Great Tacos, Forgettable Wine List
Las Colinas · Irving · Modern Tex-Mex and Southwestern · Visit Website ↗
Reviewed June 26, 2026 · How we review
RagingWine reviewed Two Mules Cantina’s wine list and gave it The Lazy List — RagingWine’s Vibe-Check rating. How RagingWine reviews wine lists →
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The vibe at Two Mules is genuinely fun — fire pits, retro Western energy, and a bar that clearly knows its audience. That audience came for margaritas, and the wine list seems perfectly content to stay out of the way. Eleven labels total, with zero ambition to do anything more than cover the basics.
With only 11 labels on the list, there's not much to analyze. What's here reads like a hotel bar's safe-play order sheet: Santa Margherita Pinot Grigio, Sonoma Cutrer Chardonnay, Coppola Director's Cut Cab, and Chloe Prosecco. All recognizable, none exciting, and all skewed toward the kind of brands that move on name recognition alone. There's no regional curiosity, no nod to Texas wine country, and nothing that suggests anyone thought hard about what actually works with smoky fajitas or spicy queso. The list starts and ends in the same comfortable, forgettable lane.
The entire list of 11 labels is available by the glass, which sounds generous until you realize the selection itself is razor-thin. A $5 house pour is the entry point, which is fine for a casual Tuesday, but everything steps up in price fast without a corresponding step up in quality. There's no rotation happening here — what you see today is almost certainly what you'll see next month.
Coppola Director's Cut Cabernet Sauvignon — $13/glass
It's the least egregious markup on the list and a reliable, fruit-forward California Cab that can actually hold its own against bold Tex-Mex flavors. Not thrilling, but functional — and that counts for something here.
Chloe Prosecco
Nobody walks into a Tex-Mex cantina thinking bubbles, but a cold glass of Prosecco cuts right through spicy queso and rich guacamole better than any Chardonnay on this list. At $10 a glass it's also the most reasonably priced pour here.
Santa Margherita Pinot Grigio
Eighteen dollars a glass for Santa Margherita is a lot to ask anywhere, but especially here. This wine retails for around $20 a bottle — the math on a $72 bottle price is rough, and the wine itself is pleasant but hardly worth the premium in this setting.
Chloe Prosecco + Queso and house-made chips
The effervescence and light acidity of the Prosecco scrub the richness of melted queso off your palate and reset you for the next scoop. It's the most alive combo this list can offer.
The Bottom Line
Two Mules is a legitimately good spot for food and atmosphere — come for the tacos, the fire pit, and a strong margarita. The wine list is an afterthought that charges Uptown prices for grocery store selections, so unless you're locked into wine, let someone else drive tonight.
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