Eight Bottles and No Apologies
· Miami · Seafood Steakhouse · Visit Website ↗
Reviewed October 22, 2026 · How we review
RagingWine reviewed Truluck's’s wine list and gave it The Lazy List — RagingWine’s Vibe-Check rating. How RagingWine reviews wine lists →
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Eight wines. That's it. At a seafood steakhouse in Miami — a city that doesn't exactly suffer from a shortage of ambitious wine programs — Truluck's arrives with a by-the-glass list that could fit on a cocktail napkin. It's not offensive, but it's not trying very hard either.
The list reads like a Greatest Hits of American grocery-store wine: J. Lohr Chardonnay, Liberty School Cab, Alexander Valley Vineyards Merlot. These are perfectly drinkable labels, but there's nothing here that couldn't be found at a Total Wine with minimal effort. The one nod toward something slightly more interesting is the Calera Pinot Noir, a Central Coast producer with genuine credibility. Beyond that, the geographic range is almost entirely California, with a token Attems Pinot Grigio from Friuli and a Baron de Ley Rosé from Rioja doing the heavy lifting for the Old World. No bottle list is documented in our data, so if there's a deeper cellar hiding somewhere, it's not being advertised.
All eight wines on the list are by the glass, priced between $12.50 and $14 — which means the entire program lives in this narrow pour-only lane. The pricing isn't outrageous in isolation, but at a restaurant operating at this price point, the range feels thin and the selections feel phoned in. There's no rotation evident here; what you see is what you get.
The Bottom Line
Truluck's Miami isn't a wine destination — it's a seafood restaurant that happens to have eight wines on a menu. If you're here for stone crab or a special occasion dinner, you'll find something adequate to drink, but you won't find anything to get excited about. Order a cocktail or bring your own expectations down a notch.
8 wines captured from the source list, including wines not yet matched to our catalog. Availability, vintages, and prices can change. View source wine list.
Poema, Sparkling | $12.50
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$12.50 / glass
Attems, Pinot Grigio | $12.50
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$12.50 / glass
J. Lohr, Riverstone, Chardonnay | $12.50
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$12.50 / glass
Ferrari-Carano, Sauvignon Blanc | $12.50
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$12.50 / glass
Baron de Ley, Rose | $12.50
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$12.50 / glass
Calera, Pinot Noir | $14.00
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$14.00 / glass
Alexander Valley Vineyards, Merlot | $14.00
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$14.00 / glass
Liberty School, Cabernet Sauvignon | $12.50
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$12.50 / glass
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Plays It Safe
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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Crowd Pleasers
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Rotating Cast
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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Solid Range
Fair
Basic Stemmed
Rotating Cast
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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Solid Range
Fair
Basic Stemmed
Rotating Cast
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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