Ralph Lauren's living room, but with Pétrus
Midtown · New York · American · Visit Website ↗
Updated October 2026
Reviewed April 8, 2026 · How we review
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The wine list at The Polo Bar arrives the way Ralph Lauren would want it to — heavy, confident, and dressed better than everyone else in the room. Four hundred to six hundred bottles deep, it signals immediately that this isn't a list thrown together as an afterthought. This is a place that takes wine seriously, even if it also takes itself a little seriously.
California and France split the room, which feels exactly right for a crowd that splits its time between the Hamptons and the 16th arrondissement. The heavy hitters are all present — Screaming Eagle, Opus One, Château Margaux, Château Pétrus, Domaine de la Romanée-Conti — and while the trophy-bottle presence is impressive, it tells you this list is built to impress rather than to educate. Italy shows up with Gaja Barbaresco holding down the fort, and Champagne is treated with the respect it deserves, with Krug Grande Cuvée and Louis Roederer Cristal giving the bubbly section real teeth. The gap is at the approachable end — if you're not dropping $150 or more, your options thin out fast.
Twenty to thirty-five glass pours is a strong program for a supper club of this scale, and the $15–$30 range keeps things from feeling completely out of reach. We'd want to know what's actually rotating through those pours on a given night, but the infrastructure to run a serious by-the-glass program is clearly here. Louis Jadot Puligny-Montrachet and Silver Oak Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon are the kind of names that could anchor a glass list without embarrassing themselves.
Silver Oak Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon — $15–$30 by the glass
Silver Oak Alexander Valley is a crowd-pleasing California Cab with genuine pedigree — rich, approachable, and recognizable enough that you feel good about ordering it. By the glass at this address, it's one of the more honest transactions on the list.
Louis Jadot Puligny-Montrachet
Everyone at this table is going to order red, and that's exactly why you should go for the Puligny-Montrachet. Louis Jadot's version is a textbook village-level Burgundy — precise, mineral, and more interesting than anything the Chardonnay skeptics at your table have ever given white wine credit for.
Screaming Eagle
Look, Screaming Eagle is a legitimate icon, but at a restaurant with markups built for a 5th Avenue zip code, you're paying a premium on top of a premium on top of a name. Unless someone else is picking up the tab, this is a bottle better sourced at auction.
Krug Grande Cuvée Champagne + New England Clam Chowder
Krug Grande Cuvée is rich and toasty enough to stand up to a cream-based chowder, and the wine's acidity cuts right through the fat. It's the kind of pairing that sounds counterintuitive until the first sip, and then you can't imagine doing it any other way.
The Bottom Line
The Polo Bar's wine list is exactly what you'd expect from a room this well-dressed — ambitious, California-and-Bordeaux-heavy, and priced for people who don't flinch at the bill. The Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence is well-earned, and if someone else is buying, this is one of the great wine lists in Midtown Manhattan.
SoHo · New York · Italian
A long bottle list with Italian, Burgundy and Champagne sections, fronted by a 22-wine glass page. For a glass, try the Skerk Orange Wine from Friuli at 25/95, and for a bottle on a lighter budget, the Volpaia Vermentino at 60; upstairs in the café, the labeled list pours Palistorti di Valgiano's orange Tuscan blend at Glass $22. Confirm prices before you order, because the site's Upstairs Café dinner menu and the beverage PDF do not match. This unrated guide covers the posted wine lists, not service, storage or markups.
Midtown East · New York · American, French
A Park Avenue restaurant whose posted wine list is a 21-wine glass list. Start with the $18 Leitz Riesling or the $19 Ogier Saint-Joseph. No bottle list is posted online, so ask the restaurant what is available by the bottle. This unrated guide covers the posted glass list, not service, storage or markups.
Hudson Yards · New York · American, Seasonal
A hotel restaurant whose list opens with a 13-pour glass page and then moves through Champagne, Burgundy, Austria and other regions. Start with the $29 Prager Grüner Veltliner or the $24 Do Ferreiro Albariño by the glass alongside the chilled oysters, and confirm current pricing since the list is dated 09.30.26. This unrated guide covers the posted wine list, not service, storage or markups.
East Village · New York · Southern French, Wine Bar
A glass-only list of 15 Central and Eastern European pours from $18 to $26, with an orange wine section of five. Start with the Gal Tibor Egri Bikavér Superior at $18 or the Kapistoni Tavkveri at $23, and confirm prices because the list is undated. This unrated guide covers the posted by-the-glass list, not service, storage or markups.
Financial District · New York · American
A short posted wine selection, with the full list available by email. Start with the $17 Crafted Cava or the $18 Côte de Brouilly by the glass, and email ahead if you want the full list. This unrated guide covers only the nine posted wines, not service, storage or markups.
East Village · New York · American Steakhouse
A compact glass list at a beef-focused restaurant: 11 pours from $19 to $39 across France, Italy, Germany and California. Start with the $24 Domaine Perraud Chardonnay, or the $30 Signorello 'Edge' Cabernet if you're ordering steak, and confirm current pours because the page isn't dated. This unrated guide covers the posted glass list, not service, storage or markups.
Downtown Atlanta · Atlanta · American
Hard Rock Cafe Atlanta's wine list is a Lazy List by every measure — grocery store brands, steep markups, no specials, and a rotating staff with little incentive to know what's in the glass. If you're here for the memorabilia and the atmosphere, lean into a cocktail or a beer. If wine is non-negotiable, the Chateau Ste. Michelle Riesling or Columbia Crest Cab will get you through the night without regret.
Grocery Store
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Rotating Cast
Set & Forget
Acceptable
· Cumming, GA · American
The real headline here is Friday: half-price bottles under $250, which is a legitimately good deal in any zip code. Add a sommelier in a neighborhood grill context and Tin Cup earns a look that most Cumming restaurants don't. We'd go in on a Friday, ask for a recommendation, and let the staff do their job — that's what they're there for.
Solid Range
Fair
Basic Stemmed
Knowledgeable & Friendly
Active Program
Acceptable
· Wichita · American
Dave & Buster's Wichita is not a wine destination — and the list makes no attempt to pretend otherwise. Fourteen labels of grocery-store standbys, no pricing transparency, and a venue where the primary business is flashing screens and redemption tickets means the wine program is essentially decorative. Order the cocktail, feed the machine, save the bottle for literally anywhere else.
Crowd Pleasers
Steep
Basic Stemmed
MIA
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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