A 19-page list led by Pacific Northwest picks, $12 happy-hour glass
Downtown · Seattle · Pacific Northwest / New American · Visit Website ↗
Reviewed October 9, 2026 · How we review
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Goldfinch Tavern is in the Four Seasons Hotel Seattle, and its wine list is a 19-page PDF that opens with a Sommelier's Selections page headed Discover Pacific Northwest. That page includes Domaine Serene Evenstad Reserve Brut at $300, Gorman Big Sissy Chardonnay at $130 and Quilceda Creek Cabernet Sauvignon at $485. After it come Champagne, sparkling wine, and New World and Old World sections. The restaurant's drink menu adds a separate by-the-glass list.
The New World sections are sorted by grape and then by place: Chardonnay from Washington, Oregon and California, Sauvignon Blanc from Washington, California and New Zealand, Pinot Noir from Oregon and California, and Cabernet Sauvignon and red blends from Washington and California. The Old World half covers Burgundy, Bordeaux, Rhône, Italy and a short Other Reds group. The list prints prices without a bottle or glass label. The lowest-priced bottle is the Revelry 2022 Cabernet Sauvignon from Columbia Valley at $60, and the highest are the Screaming Eagle 2012 at $8,500 and the Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Richebourg Grand Cru 2018 at $8,000. Italy includes Tignanello 2022 at $440 and Giacomo Conterno 'Cerretta' Barolo 2018 at $600, and the Italian whites include Benanti 'Etna Bianco' 2024 at $110. The PDF is linked from the Drink menu as the wine list (file name 'GT Wine List - August 2026'), and the menu page says menus are subject to change.
The Drink menu lists 18 wines by the glass across sparkling, rosé, white and red, plus six dessert wines. Dry and sparkling glasses run from $18, for the 2024 Zenato Pinot Grigio and the 2023 Brancaia 'Tre', to $85 for the 2015 Dom Pérignon. Washington glasses include the 2024 Passing Time Chardonnay at $24 and the 2021 Mark Ryan 'Water Witch' at $32, and the 2024 Domaine Drouhin Pinot Noir from Willamette Valley is $32. Happy hour, Monday to Saturday 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM and Sunday 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM, lists four wines by the glass at $12 to $15.
The Bottom Line
A hotel wine list with a Pacific Northwest page up front, Champagne, Bordeaux and Italian sections behind it, and a separate glass list on the drink menu. Start with the $12 Treveri Blanc de Blancs at happy hour or the Mark Ryan 'Goldfinch Tavern Red Blend', and check the current list before you go, since the restaurant says menus are subject to change. This unrated guide covers the posted wine list and drink menu, not service, storage or markups.
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