Supper Club Soul With a Serious Wine Stash
Massachusetts Avenue · Indianapolis · Steakhouse, Seafood, American Supper Club · Visit Website ↗
Updated April 2026
Reviewed March 21, 2026
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The wine list lands like the room itself — more ambitious than you'd expect from a steakhouse, with enough Old World depth to make you sit up straight. France and Italy anchor the serious side while California fills the crowd-pleaser lane. It's a list that's trying, and mostly succeeding.
Eighty-plus bottles span a genuinely interesting range: Alsace gets real love with both Hugel and Trimbach on the list, Burgundy shows up via Domaine Garnier Et Fils Chablis and an Alexis Pollier Macon-Villages, and there's a Pertinace Nebbiolo from Langhe that you don't often see in an Indianapolis steakhouse. California heavy-hitters like Cain 5 and Justin Isosceles handle the splurge end. The gaps show up in Southern Europe — Spain and South Africa get token placement — and the list skews toward safe producers rather than pushing into anything truly adventurous.
At least ten pours running $12–$21, which is a reasonable spread for the format. We'd like to see more rotation and a few more by-the-glass options that reflect the interesting bottles on the full list — right now the glass program feels like a different, blander list than the bottles. If you're going deep, go bottles.
Pertinace Nebbiolo, Langhe Doc, 2022 — $52
Retails around $25, so the markup stings less than most on this list — and Nebbiolo from Langhe at this price point drinks well above its station. It's the move if you want something with structure and personality without committing to a three-digit bottle.
Bodegas Volver 'Tarima Mediterraneo' White Blend, Bordeaux, FR, 2022
It's the cheapest bottle on the list at $40 and almost everyone walks past it. A white blend at this price in a steakhouse context tends to get ignored in favor of the obvious Chardonnays, but this is the low-risk, high-reward pour for the table that hasn't decided what they want yet.
Segura Viudas Brut Cava NV
A $15 retail bottle priced at $45 is a 200% markup on a Cava that you can grab at any grocery store on the way home. If bubbles are the move, this isn't the one to spend on.
Domaine Garnier Et Fils Chablis, Burgundy, FR, 2022 + Prime Rib
Hear us out — the lean, stony minerality of good Chablis cuts through the fat of a proper Prime Rib in a way a big Cab just bludgeons past. It's the contrarian call that works, and at $77 it's the most interesting bottle on the table.
Monday — Half-priced bottles up to $100; $50 off bottles priced at $100 or more. This is the night to come — that Hugel Pinot Gris drops to $43 and the Cain 5 becomes a legitimate conversation.
🎲 The Bottom Line
The Fountain Room is a genuine Wild Card — a supper club throwback with more wine ambition than its steakhouse peers, undercut by markups that lean steep and a by-the-glass program that doesn't match the bottle list's upside. Come on a Monday and that math changes dramatically.
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Plays It Safe
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Proper
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Deep & Eclectic
Steep
Varietal Specific
Knowledgeable & Friendly
Set & Forget
Proper
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Deep & Eclectic
Steep
Varietal Specific
Knowledgeable & Friendly
Occasional
Proper
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Deep & Eclectic
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Occasional
Acceptable
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The Eagle is a genuinely great place to eat fried chicken — the wine list, however, is an afterthought dressed up in a menu. Drink the beer, order the bubbles if you must, and save your wine curiosity for somewhere that reciprocates.
Crowd Pleasers
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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Solid Range
Fair
Basic Stemmed
Knowledgeable & Friendly
Set & Forget
Proper
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