Firebirds Wood Fired Grill

The wine list at Firebirds reads like a greatest hits album of American wine — Duckhorn, Jordan, Rombauer, Stag's Leap. You know every track, and none of them are going to surprise you. That's not necessarily a criticism; it's a steakhouse, and the list does exactly what a steakhouse list is supposed to do.

With 80 to 120 selections, Firebirds leans hard into Napa and Sonoma, with some Pacific Northwest and South American bottles rounding out the lower price tiers. The marquee names are all here — Jordan Cab, Rombauer Chard, Stag's Leap — which tells you the target audience is someone who wants a familiar, reliable bottle with their filet without having to think too hard. What's missing is anything left of center: no Willamette Pinot Noir, no Rhône varieties, no natural wine curiosities. This is a list built for consensus, not discovery.

Twenty to thirty pours by the glass is genuinely impressive for a chain, and the range covers the Cab-Chard-Pinot corridor that most tables will want. Prices run $12 to $20 a glass, which is fair for the producers involved but not a deal. Don't expect the list to rotate much — what's on there today is probably what was on there six months ago.