South American Steakhouse, North American Markups
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Reviewed April 21, 2026
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The wine list at Andino's reads exactly how you'd expect from an upscale Latin American steakhouse that wants to look serious about wine without actually committing to it. Argentina, Chile, Italy — safe, recognizable, inoffensive. It's a list built to move bottles, not to excite anyone.
Forty-plus labels sounds like depth until you realize the heavy lifting is done by a handful of reliable South American workhorses and Italian crowd-pleasers. Catena and Santa Rita 120 are doing a lot of the heavy lifting here — both solid producers, but Santa Rita 120 is a supermarket staple that has no business anchoring a $50-a-plate dinner menu. There's a real opportunity to go deeper into Argentine Malbec, Torrontés, or even Peruvian pisco-adjacent crossover moments, and Andino's doesn't take it. The Italy angle feels tacked on rather than intentional.
Eight by-the-glass options at $10–$16 is a serviceable range for the price point of the room. What's missing is any sense of rotation or curation — this feels like a static list that hasn't changed since the restaurant opened. At these glass pour prices, you'd hope for something a step above what you'd find at a hotel bar.
Catena Malbec 2021 — $48
It's still a 140% markup on a $20 retail bottle, which stings, but Catena is genuinely good Malbec and the best option on this list for what you're eating. Relative to everything else here, it's the least bad deal.
Prosecco La Gioiosa
Most people ordering wine at a steakhouse skip the bubbles entirely, but La Gioiosa is a clean, food-friendly Prosecco that actually cuts through the richness of chimichurri and grilled meat better than a heavy red. Worth starting with.
Santa Rita 120 Cabernet 2020
A 180% markup on a bottle you can grab at your local grocery store for $15 is a hard pass. Santa Rita 120 is a perfectly fine weeknight table wine — it's not a restaurant experience. Order something else.
Catena Malbec 2021 + Chimichurri Skirt Steak
Catena's Malbec brings dark fruit and enough structure to stand up to the charred, herby punch of chimichurri skirt steak — this is the one combination on the menu where the wine list is actually doing its job.
❌ The Bottom Line
Andino's has the bones of a wine program that could genuinely complement its food, but steep markups on accessible bottles and a static, play-it-safe list mean you're paying a premium for the ambiance, not the wine. Order a cocktail or brace for the Catena.
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