Come for the beer, not the wine
· Hood River · Brewery and Pizza · Visit Website ↗
Updated October 2026
Reviewed September 24, 2026 · How we review
RagingWine reviewed Double Mountain Brewery & Taproom’s wine list and gave it The Lazy List — RagingWine’s Vibe-Check rating. How RagingWine reviews wine lists →
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Double Mountain is, without question, a beer destination — and a great one at that. The wine list here reads more like an afterthought tacked onto a menu that already knows what it wants to be. If you're walking through the door hoping to geek out on Oregon Pinot Noir, recalibrate your expectations before you sit down.
What little wine program exists at Double Mountain appears to be a minimal, functional offering rather than anything curated with intention. There's no evidence of regional depth, producer-driven selections, or any real effort to match the quality of the food or the beer program. For a taproom sitting in the heart of the Columbia River Gorge — surrounded by some of the most exciting wine country in the Pacific Northwest — that's a missed opportunity of real proportions. Hood River is practically neighbors with Willamette Valley and the Gorge AVA itself; none of that seems to have made it onto the list in any meaningful way.
By-the-glass specifics aren't documented, but in brewery-first environments like this, the glass pour program typically runs to a handful of safe, generic options with little rotation. We'd steer most visitors toward the draft beers, where Double Mountain genuinely shines, and leave wine for a different stop in town.
The Bottom Line
Double Mountain is a legitimately great brewery with serious pizza — the New Haven-style pies alone are worth the trip to Hood River. But the wine program doesn't earn a second thought, and in a region this wine-rich, that's a real shame. Order a pint, eat the Truffle Shuffle, and save your wine curiosity for one of the Gorge's actual tasting rooms down the road.
· Hood River · Winery and Farm Cafe
The Gorge White House isn't trying to compete with a big city wine bar — it's a farm property pouring its own wines at prices that feel almost apologetically fair. If you're driving through Hood River and want a cold glass of something local without being gouged, this is an easy yes. Just don't arrive expecting deep-cellar surprises.
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· Hood River · Hotel restaurant
Hood River Inn's wine list is a catering checklist dressed up as a restaurant program. With no producers named, no bottles available, and a selection that ignores the incredible wine region right outside the door, there's no reason to drink wine here specifically. If you're staying at the hotel and need something with dinner, the $11 pours are fair enough — but if wine matters to you at all, Hood River has actual wine bars and tasting rooms worth your time and money.
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· Hood River · Cafe
KickStand punches above its weight class for a cafe wine program — six bottles, almost all of them local, with real producers worth knowing. We can't speak to pricing or service confidence without more data, but if you're already in Hood River and want a glass of something made within shouting distance of where you're sitting, this list is doing the right thing in a small package.
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· Hood River · Winery tasting room
Wy'East Vineyards is a short list with a long point of view — estate wines from varieties that have no business growing in Oregon, priced like the winery actually wants you to buy them. If you're anywhere near Hood River and you care even a little about what's possible outside the Pinot Noir monoculture, this stop is worth your afternoon.
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· Hood River · Winery and Tasting Room
Stave & Stone earns its Wild Card badge not through volume or imported names, but through genuine varietal curiosity — a Gorge winery willing to make Gruner Veltliner and Petit Verdot and price the whole card fairly. If you're passing through Hood River and want to drink local without drinking predictable, this list is worth your time.
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· Hood River · Winery tasting room
Analemma earns its Wild Card badge by doing something most Oregon producers won't: planting Mencía and Grenache in the Gorge and committing to it fully. The list is short, but every bottle has a reason to exist. If you're driving through Hood River and want to taste something that doesn't feel like every other Pacific Northwest tasting room, this is your stop.
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