Great Margaritas, Forgotten Wine List
Manchester · Manchester · Mexican · Visit Website ↗
Reviewed June 18, 2026
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The wine list at Margaritas Manchester feels like an afterthought bolted onto a menu built entirely around tequila and frozen drinks. You flip past the margaritas and micheladas and land on a short column of names you'd recognize from a grocery store endcap. Nothing here was chosen with intention — it was chosen for familiarity.
The list clocks in at somewhere between 10 and 20 bottles, drawing almost exclusively from California and South America — two regions that can produce genuinely interesting wine, but not at this price-to-quality tier. What you get instead are mass-market brands built for volume, not flavor. There's no regional story being told, no nod to Mexican wine culture (Baja California produces some genuinely compelling bottles), and no sign that anyone involved in building this list owns a corkscrew outside of work. The range covers the basics — red, white, probably a rosé — but depth is nonexistent.
Glass pours run six to ten options in the $7–$11 range, which sounds accessible until you realize what's in the glass. At those prices, you'd hope for something punching above its weight — instead, you're looking at pours that retail for $8–$10 a bottle. The markup math here is not flattering.
Barefoot Moscato — $7
If you're going sweet and light with spicy food, Barefoot Moscato at the low end of the glass price range is at least honest about what it is. It's not a serious wine, but it's the least punishing markup on the list and plays reasonably well against heat.
Yellow Tail Merlot
Nobody walks into a Mexican restaurant looking for Merlot, which is exactly why it might be your move. It's soft, low-tannin, and unoffensive with cheese-heavy dishes — and at a chain spot like this, 'unoffensive' clears the bar.
Yellow Tail Merlot
On second thought — at $9–$11 a glass for something that retails under $8 a bottle, the markup makes it hard to recommend with a straight face. Just order a second margarita. Seriously.
Barefoot Moscato + Fajitas
The sweetness in the Moscato actually does something useful against the char and spice of the fajita filling. It's not a sophisticated pairing — but it works, and sometimes that's enough.
❌ The Bottom Line
Margaritas Manchester is a fun night out, and the bar program clearly gets the attention. The wine list is not the reason to come here — order the cocktails, enjoy the room, and don't overthink the glass pours.
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