Tacoma's Sherry Bar With a Wine Backbone
· Tacoma · Mediterranean & Sherry Bar · Visit Website ↗
Reviewed by the RagingWine Tasting Desk · August 20, 2026
RagingWine reviewed En Rama’s wine list and gave it The Wild Card — RagingWine’s Vibe-Check rating. How RagingWine reviews wine lists →
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Eighteen bottles isn't a lot, but at a sherry bar in Tacoma, that's almost beside the point — the wine list here exists to complement a bolder, more specific vision, and it mostly delivers. The range hits sparkling, white, rosé, and red without overreaching, and prices stay in a range that won't make you do math at the table. This is a list that knows what it is.
The bottle list leans Pacific Northwest with smart detours into France and Spain — Lemelson, Torii Mor, K Vintners, and Lange Estates anchor the regional story, while the Crous St Martin Chateauneuf du Pape and Conde Valdemar Rioja Blanco keep things interesting on the Old World side. The Scarpetto Lambrusco is a genuinely fun inclusion that most rooms this size wouldn't bother with. The top end is held down by a Storybook Mountain Cab at $150, which feels like the one splurge anchor on an otherwise accessible list. Gaps are real — no skin-contact wines, no half-bottles, nothing from Italy beyond the Lambrusco — but for 18 labels, the picks are considered.
Twelve of eighteen bottles are available by the glass, which is an unusually high conversion rate and tells you this place wants you drinking, not committing. Glass pours run $11–$15, which is reasonable for Tacoma in 2024. The Scarpetto Lambrusco at $12/glass is the obvious entry point for anyone who wants something fun without overthinking it.
K Vintners Klein Vineyard Syrah 2019 — $74
K Vintners is a cult-adjacent Walla Walla producer making serious Northern Rhône-style Syrah. Single-vineyard, 2019 vintage — this is the kind of bottle that retails around $50-60 and shows up on serious lists at $100+. At $74 here, it's a genuine score.
Conde Valdemar Rioja Blanco
White Rioja is chronically overlooked, and most people at a Mediterranean bar are reaching for rosé or red. The Valdemar Rioja Blanco — almost certainly Viura-based with some oak influence — is a food-forward, textured white that fits the sherry bar concept better than anything else on the list. Most tables will walk right past it.
Storybook Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon 2017
At $150, this is the list's lone big ask, and in the context of a sherry and small plates bar, it's a strange fit. Storybook is a solid Napa producer, but you're not here to linger over a full Cab at that price point — and there's no way to know how it's been stored. Save the hundred and a half for a wine-focused steakhouse where the context earns it.
Chateau Fonsalade Cuvee F GSM + Charcuterie or cured meat board
A Languedoc GSM at $50 is built for exactly this kind of table — earthy, herb-driven, medium-bodied enough to run alongside cured meats and olives without steamrolling them. It's the wine that makes a grazing spread feel intentional.
The Bottom Line
En Rama is doing something specific and doing it with a degree of care that earns respect — 18 well-chosen bottles, fair prices, and a by-the-glass program that gives everyone an on-ramp. If you're in Tacoma and want somewhere with a point of view, this is your place.
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