The Preacher's Son

You walk into a converted church in northwest Arkansas and get handed a 250-label wine list — that's the whole premise, and it works. The setting alone earns a double-take, but the list backs it up with Sassicaia, Egon Müller, and Pahlmeyer sitting alongside approachable crowd pleasers. This is not the wine program you expect to find between Walmart HQ and a Cracker Barrel.

The list leans hard into Tuscany, Napa, and the Mosel, and it does all three with genuine conviction — Sassicaia 2019 and Pahlmeyer's Proprietary Red are legitimate trophy bottles, not just name-drops. The Egon Müller Scharzhofberger Riesling Kabinett showing up in Bentonville is quietly remarkable; that wine barely makes it to major city restaurant lists. Gaps exist — if you want natural wine, Burgundy depth, or South American options, you'll be hunting — but the anchor regions are handled with real seriousness. A sommelier is on staff, and you can tell: this list has a point of view.

Twenty-two by-the-glass options is a generous pour program, ranging from $13 to $25 a glass, with enough spread across white, red, and presumably sparkling to keep a table happy without committing to a bottle. The program feels curated rather than just default Chardonnay-and-Cab territory, though we'd love to see more rotation to keep regulars on their toes. At the top end of the glass pour range, you're getting into genuinely interesting territory.