaska
Downtown Anchorage · Anchorage · Seafood, Steakhouse · Visit Website ↗
Reviewed April 9, 2026
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The wine list at Sullivan's reads like a greatest hits of California — Caymus, Jordan, Silver Oak, Opus One, all the names your table will recognize before the bread arrives. It's a confident, unapologetic list built for steakhouse occasions, not experimentation. Wine Spectator handed them an Award of Excellence in 2025, and honestly, you can see why.
This is a California Cabernet house, full stop — and it wears that identity without apology. The lineup runs from Stag's Leap Artemis and Duckhorn up through Shafer Hillside Select and Opus One, covering a respectable range of quality tiers within the same zip code. Chardonnay fans get solid options in Rombauer, Cakebread, and Far Niente, which is more than most steakhouses bother with on the white side. If you're looking for Burgundy, Barolo, or anything that didn't grow in Napa or Sonoma, you'll be squinting at a short bench.
Twenty to thirty-five pours by the glass is a serious program for Anchorage, and the $12–$20 range keeps things accessible without bottoming out on quality. The glass list mirrors the bottle list — expect Rombauer Chardonnay and familiar Cabernets to anchor the lineup. Rotation doesn't seem aggressive, but what's there is reliable.
Stag's Leap Artemis Cabernet Sauvignon 2020 — $98
Artemis is genuinely good Napa Cab — structured, age-worthy, and carrying the Stag's Leap name without the Cask 23 price tag. At $98, it's the most honest bottle on the list for what you get.
Duckhorn Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2021
Everyone reaches for Silver Oak or Caymus first, so the Duckhorn Cab sits underordered. It's polished, food-friendly, and at $120 it punches above the crowd-pleaser noise on this list.
Opus One 2018
At $525 on the list, you're paying serious steakhouse markup on a wine that retails in the $350 range. It's a trophy pour, not a value play — save it for someone else's expense account.
Jordan Cabernet Sauvignon 2019 + Filet Mignon
Jordan is built for exactly this moment — soft tannins, bright cassis, enough structure to stand up to a filet without bulldozing it. It's the bottle that makes the steak taste more like a steak.
Wednesday — Half-price wine night on Wednesdays — the best reason to eat steak in the middle of the week.
✔️ The Bottom Line
Sullivan's is a dependable, California-forward steakhouse list that delivers what it promises — recognizable names, proper storage, and a Wednesday half-price night that makes the markup sting a little less. You won't discover anything new here, but you will drink well with your ribeye.
Downtown · Anchorage · New American
The Marx Brothers Café is the kind of place that makes you reconsider your assumptions about where serious wine lives. In a historic Anchorage bungalow, they've built a list that would hold its own in San Francisco — and that earns every bit of the Wild Card badge.
Deep & Eclectic
Fair
Basic Stemmed
Knowledgeable & Friendly
Set & Forget
Proper
Downtown / G Street corridor · Anchorage · Wine Bar / Bistro
Crush earns its Wild Card badge not by being perfect, but by being genuinely surprising — a 600-bottle cellar and 40+ glass pours in Anchorage is an achievement worth acknowledging out loud. If you're passing through or living here, this is where you go when you actually care what's in your glass.
Deep & Eclectic
Fair
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Proper
Girdwood · Anchorage · Winery Restaurant / Taproom
Bear Creek Winery Loft earns its Wild Card badge honestly — it's not trying to be a serious wine destination and doesn't need to be. If you're in Girdwood and you skip this in favor of a hotel bar pour, you've made a mistake you'll regret when you're back home explaining why you didn't try the rhubarb wine made in Alaska.
Small but Thoughtful
Fair
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Acceptable
Downtown · Anchorage · Modern Mexican / Latin Fusion
Tequila 61° is a genuinely fun downtown Anchorage spot — but the wine list is not the reason to come. Order the tequila, drink the margaritas, and if someone at the table insists on wine, steer them toward the Pinot Grigio and move on.
Crowd Pleasers
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Acceptable
Midtown · Anchorage · Brazilian Steakhouse (Churrascaria)
Texas de Brazil Anchorage is a reliable enough wine stop if you calibrate expectations to match the format — this is a chain steakhouse, not a wine destination, and the list behaves accordingly. Grab the Catena, eat a lot of picanha, and don't overthink it.
Crowd Pleasers
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Acceptable
Midtown / Spenard · Anchorage · Mexican / Pub / Pizza
Bear Tooth Grill is a legitimately great spot for beer, margaritas, pizza, and a movie — the wine list is just a formality. Order a craft beer, skip the wine entirely, and you'll have a fantastic time.
Grocery Store
Fair
Basic Stemmed
MIA
Set & Forget
Acceptable
Shoreline Village · Long Beach · Seafood, Steakhouse
Queensview earns its Wine Spectator badge by doing the California steakhouse formula well — the setting is legitimately stunning, the list is reliable, and the Daou is a genuine steal in this context. Just don't come expecting anything that'll surprise you.
Crowd Pleasers
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Acceptable
South Lake Tahoe · South Lake Tahoe · Seafood, Steakhouse
Kalani's wine program is exactly what it should be: polished, California-centric, and dependable for a mountain resort fine dining crowd. No fireworks, but you'll eat and drink well — just go in with eyes open on pricing.
Crowd Pleasers
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Acceptable
Pendleton · Pendleton · Seafood, Steakhouse
Plateau is the kind of place that surprises you — a polished wine program with two named sommeliers, genuine Pacific Northwest depth, and cult producers you don't expect to find east of the Cascades. If you're passing through Pendleton, this is absolutely worth a stop for the wine alone.
Solid Range
Fair
Basic Stemmed
Knowledgeable & Friendly
Set & Forget
Proper
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