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Reviewed by the RagingWine Tasting Desk · April 4, 2026
RagingWine reviewed Joseph's Culinary Pub’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 what reads as a neighborhood pub and the wine list stops you cold — in a good way. Martin Woods, Michel Magnien, Domaine Pinson: these are names you'd expect to find in a Portland wine bar, not a culinary pub in Albuquerque. Someone here is paying serious attention.
The list runs 40-60 bottles and punches well above that number in quality. Oregon takes a strong lead with multiple Martin Woods bottlings — the Pearlstad Chardonnay, Koosah Chardonnay, Temperance Hill Pinot Noir, and The Rocks Syrah cover serious Willamette and Rocks District ground. France holds its own with Domaine Pinson's 1er Cru Chablis and Michel Magnien's Côtes de Nuits Villages, while Domaine de Gouye's St Joseph rounds out the Rhône angle. Argentina makes a focused appearance with the Bramare Malbec and Paul Hobbs Coombsville Cab adds a California anchor. The gaps are real — Italy gets a nod in the regional focus but doesn't show up prominently in the named bottles, and Spanish and German representation is thin outside a Karl Shaefer Beerenauslese that's more of a flex than a food wine.
Eight to fourteen pours by the glass is a healthy range for a room this size, and with producers like Gust and Cline represented, there's something worth drinking at every price point. The Gust lineup — Riesling, Chardonnay, Pinot Noir — gives the by-the-glass program a consistent, quality-focused backbone. We'd want to know if the Martin Woods bottles rotate through the glass program, because that would genuinely separate this list from the competition.
Gust Pinot Noir 2023 — N/A
Gust is a small-production Oregon label with quality well above its price point. Getting Willamette Pinot Noir by the glass at a neighborhood pub without a massive markup is exactly the kind of win this list offers — order it before someone prices it correctly.
Michel Magnien 2021 Croix Violet Côtes de Nuits Villages
Côtes de Nuits Villages is Burgundy's best-kept open secret — the same terroir zip code as Gevrey-Chambertin and Morey-Saint-Denis at a fraction of the price. Michel Magnien is a legit domaine and most tables here will scroll past this to order something they already know. That's their loss.
Paul Hobbs Coombsville Cabernet Sauvignon 2022
Paul Hobbs makes a fine Cab and Coombsville is solid Napa ground, but this bottle is the list's most predictable play and almost certainly its steepest markup. It's the wine that belongs on every restaurant list everywhere, which is precisely why it's here — and precisely why you can do better with what's around it.
Martin Woods The Rocks Syrah 2022 + Roasted or braised red meat
The Rocks District in Walla Walla produces Syrah with a signature volcanic-soil minerality and dark olive savory quality that cuts through fat beautifully. Matched with anything braised or roasted off the New American menu, this bottle becomes a legitimate dinner moment.
The Bottom Line
Joseph's is doing something genuinely unusual — building a list that respects small producers, Pacific Northwest terroir, and French classics inside a pub format in Albuquerque. Send your wine-curious friends here and tell them to skip the Hobbs and go deep on the Oregon section.
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