Pacific Northwest Comfort With Corporate Reliability
Tigard · Portland · Seafood and Steakhouse · Visit Website ↗
Reviewed by the RagingWine Tasting Desk · April 14, 2026
RagingWine reviewed McCormick & Schmick's Grill - Tigard’s wine list and gave it The Reliable — RagingWine’s Vibe-Check rating. How RagingWine reviews wine lists →
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The wine list here reads exactly like you'd expect from a polished chain seafood house — familiar faces, safe bets, nothing that's going to surprise you. It's a greatest hits of American wine country: Napa, Willamette, Washington State, Central Coast. No head-scratchers, no deep cuts, but also no embarrassments.
The list leans heavily Pacific Rim and American, which actually makes sense given the seafood-forward menu. Willamette Valley Vineyards Pinot Noir anchors the Oregon section and earns its spot, while Chateau Ste. Michelle covers the Washington angle competently. Napa gets its due with Jordan Cabernet holding down the prestige end of the beef side. The gap here is anything outside North America — if you want Old World, you're mostly out of luck.
The glass program is genuinely the strength of this list, running 15-25 options and priced in a way that doesn't feel punishing. At $7-$9 a glass across a surprising range of styles, you can explore without committing to a bottle. The Acrobat Pinot Gris and Chateau Ste. Michelle Riesling are clear standouts for the food here.
Acrobat Pinot Gris — $9
Retails around $15, so the markup is the most restrained on the list — and Pinot Gris with Pacific seafood is genuinely the right call. This is the glass to order.
Chateau Ste. Michelle Riesling
Most people walk past Riesling at a steakhouse, but next to crab cake or the stuffed salmon, a slightly off-dry Riesling from Washington is a smarter move than reaching for another Chardonnay. At $7 a glass, the downside is zero.
Clean Slate Riesling
Retails for $10 and poured here at $9 — sounds like a deal until you realize you're paying nearly retail for a German grocery-store Riesling when the Chateau Ste. Michelle next to it is a better wine at the same price.
Acrobat Pinot Gris + Crab & Shrimp Stuffed Salmon
Oregon Pinot Gris has the weight to stand up to salmon without fighting the crab and shrimp filling — it's got enough fruit to match the richness and enough acidity to cut through it. This is the pairing the list is quietly set up to deliver.
The Bottom Line
McCormick & Schmick's isn't a destination wine list, but it's a fair and functional one — and for a suburban chain, the glass pour pricing is legitimately solid. Send a friend here for seafood and tell them to stick to the by-the-glass program.
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