Beer Town, Wrong Aisle for Wine
Newburgh Road · Evansville · Italian-American / Pizza · Visit Website ↗
Reviewed July 6, 2026
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Turoni's is an Evansville institution built on pizza and craft beer — and it shows the moment you scan the drinks menu. The wine list reads like the backup plan nobody asked for: eight varietal names, no producers, no regions, and a flat $4.99 glass price across the board.
Eight bottles, eight glasses, and every single one is a varietal checkbox — Cabernet, Chardonnay, Merlot, Pinot Grigio, Pinot Noir, White Zinfandel, Lambrusco, Moscato in pink and white. There are no producers listed, no appellations, no vintage years, nothing to tell you whether the Cabernet came from a decent California winery or a giant commodity tank. This is a wine list designed to answer 'do you have wine?' and nothing more. The Lambrusco is the one genuinely interesting option here, and even that is nameless.
All eight wines are available by the glass at $4.99 flat, which is the most honest thing about this list. There's no rotation, no seasonal swap, no sense that anyone is tasting through options and making calls. What's on the menu today is almost certainly what was on the menu a year ago.
Lambrusco — $4.99
Five bucks for a fizzy, slightly sweet Italian red that actually makes sense with pizza? This is the only wine on the list with a logical reason to exist here, and at this price, the calculus works.
Lambrusco
Most people at Turoni's order a craft beer and move on, which means the Lambrusco just sits there — underordered and underappreciated. It's the one wine on this list that actually belongs in a pizza joint, with enough effervescence and acidity to cut through cheese and tomato sauce.
White Zinfandel
It's 2024. The White Zinfandel is here purely for nostalgia and inertia. With no producer listed and no story to tell, there's no reason to go down this road when a cold draft beer is sitting three inches away on the menu.
Lambrusco + Stromboli
The Lambrusco's light carbonation and fruit-forward acidity cuts right through the cheese and cured meat filling of the Stromboli. It's not a complicated pairing — it just works, the same way it has in Emilia-Romagna for decades.
❌ The Bottom Line
Turoni's is a great pizza spot and a solid craft beer destination — the wine list is neither of those things. Order the Lambrusco if you're committed to the bit, then let the beer menu do the real work.
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Grocery Store
Fair
Basic Stemmed
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Grocery Store
Fair
Basic Stemmed
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Set & Forget
Acceptable
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Crowd Pleasers
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Seasonal Rotation
Acceptable
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Crowd Pleasers
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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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Grocery Store
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Rotating Cast
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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