17 pours from 15 to 65 and a Champagne-heavy bottle list
Montrose · Houston · French · Visit Website ↗
Reviewed October 9, 2026 · How we review
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The Marigold Club's wine list is a 50-page PDF, with the by-the-glass page up front and Champagne as the first bottle chapter. The glass list is short and priced plainly: seventeen pours, from a 15 Grüner Veltliner to a 65 pour of Krug Grande Cuvée. There is also a house special, 'one dozen oysters and a bottle of krug grand cuvée,' listed at 300.
The contents run through sparkling (Champagne, rosé and other sparkling), whites by region (new world, Burgundy, Loire, other France, Italy, Austria and Germany, 'du monde'), rosé, reds (new world, Burgundy, Beaujolais, left and right bank Bordeaux, Northern and Southern Rhône, Italy, Spain), large formats, sweet and fortified wines, and spirits. Champagne is split into Blanc de Blancs, Blanc de Noirs, rosé and 'Champagne Classique,' with entries like Ruinart Blanc de Blancs NV at 210, Delamotte Brut at 125, Krug Grande Cuvée 173ème at 580 and Salon 2013 at 1995. The current list is linked as 8.23; confirm current pours and prices.
The 'Wines by the Glass' page posts seventeen pours with no pour size printed. Sparkling: Bisol 'Crede' Prosecco at 16, June's rosé at 15, Delamotte Brut at 35, Laurent-Perrier Cuvée Rosé at 45, Krug Grande Cuvée 172ème at 65. White: Bründlmayer Grüner Veltliner at 15, Lagar de Cervera Albariño at 17, Spottswoode Sauvignon Blanc at 18, Presqu'ile Chardonnay at 19, Jean Collet Chablis at 25, Domaine Durand Sancerre at 26. Rosé: Peyrassol at 16. Red: La Rioja Alta 'Viña Alberdi' Reserva at 18, Domaine Ambroise Bourgogne Pinot Noir at 24, Chappellet 'Mountain Cuvée' at 28, Haut-Batailley 'Verso' at 32, Peter Michael 'L'Esprit des Pavots' at 60.
Sunday — Half-price wine on Sundays — the best reason to skip brunch and come here instead.
The Bottom Line
The Marigold Club's posted list is Champagne-heavy, with 17 glass pours and a long Champagne run from Suenen Blanc de Blancs to Salon. Open with the Delamotte at 35 by the glass or the Bründlmayer Grüner at 15, and if you want a splurge ask about the 300 oysters-and-Krug special. The list prints no date and is linked as 8.23, so confirm pours and prices; this unrated guide covers the posted wine list, not service, storage or retail markups.
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