Natural wine in the high desert, done right
Downtown · Taos · Wine Bar / European · Visit Website ↗
Reviewed July 27, 2026 · How we review
RagingWine reviewed Corner Office’s wine list and gave it The Wild Card — RagingWine’s Vibe-Check rating. How RagingWine reviews wine lists →
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You walk into a wine bar in Taos, New Mexico and the list is six bottles deep — all natural, all European, all deliberate. It shouldn't work this well, but it does. This is someone's actual taste on a menu, not a distributor's greatest hits.
Six wines, zero filler. The list leans hard into France — Loire shows up twice with the Lavie Muscadet Primeur and the Yohanna Suzanna Grenache Blanc, Languedoc gets a seat with Domaine de Courbissac Minervois, and there's a Clos de la Roilette Fleurie from Beaujolais that has no business being this affordable by the glass. Italy punches in via Montesecondo Chianti, a producer with serious natural wine credibility. The Mas Caz Costières des Nîmes rosé rounds things out and gives you a warm-weather option that fits the high desert climate perfectly. The list is short, yes — but every bottle earns its spot.
Every wine on the list is available by the glass, which is the only way a six-bottle program like this makes sense. Carafes are also available on all options, which is a smart move — a carafe of Fleurie for $43 is a genuinely good deal. No dead-weight pours here; each glass option reflects the same intentionality as the list itself.
Clos de la Roilette Fleurie 2024 — $17/glass, $43/carafe
Clos de la Roilette is a respected Beaujolais cru domaine and Fleurie is one of the appellation's most elegant expressions. Getting it for $17 a glass is honest pricing — grab the carafe and split it.
Yohanna Suzanna Grenache Blanc, Loire, France
Grenache Blanc in the Loire is an outlier — most people walk right past it expecting something more conventional. It's the kind of weird-on-paper choice that pays off in the glass, and it signals that whoever built this list knows exactly what they're doing.
Lavie Muscadet Primeur 2025
Primeur wines are meant to be drunk young and fast — they're the Beaujolais Nouveau of the Muscadet world. At $16 a glass it's not a rip-off, but if you're choosing between this and the Fleurie or the Chianti, there's more complexity and payoff elsewhere on this list.
Mas Caz Costières des Nîmes Rosé 2024 + Small plates / charcuterie board
Southern French rosé alongside cured meats and small bites is the format this wine was literally built for. The Costières des Nîmes appellation runs warm and savory, which stands up to salt and fat better than your average Provence pink.
The Bottom Line
Corner Office is a Wild Card in the best possible sense — a tiny, focused natural wine list in downtown Taos that punches well above its size. If you're passing through northern New Mexico and care about what's in your glass, this is a mandatory stop.
· Taos · German
The Bavarian's wine program is an afterthought in a setting that deserves better. If you're here, drink the Glühwein, enjoy the view, and save the wine conversation for dinner back in town.
Grocery Store
Fair
Basic Stemmed
Rotating Cast
Set & Forget
Acceptable
· Taos · Contemporary American
NOSA is doing something genuinely rare: curating a short, smart, globally curious wine list in a place where no one would expect it. The pricing is fair, the picks are specific, and the list has a clear point of view. If you're driving through Taos and care about what's in your glass, this is the room to be in.
Small but Thoughtful
Fair
Basic Stemmed
Rotating Cast
Set & Forget
Acceptable
· Taos · Contemporary American
medley. has no business running a wine list this considered in a small New Mexico mountain town, and yet here we are. Pricing is fair across the board, the selection leans curious over commercial, and the rosé section alone is worth the visit. If you're in Taos and care about what's in your glass, this is where you eat.
Small but Thoughtful
Fair
Basic Stemmed
Rotating Cast
Set & Forget
Acceptable
Northside / Paseo del Pueblo Norte · Taos · Burger / American
Come for the burgers — seriously, people love them — but manage your wine expectations hard. This list is a placeholder, not a program, and you're paying convenience store wine prices at restaurant markups.
Crowd Pleasers
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Rotating Cast
Set & Forget
Acceptable
Taos Plaza Alley · Taos · Mexican bar & grill
We would never send anyone to The Alley Cantina specifically for the wine, but we'd absolutely send them for the vibe — and if you hit that 5–7pm happy hour, a $5 glass of Porto while a band tunes up is one of Taos's more charming small pleasures. The Wild Card badge isn't for the list quality; it's for the unexpected delight of finding Warre's Warrior in a cantina that also has a pool table.
Grocery Store
Fair
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Active Program
Acceptable
Downtown · Taos · Steakhouse
Martyrs is punching above its weight class for a steakhouse in Taos — the Italian selections alone make it worth a look. The markups are real and the pricing on the classics is aggressive, but if you order smart, this list rewards you.
Solid Range
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Rotating Cast
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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