Farmhouse Tap & Grill

The exposed brick and farm-to-table ethos set expectations high, but the wine list lands closer to a casual neighborhood bar than a place serious about what's in your glass. It's short — 20-35 bottles — and leans heavily on recognizable label-shoppers rather than anything that would make a wine nerd sit up straight. Still, the Wednesday half-price bottle deal changes the math considerably.

California dominates here, with the Pacific Northwest and France filling in the gaps and a nod to Vermont and regional producers that feels more like a token gesture than a real commitment. You're not finding grower Champagne or anything from Jura — this is Kim Crawford, Meiomi, Josh Cellars, La Crema territory, which plays well to a crowd that wants comfort over curiosity. The regional Vermont angle is genuinely interesting on paper and the most distinctive thing about this list, but it's unclear how deep that thread actually runs. There are no obvious deep-cellar moments here; the list exists to be easy, not exciting.

Eight to twelve pours by the glass is a respectable count for a gastropub of this size, and the turnover should be keeping things reasonably fresh. The problem is the roster reads like a greatest hits of grocery store staples — which works fine if you're just washing down a grass-fed burger, but don't expect anything that makes you put your fork down. Rotation appears to happen, which at least means the glass program isn't completely set-and-forget.