Annie Gunn's
Missouri's Best Wine List, Full Stop
Chesterfield · St. Louis · American, Steakhouse · Visit Website ↗
Reviewed April 8, 2026
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First Impression
You open the wine list at Annie Gunn's and immediately feel the weight of it — 800 to 1,000 selections at a steakhouse in Chesterfield, Missouri is not something you see coming. It's been holding a Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence since 2003, and the list backs up every year of that credibility. This is not a list that coasts on reputation.
Selection Deep Dive
California and France dominate, as you'd expect from a serious American steakhouse, but the depth within those categories is what separates Annie Gunn's from the pack — we're talking Opus One, Screaming Eagle, Shafer Hillside Select, Peter Michael, and Kistler on the California side, with Domaine de la Romanée-Conti, Château Pétrus, and Château Lafite Rothschild holding it down for France. Italy doesn't get treated as an afterthought either: Giacomo Conterno Barolo and Gaja Barbaresco signal that the buyers actually know Piedmont. The genuinely surprising move is the local Missouri section featuring Stone Hill Winery and Les Bourgeois Vineyards — it's a confident, unpretentious nod to the region that most fine dining lists would quietly ignore.
By the Glass
Twenty to thirty options by the glass is a serious commitment, and the rotating selection keeps things from going stale — you're not stuck choosing between the same Napa Cab and Sonoma Chard that have been on the menu since 2019. The pours trend toward crowd-pleasing but not dumbed-down, giving you real access to the list's range without committing to a full bottle.
Caymus Vineyards Special Selection Cabernet Sauvignon — $150
At a restaurant operating at this level, Caymus Special Selection lands at a markup that actually respects the customer — it's a bottle most steakhouses use as a cash grab, but here it prices out as a genuine option rather than a flex tax.
Les Bourgeois Vineyards (Missouri)
Most tables skip straight to Napa or Burgundy and never look twice at the Missouri section — that's a mistake. Les Bourgeois is doing real work, and ordering it at a restaurant this serious is a low-risk way to understand what Missouri wine actually is without sitting through a winery tour.
Château Pétrus
Look, it's Pétrus — of course it's on the list, and of course it's priced accordingly. Unless this is a very specific occasion with a very specific budget, the markup on trophy Pomerol at any restaurant is where lists like this quietly make their money back. There are smarter places to spend in this cellar.
Giacomo Conterno Barolo + Sautéed Foie Gras on Fried Chicken Tender
Conterno Barolo has the acid and tannin structure to cut through foie gras's richness while the earthiness of the wine plays off the savory, crispy chicken base — it's a high-low combo on the plate that deserves an equally serious but grounded wine in the glass.
🔥 The Bottom Line
Annie Gunn's is the rare steakhouse that takes wine seriously enough to embarrass most dedicated wine bars. If you're driving out to Chesterfield and not ordering wine, you're doing it wrong.
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