Wine lists

[Crazy Kanga]

Does anyone know of a link that shows the various wine lists. I wanted to know what is offered at the California Grill in particular, but I noticed none of the online menus offer beer and wine selections. Any help is appreciated.

 

[Ted and Holly]

I believe the wine list at CG is pretty variable. It changes far more often then the food menu.

I did find an article in Wine Spectator that mentions WDW restaurants, here.

Ted

 

[Uncleromulus]

Don't believe there is such a link--altho there probably ought to be one.
Recall several years back someone created a site hat had WDW beer offerings. But it went out of date very quickly, and not even sure any attempt was ever made to keep it current.
I guess the problem would be that things change on an almost daily basis, so keeping any list up to date would be difficult

 

[webray]

CA Grill has a huge wine list...and some wonderful selections..so don't worry about that.

All of the finer restaurants have wonderful wine lists. Beer, well that is another story, while beer is available at all the fine restaurants..what is available will be the problem. Some have a couple of good things, most have the usual swill.

 

[scubamouse]

california grill has the biggest best wines by the glass list i've ever seen!
IIRC you can get joseph phelps insignia by the glass! I think they have shafer, chalk hill, dehlinger and mersoleil chards by the glass.

 

[lyncruiser]

I think it would be great if the wine lists were included with the menu listing on this site or another one. Many other restaurants post their wine list along with their menus. Wine inventories don't change that quickly.

 

[bleeps]

As others mentioned, wine list at Cal Grill (and Artist's Point!) are LONG and they really DO change over pretty quickly! DH and I both love fine wines, and to be honest we have had the best, best experiences asking the CM to recommend wines with our meals. At both these places, the staff is highly trained in wine/food pairing and we never would have had nearly as good experiences as we did when we put ourselves in their hands!

 

[Crazy Kanga]

What would be an expected price range per glass. I am not a huge wine connoisseur, but I like a good yet reasonably priced glass or two. Don't want to spend more than about $10 a glass. I have heard of their $300 a bottle wine list, and that just ain't happenin'. Any more info would be greatly appreciated.

 

[debbie in Seattle]

Ever think about bringing your own? Our recent trip-went to Yachtsman for dinner and brought our own. Always ask what the corkage fee is first. Glad we did after seeing their wine list.
We also ate at the Flying Fish (compliments of DVC due to a screw up on their
behalf) and the mid $40 bottle of wine we took to the Yachtsman was $85 there.

 

[Uncleromulus]

Crazy:
As I recall, at most "signature" restaurants, the per glass price for anything reasonably "good" is in the $7.00 to $10.00 range.
As an example--at Jiko the cheapest wine by the glass is $7.25.. the most expensive, $15.50.

 

[Crazy Kanga]

Thanks Uncleromulus, that was what I was hoping to hear! I knew I could count on you.

 

[MaryFMac]

Ever think about bringing your own? Our recent trip-went to Yachtsman for dinner and brought our own. Always ask what the corkage fee is first. Glad we did after seeing their wine list.
We also ate at the Flying Fish (compliments of DVC due to a screw up on their
behalf) and the mid $40 bottle of wine we took to the Yachtsman was $85 there.

On our trip in last August, I asked about corkage fees for CG and Jiko and we were told that we were not allowed to bring in our own wine. I work with wine and the mark-up WDW (and just about every restaurant) passes to the consumer is just nuts! Maybe I'll press the issue a bit more on our next trip, since we have some special bottles we'd like to enjoy with the cuisine of the World!