Best Restaurants for Wine Lovers in Phoenix
The restaurants on this page have an exceptional wine program or a Wine Spectator award. The citywide Spectator count is three Best of Award of Excellence awards and two Awards of Excellence. Vincent Guerithault on Camelback in Camelback East, Geordie's in Biltmore Gates, and Le Âme in Camelback East hold Best of Award of Excellence. Kid Sister in Uptown Phoenix and Quiessence in Cimarron hold Award of Excellence.
Published bottle counts on this list include a program exceeding 16,000 bottles at Geordie's in Biltmore Gates and 5,800 bottles at Vincent Guerithault on Camelback in Camelback East.
Steak 44 in Camlback Corridor enters the dining room through a 3,000-bottle wine vault. théa in Camelback East holds one of the largest rosé collections in the U.S. Durant's in Encanto keeps an exceptional list weighted toward California Cabernet and aged domestic bottles.
How this list is chosen: Restaurants with a Wine Spectator Restaurant Award or a deep wine list, listed alphabetically. Updated October 8, 2026.
Christopher's at Wrigley Mansion
Deep wine list
Christopher's at Wrigley Mansion occupies one of Phoenix's most architecturally significant addresses, a 1930s hilltop property that has shaped the city's fine-dining conversation for decades. The setting frames a meal built around ritual and pacing rather than mere occasion, placing it among the Arizona capital's most deliberate dining experiences. For those tracing Phoenix's serious restaurant lineage, this address remains a fixed point of reference.
Durant's
Deep wine list
Durant's has anchored Phoenix's Central Avenue dining scene since 1950, operating as a red-leather steakhouse where the tradition of the American chophouse remains largely unchanged. Regulars enter through the kitchen, a practice that dates to the restaurant's earliest years and signals the insider culture that sustains it. The wine list skews toward California Cabernet and aged domestic bottlings that complement the menu's red-meat focus.
Geordie's
Deep wine list
Located on East Telawa Trail in Phoenix's Biltmore corridor, Geordie's occupies a quieter register in a city that has spent the last decade loudly reinventing its dining identity. The address places it in a residential-adjacent pocket where the pace of a meal is set by the surroundings as much as by the kitchen. For visitors mapping Phoenix's dining scene, it belongs in the same conversation as the neighbourhood's longer-established institutions.
Kid Sister
Wine Spectator Award of Excellence
Kid Sister is a 2025 James Beard Award semifinalist for Best New Bar in Phoenix, AZ.
Le Âme
Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence
Le Âme occupies a prominent address on East Camelback Road, placing it within Phoenix's most concentrated corridor of serious dining. The name gestures toward French sensibility, and the wine program is where the room earns its ambitions. For visitors working through the city's upper tier of restaurants, it belongs in the same conversation as the Camelback strip's longer-established houses.
Quiessence
Wine Spectator Award of Excellence
Quiessence sits at 6106 S 32nd St in south Phoenix, a long drive from the downtown corridor that signals a deliberate choice on the diner's part. The restaurant occupies a setting that has made it one of the more discussed fine-dining addresses in the Valley, positioned against a small peer group of Arizona restaurants where the surrounding land is as much a part of the proposition as what arrives on the plate.
Steak 44
Deep wine list
Phoenix's steakhouse tier has a clear upper bracket, and Steak 44 occupies it. Located on 44th Street, it pairs USDA Prime cuts with a raw bar running Alaskan king crab and Maine lobster, inside a room that reads as destination dining rather than neighborhood habit. The crowd that fills it regularly tends to be one that has already compared the alternatives.
théa
Deep wine list
On East Camelback Road, one of Phoenix's most demanding restaurant corridors, théa occupies a position that rewards attention. The address places it within reach of the city's serious dining conversation, in a neighbourhood where French-Southwestern institutions and Sonoran specialists have long set the tone. What théa contributes to that conversation is worth understanding before you book.
Tours at Wrigley Mansion
Deep wine list
A House That Has Always Had an Audience The drive up to the Wrigley Mansion on Biltmore Heights already does some of the work. The 1929 Italianate villa, commissioned by chewing gum heir William Wrigley Jr. as a gift for his wife, sits above the...
Vincent Guerithault on Camelback
Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence · Deep wine list
Vincent Guerithault on Camelback has anchored Phoenix's serious dining scene since the 1980s, fusing classical French technique with the flavors of the American Southwest. Ranked #24 on the World's 50 Best Restaurants list in 2003, the restaurant carries a 765-selection wine list with 5,800 bottles in inventory and a White Star recognition from Star Wine List.
Planning restaurants for wine lovers in Phoenix
- Which restaurants on this list hold a Wine Spectator award?
- On this list, Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence is held by Vincent Guerithault on Camelback in Camelback East, Geordie's in Biltmore Gates, and Le Âme in Camelback East. Wine Spectator Award of Excellence is held by Kid Sister in Uptown Phoenix and Quiessence in Cimarron. The count on this list is three Best of Award of Excellence awards and two Awards of Excellence.
- Which neighborhood has the most restaurants on this list?
- Camelback East has the most restaurants on this list. The Camelback East restaurants here are Vincent Guerithault on Camelback, Le Âme, and théa. Biltmore Gates is the next neighborhood on the list, with Geordie's and Tours at Wrigley Mansion. Steak 44 is the Camlback Corridor restaurant on the list, and Christopher's at Wrigley Mansion is the Wrigley Mansion restaurant.
- What wine list styles appear on this page?
- Exceptional wine programs and extensive lists are the main styles on this page. Sommelier-led lists are at Christopher's at Wrigley Mansion and at Le Âme in Camelback East. Kid Sister in Uptown Phoenix has an approachable list. théa in Camelback East holds one of the largest rosé collections in the U.S. Durant's in Encanto leans toward California Cabernet and aged domestic bottles.
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