Great Meat, Forgotten Wine List
East Provo · Provo · Brazilian Steakhouse · Visit Website ↗
Reviewed July 6, 2026
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The wine list at Tucanos Provo is basically an afterthought — a footnote at the bottom of a menu that's really here to celebrate fire-roasted meat. Two by-the-glass options and a handful of bottles you'd recognize from a grocery store endcap tells you everything you need to know about the priority level here.
We're working with a California-only, mass-market lineup: Barefoot, Woodbridge, Sutter Home. These aren't producers with a story — they're brands engineered for volume and shelf presence. There's no regional diversity, no attempt to match the Brazilian theme with an Argentine Malbec or even a Chilean red, which would be both geographically appropriate and crowd-pleasing. The list isn't curated; it's filled.
Two pours. That's the whole by-the-glass program. At $12–$14 a glass for wines that retail between $6 and $10 a bottle, the markup is doing a lot of heavy lifting. Rotation is nonexistent — what you see is what you get, every visit.
Woodbridge Chardonnay — $40/bottle
If you're committed to ordering wine here, the bottle format at least softens the per-glass math. Woodbridge is inoffensive and cold, which is the best we can say given the options.
Sutter Home Pink Moscato
Hear us out — the sweetness actually works against the salt-forward, charred churrasco meats in a way that cuts through the richness. It's not a serious wine, but it's the most interesting contrast on this list.
Barefoot Chardonnay by the glass
At $12–$14 a pour for a wine that costs $6 retail, you're paying a 3–4x markup on a bottle that lives in the $5.99 section at most grocery stores. Hard pass.
Sutter Home Pink Moscato + Linguiça sausage
The sweet, low-acid moscato plays against the spiced, smoky pork sausage in a way that's surprisingly effective — the sugar cools the heat and fat without competing for attention.
❌ The Bottom Line
Come to Tucanos for the meat parade — it's genuinely fun and the churrasco is the whole point. But skip the wine list entirely and order a caipirinha instead; the wine program is a missed opportunity that no one on staff seems bothered by.
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Crowd Pleasers
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Occasional
Acceptable
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Solid Range
Fair
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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Crowd Pleasers
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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Crowd Pleasers
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Rotating Cast
Occasional
Acceptable
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Crowd Pleasers
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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Crowd Pleasers
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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Crowd Pleasers
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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Plays It Safe
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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Plays It Safe
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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