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Downtown · Springfield · Sports Bar & Grill · Visit Website ↗
Reviewed by the RagingWine Tasting Desk · June 28, 2026
RagingWine reviewed The Dugout Bar & Grill’s wine list and gave it The Lazy List — RagingWine’s Vibe-Check rating. How RagingWine reviews wine lists →
Wingman Metrics
The wine list at The Dugout is less a list and more a hostage situation — two options, both unnamed house pours, both the kind of thing you find in a box next to the cash register at a gas station. We respect the honesty of a sports bar that knows what it is. The wine program, however, did not get that memo.
Two wines. That's it. A house White Zinfandel and a house Merlot, both almost certainly bulk California product that arrives in the back in something larger than a bottle and smaller than a barrel. There are no regions worth discussing, no producers worth naming, and no depth to dive into. The Dugout's wine 'program' exists to check a box on the menu, not to actually serve anyone who cares about what's in their glass.
Both wines are available by the glass, which is technically a 100% by-the-glass program — a stat that means absolutely nothing here. At $4–$7 a pour, the prices are low, but so is every other bar in Springfield. You're not getting a deal; you're getting exactly what you pay for.
House Merlot — $7
If you absolutely must order wine at The Dugout, the Merlot is the safer bet over the White Zin. It's cheap, it won't embarrass you, and at $7 you're not out much when you inevitably switch to a beer.
House White Zinfandel
Look, it's not a gem by any stretch — but if you're splitting a plate of house smoked wings and want something cold and slightly sweet that costs less than a soda at a movie theater, the White Zin delivers on that exact narrow brief.
House Merlot
We know we just told you it was the 'best value,' but the bar is truly subterranean here. Any unnamed bulk Merlot at a sports bar is going to be flat, forgettable, and served too warm. Skip wine entirely and order a cold draft.
House White Zinfandel + House Smoked Wings
The slight residual sweetness in the White Zin actually cuts against spicy wing sauce better than you'd expect. It's not a pairing we'd brag about, but it's functional — and at The Dugout, functional is the ceiling.
The Bottom Line
The Dugout is a perfectly fine sports bar where wings get eaten, games get watched, and wine gets ignored — and that's the right call. Come for the BBQ Bacon Burger, leave the wine glass at home.
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