Bourbon Steak

The wine list at Bourbon Steak Scottsdale arrives like a second menu — and it kind of is. Four to six hundred selections organized around the heavy hitters of California and France, this is a list that means business before you've touched the bread basket. Wine Spectator has handed out their Best of Award of Excellence here every year since 2015, and one look at the book tells you why.

California Cabernet is the engine driving this list, and it pulls hard — Opus One, Caymus Special Selection, Shafer Hillside Select, Harlan Estate, Screaming Eagle, and Peter Michael are all present if your wallet can take the hit. Burgundy holds its own on the other side of the ledger, with Domaine de la Romanée-Conti making an appearance alongside Louis Jadot for those who want the romance without the four-figure receipt. Bordeaux is represented by heavy hitters like Château Margaux and Château Lafite Rothschild, and Italy and the broader French landscape fill in the gaps with enough depth to reward genuine exploration. The list skews heavily prestige, which means rare finds are baked in — but so are some serious markups.

With 20 to 35 pours available by the glass, there's real range here — enough to work through a meal without committing to a bottle, which is genuinely useful in a steakhouse context. The program leans into the same California-forward identity as the full list, so expect Napa and Sonoma to dominate the pour options. Rotation appears limited — this reads more like a curated standing program than a list that changes with the seasons.