Riedel stems, $9.50 pours, and a bottle of Krug hiding at the top of a 39-wine list
Sandy Springs · Atlanta · Modern American · Visit Website ↗
Updated September 2026
Reviewed February 22, 2026 · How we review
RagingWine reviewed The Select Restaurant + Bar’s wine list and gave it The Wild Card — RagingWine’s Vibe-Check rating. How RagingWine reviews wine lists →
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The Select seats you on City Springs' Blue Stone Road, hands you Riedel glassware, and presents a wine list that runs from a nine-fifty glass pour to an eight-hundred-dollar bottle of Krug Champagne. That range is the tell. Owner Dave Green has forty-plus years in hospitality and it shows in every detail — from the stemware choice to the daily happy hour that treats wine drinkers like regulars rather than tourists. Thirty-nine wines and nineteen by the glass is not a volume play. It is a taste play.
Thirty-nine wines is a lean list by any measure, but the curation punches well above its weight class. Nineteen of those are available by the glass, priced from $9.50 to $22.50, which means you can genuinely explore without committing to a bottle. The bottle list then stretches all the way to Krug at eight hundred dollars — and that swing from value glass pours to prestige Champagne is what makes this program a wild card. Someone is thinking about the list rather than just filling it. The mix spans domestic and Old World, red and white, with enough sparkling representation to handle a proper celebration.
Nineteen by the glass out of thirty-nine total means nearly half the list is available by the pour. That is a strong ratio and it tells you the restaurant trusts its own consumption pace — they are not worried about bottles oxidizing on the bar. The range from $9.50 to $22.50 covers a casual weeknight glass and a date-night indulgence. Riedel stems on every pour elevate the experience beyond what you expect at a Sandy Springs neighborhood spot. The daily happy hour sweetens the deal further.
The $9.50 entry-level by-the-glass pour — $9.50/glass
Nine-fifty for wine in Riedel stemware at a restaurant with this level of curation. You are getting more than you paid for and that is exactly the point of a smart by-the-glass program.
Krug Champagne
An eight-hundred-dollar bottle of Krug sitting on a 39-wine list at a Modern American restaurant in Sandy Springs. If you know what Krug is, you understand the statement being made. If you do not, ask your server — the education is part of the experience.
Overthinking it
With only 39 wines, there are no filler bottles. Every selection earned its spot. The list is small enough that there is nowhere to hide a bad pick, so trust the curation and order what sounds good.
A mid-range red by the glass + The Select's seasonal entree
Dave Green built this restaurant around the idea that food and drink should work in conversation. The by-the-glass program is engineered for this moment — order the seasonal protein, tell your server what you enjoy, and let the Riedel stems do the rest.
Daily — Happy hour with discounted wine pours at the bar
The Bottom Line
The Select does not need a hundred wines to prove it cares about wine. Riedel glassware, nineteen by-the-glass options, a daily happy hour, and enough range to swing from a $9.50 weeknight pour to Krug Grand Cuvee — that is a program built by someone who understands hospitality at a structural level. The Wild Card badge is earned because the quality-to-size ratio defies every expectation.
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Crowd Pleasers
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Rotating Cast
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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Grocery Store
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Rotating Cast
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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Small but Thoughtful
Fair
Basic Stemmed
Rotating Cast
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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Crowd Pleasers
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Rotating Cast
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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Grocery Store
Fair
Basic Stemmed
Rotating Cast
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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Small but Thoughtful
Fair
Basic Stemmed
Rotating Cast
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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Solid Range
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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