The Station 100
Frankenmuth's secret weapon for serious wine
Frankenmuth · Frankenmuth · Steakhouse, European · Visit Website ↗
Reviewed April 8, 2026
Wingman Metrics
First Impression
You're in Frankenmuth — yes, the Christmas ornament capital of Michigan — and somehow you're staring at a wine list that would hold its own in Chicago or Detroit. The book runs 350 to 500 bottles deep, anchored hard in Bordeaux, Burgundy, and Italy, and it carries a Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence earned in 2024. Whatever you were expecting from this Bavarian tourist town, it wasn't this.
Selection Deep Dive
The list leans confidently into its three pillars: Bordeaux, France, and Italy. Chateau Margaux shows up on the French side, while the Italian section fields serious firepower — think Gaja and Giacomo Conterno on the Barolo end, and Sassicaia and Tignanello flying the Super Tuscan flag. California gets a strong nod too, with Caymus, Silver Oak, Chateau Montelena, Stag's Leap, and Opus One all accounted for — essentially a who's-who of Napa's greatest hits. If there's a gap, it's likely in the Southern Hemisphere and natural wine space, but that's not what this list is trying to be.
By the Glass
Twenty to thirty-five pours by the glass is a genuinely impressive spread for a restaurant of this size in this market — most fine dining steakhouses in small towns give you eight options and call it a day. Prices run $12 to $22 a glass, which is fair for the quality tier on offer. We'd love to see more rotation and adventure in the BTG program, but the range is there.
Stag's Leap Wine Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon — $45–$70 (bottle range estimate)
Stag's Leap sits in the shadow of Opus One on any list that carries both, but it's the smarter order. Historic Napa Cab with serious pedigree — this is the producer that beat the French at the 1976 Judgment of Paris — and it typically comes in at a fraction of Opus One's price with comparable elegance.
Giacomo Conterno Barolo
Everyone's eyes go straight to Opus One and Chateau Margaux, but Giacomo Conterno is arguably the most important name on this list. One of Barolo's founding dynasties, producing wines that age for decades. If this is on the list at a steakhouse in Michigan, you order it before someone else does.
Opus One
Opus One is a prestige pour with prestige pricing, and restaurant markups on it are reliably brutal. You're paying for the label as much as the wine, and at steakhouse markup rates, you'll find more pleasure per dollar almost anywhere else on this list.
Sassicaia + Prime Ribeye
Sassicaia is Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc built for exactly this moment — the tannins and acidity cut through the fat on a well-marbled ribeye, the wine's cedar and dark fruit play off char from the grill, and the whole thing tastes like a reason to book a table.
🔥 The Bottom Line
The Station 100 is a genuinely surprising wine destination hiding inside a Bavarian tourist attraction, and sommelier Barbara Romer has built a list worth making the drive for. The markups aren't a gift, but the depth and expertise are the real deal — this is the kind of wine program most cities twice Frankenmuth's size can't match.
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