Best Wine Lists in Massachusetts

MGM Springfield Tapas Lounge

Downtown · Springfield · Tapas / Wine Bar

The Reliable

The MGM Springfield Tapas Lounge is a perfectly acceptable place to drink wine if you're already at the casino — just don't expect the list to excite you or the markups to be kind. Order by the glass, keep it simple, and save your serious wine curiosity for somewhere else.

Olive Garden

Outer Springfield / Boston Road · Springfield · Italian-American casual dining

The Lazy List

We wouldn't send a friend here for wine — we'd tell them to order a beer or a cocktail and enjoy the pasta. The Bertani Amarone is a genuine curiosity, but one interesting bottle surrounded by corporate-approved crowd-pleasers at steep markups doesn't make a wine program; it makes a footnote.

Chili's Grill & Bar – Springfield Riverfront

Riverfront · Springfield · Tex-Mex and American casual dining

The Lazy List

Chili's Springfield Riverfront is not a wine destination — it's a place where wine exists so the menu isn't technically dry. Order a margarita, enjoy your ribs, and leave the wine list alone.

Max's Tavern Bar & Lounge

Riverfront / Hall of Fame · Springfield · Bar / Steakhouse

The Reliable

Max's Tavern is a reliable steakhouse wine program that punches slightly above its tourist-anchor location — the sommelier presence and European inclusions keep it from being generic, even if the pricing reflects the zip code. Send a friend here for dinner and tell them to skip the Cakebread.

Student Prince Fort Cellar Bar

Downtown · Springfield · Wine Bar / German

The Reliable

The Fort Cellar Bar is doing more than most in Springfield, but steep markups and a list built for comfort over curiosity keep it from being anything more than a reliable neighborhood stop. Order the Pieropan, skip the top-shelf Napa, and enjoy the fact that this place exists at all.

UNO Pizzeria & Grill – Springfield

Basketball Hall of Fame / Riverfront · Springfield · Casual American / Chicago-Style Pizzeria

The Lazy List

UNO Springfield isn't a wine destination and makes no pretense of being one — come for the deep dish, order a beer, or grab the Wairau River if you need something in a glass. Sending a friend here specifically for wine would be a strange thing to do to a friend.

Nadim's Downtown Mediterranean Grill

Downtown · Springfield · Mediterranean / Middle Eastern

The Wild Card

Nadim's wine list is far from perfect — the markups are stiff and the California heavyweights are filler — but those three Lebanese bottles make this a genuine Wild Card worth knowing about. Come for the food, order the Musar, and feel smarter than everyone else in the room.

The Student Prince & The Fort Restaurant

Downtown · Springfield · German and American

The Wild Card

The Student Prince isn't a wine destination, but it's a better wine stop than it has any right to be — fair prices, full-list glass pours, and a few genuinely smart picks hiding behind the beer hall curtain. If you're in Springfield, you could do a lot worse.

Max's Tavern

Riverfront / Basketball Hall of Fame · Springfield · American Steakhouse and Tavern

The Reliable

Max's Tavern won't win any awards for its wine program, but it's fairly priced, honestly assembled, and better than it needs to be given the location. If you're eating a steak next to the Basketball Hall of Fame, you'll drink fine — just order the Rosso di Montalcino and skip the A to Z.

Masons Steakhouse

Quincy · Quincy · Italian, Steakhouse

The Reliable

Masons is a reliable neighborhood steakhouse wine list that punches above its South Shore zip code — the Wine Spectator nod is deserved, even if the list plays it safe. Go in knowing what you want, order the Jordan with your steak, and you'll leave happy.

Lucca South Shore

Rockland · Rockland · Italian

The Wild Card

Lucca South Shore is doing something genuinely respectable: bringing a focused, well-curated Italian list to a part of Massachusetts that doesn't expect it. With Kate Ryan steering the program and the Wine Spectator credential backing it up, this is absolutely worth ordering a bottle over — not just a glass.

Old Yarmouth Inn

Yarmouth Port · Yarmouth Port · American

The Reliable

Old Yarmouth Inn is a reliable, well-kept wine program that earns its Wine Spectator badge by doing California right and doing it consistently. It's not the list you come to for adventure, but it's absolutely the list you trust on a winter night with a bowl of lobster bisque and nowhere else to be.