The Dessert-Wine-Only Steakhouse Nobody Saw Coming
· St. George · Steakhouse · Visit Website ↗
Reviewed September 1, 2026 · How we review
RagingWine reviewed Switchback Grille’s wine list and gave it The Wild Card — RagingWine’s Vibe-Check rating. How RagingWine reviews wine lists →
Wingman Metrics
You open the wine list at a steakhouse in St. George, Utah expecting a predictable spread of Cabernet and Chardonnay, and instead find nine dessert wines staring back at you. It's disorienting in the best possible way. Someone in this kitchen actually thought about this.
Every single bottle on this list is a sweet or fortified wine — Muscats, ice wine, Ports, and Tawnies, nothing else. The Port selection alone shows real range: Fonseca Bin 27, Warre's Warrior, Graham's Six Grapes, Smith Woodhouse, and a Dow's Tawny 20 Year sitting at the top of the ladder. The Kiona Red Mountain Ice Wine is a local-ish Pacific Northwest curveball that adds welcome variety. What this list lacks in breadth it makes up for in coherent intent — this is clearly a deliberate program built around the dessert course, not a forgotten wine list nobody updated since 2011.
The entire list appears to be designed for glass pours, which is exactly how you'd want to drink dessert wine at a steakhouse. We couldn't confirm exact by-the-glass pricing, but the format strongly suggests these are offered as individual pours rather than full-bottle commitments. That's the right call — nobody needs a whole bottle of Essensia with their crème brûlée.
The Bottom Line
Switchback Grille made a weird, committed bet on an all-dessert wine list, and honestly? We respect it. If you're ending your meal here, you're in better hands than you'd expect from a steakhouse in St. George.
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Spiritual Speakeasy is a genuinely odd wine list in the best way — a tiny cocktail bar in Utah that somehow stocks four serious Champagne houses. The everyday wine options are modest and the markups on the top-shelf bubbles are aggressive, but as a Wild Card destination, it earns the badge. Come for a cocktail, stay if someone in your group wants to pop a Pol Roger.
Small but Thoughtful
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Rotating Cast
Set & Forget
Acceptable
· St. George · European / New American
Cosmopolitan Grill is doing more with wine than almost anyone else in St. George, and for a special-occasion dinner in southern Utah, that clears the bar comfortably. We'd love to see them lean into the Central European menu with some old-world wildcards — until then, it's a reliable pour in a town where that's genuinely worth something.
Plays It Safe
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Acceptable
· St. George · Greek / Mediterranean
Meraki is the rare fast-casual spot where the wine list actually makes you stop and think — the Greek producers alone justify a visit, and the depth-to-price ratio on the by-the-glass program is genuinely solid. Just don't spring for the prestige Champagne until they upgrade the stemware.
Surprising Depth
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Acceptable
· St. George · American / Bar & Grill
George's Corner isn't a wine destination, but it's not pretending to be one either — there are a few genuinely good bottles hiding in a list that otherwise leans on reliable names. Come for the food, drink the Broc Cellars Rosé or La Posta Malbec, and don't overthink it.
Crowd Pleasers
Fair
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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Texas Roadhouse is a beer-and-a-bucket-of-bread situation, and the wine list knows it. Come for the ribs, order a Lone Star, and leave the wine to restaurants that care about it.
Grocery Store
Fair
Basic Stemmed
MIA
Set & Forget
Acceptable
Red Cliffs / East St. George · St. George · Steakhouse Chain
Outback St. George isn't in the wine business — it's in the steak business, and the wine list makes that abundantly clear. Order the Chateau Ste. Michelle if you must, but you'd honestly be better off with whatever's on draft.
Crowd Pleasers
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
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
· Plano · Steakhouse
Del Frisco's Plano delivers a wine list that does its job without doing anything exciting — it's competent, recognizable, and priced for a room where the company card is doing the heavy lifting. If you're here for the steak and want a bottle that won't embarrass you, the list handles that. If you're here to drink well on your own dime, the markup will sting.
Crowd Pleasers
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Rotating Cast
Set & Forget
Acceptable
SanTan Village · Chandler · Steakhouse
Bourbon & Bones SanTan has a reserve list that punches above its suburban strip-mall weight class — the Heitz Martha's Vineyard duo, Dominus, and the rogue Egon Müller Riesling are all legitimate gets. The pricing is unambiguously steep and the list has real gaps, but if you're celebrating something and want a specific California collectible with your ribeye, this is one of the more unexpected places to find it in the East Valley.
Plays It Safe
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Rotating Cast
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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