Best Wine Lists in Tennessee

Perry's Steakhouse & Grille

· Franklin · Steakhouse

The Reliable

Perry's Franklin is a reliable steakhouse wine list — fair pricing, a genuinely large by-the-glass selection, and a few smart picks scattered among the safe choices. It's not going to excite a serious wine drinker, but it's not going to embarrass one either. Send your friend here knowing they'll drink well without getting gouged.

The Palm Nashville

· Nashville · Restaurant

The Wild Card

The Palm Nashville's wine list is six bottles long and somehow more interesting than lists ten times its size at comparable restaurants. The Sancerre alone is worth the visit if it's still priced at $23. Just know what you're walking into: this is a focused, opinionated micro-list, not a deep cellar — and by-the-glass options remain a mystery until you ask.

Del Frisco's Grille

· Brentwood · American Steakhouse

The Lazy List

What we have here is a wine program that either doesn't try very hard or hasn't been documented well enough to make a case for itself — and neither is a good look. The six wines we can confirm are all tied to a single brand dinner, which means the everyday list remains a mystery. Until Del Frisco's Grille Brentwood shows us a real, standing wine program with range and honest pricing, we'd steer you toward the cocktail menu.

Smoky Mountain Brewery

· Gatlinburg · Brewery and Pub

The Reliable

Smoky Mountain Brewery is a beer destination that happens to have a functional wine list — and that's not a knock. The pricing is fair across most of the menu, the by-the-glass selection is broad, and the familiar producers mean no one at the table is guessing. If you're here for wine first, you're in the wrong building. If you're here with a group and need something other than a pint, you'll be fine.

Hillside Winery

· Gatlinburg · Winery and Tasting Room

The Wild Card

Hillside Winery earns its Wild Card badge because it's doing something genuinely unexpected in the middle of Gatlinburg's tourist corridor — making Italian-style wines in Tennessee and inviting you to taste them for free. We can't verify specific bottles, pricing, or how deep the cellar actually goes, so treat this as an adventure rather than a sure thing. If you're in the Smokies and curious about American regional wine outside the usual suspects, this is worth an hour of your afternoon.

Gatlinburg Brewing Company

· Gatlinburg · Brewery and Pizza

The Lazy List

This is a brewery that serves wine the way a steakhouse serves veggie burgers — technically available, clearly not the point. At $7 flat, the pricing is painless, but with zero producer information and a list built entirely from generic varietals, there's no reason to come here for wine. Grab one of their beers, enjoy the Smokies, and save your wine curiosity for somewhere that returns the favor.

Char Restaurant

· Franklin · Steakhouse

The Reliable

Char is a genuinely enjoyable steakhouse with a wine list that does the job without doing much more. The room earns its keep; the wine program is still a passenger rather than a co-pilot. If you're coming here for the Prime beef and the atmosphere, you'll eat well — just don't expect the list to take you anywhere the food isn't already going. Worth a visit, but bring your own expectations in check at the wine menu.

Hawkers Asian Street Food

· Franklin · Asian Street Food

The Reliable

Hawkers Franklin is doing more with twelve bottles than most casual chains do with thirty. The white-heavy, aromatic-leaning list is clearly built with the food in mind — even if it was done at the corporate level rather than by someone in this specific kitchen. If you're eating here, lean into the Gamay or Vinho Verde and skip the impulse to order Cab. It won't change your life, but it'll make dinner better.

Hofbräuhaus Restaurant & Biergarten

· Gatlinburg · German

The Lazy List

Hofbräuhaus Gatlinburg is here to sell you a liter of beer in a giant mug, and honestly, that's the right call. The wine program is six unlabeled varietals with no pricing transparency and zero evidence of anyone tending to it with care. Order the Märzen, skip the wine.

Chesapeake's Seafood House

· Gatlinburg · Seafood

The Reliable

Chesapeake's Gatlinburg isn't trying to win a wine award, and it doesn't need to — the list is honest, the pricing is fair for what it is, and the white wine depth is genuinely appropriate for a seafood restaurant. If you're in Gatlinburg and want a bottle that won't break the bank or embarrass you, you can do a lot worse than landing on that Dry Creek Chenin Blanc.

Ole Red Gatlinburg

· Gatlinburg · Southern American

The Lazy List

Ole Red is a concert venue and bar that happens to have wine on the menu — and it shows. If you're in Gatlinburg for live music and cold beer, this place probably delivers. If you're looking to drink well, skip the wine entirely and order a cocktail or a local beer. There are better uses for your $10.

Carrabba's Italian Grill

· Gatlinburg · Italian

The Lazy List

A five-bottle wine list at an Italian restaurant with zero Italian wines on it is not a wine program — it's a placeholder. If you're in Gatlinburg and wine matters to you tonight, this isn't your stop. The October wine dinner series is genuinely interesting and worth watching, but the everyday list doesn't give us enough to recommend making wine a priority here.