Rogue Valley's best-kept wine secret
Downtown · Ashland · Cascadian / Pacific Northwest Tasting Menu · Visit Website ↗
Reviewed July 24, 2026 · How we review
RagingWine reviewed MÄS’s wine list and gave it The Wild Card — RagingWine’s Vibe-Check rating. How RagingWine reviews wine lists →
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MÄS doesn't hand you a wine list — it hands you a pairing. At $45 for lunch and $150 for dinner, the wine program is baked into the tasting menu experience, which means the kitchen and the cellar are working in lockstep from the jump. It's a commitment, but for a place this deliberate about food, that level of intention on the wine side feels right.
The focus here is aggressively local — Oregon, the Rogue Valley, Pacific Northwest producers you won't find at your neighborhood wine shop. Circadian Cellar shows up on both ends of the spectrum with a 2020 Chenin Blanc and a 2021 Primitivo, which tells you something about how far this list is willing to roam regionally. The Maison Jussiaume Blanc de Blancs 2019 adds a bit of French grounding without abandoning the hyper-local ethos. It's not a sprawling list, but every pour earns its seat at the table.
Individual glass pours aren't really the model here — MÄS runs on pairings, so you're either in or you're out. That said, the pairing structure means the by-the-glass experience is curated course-by-course, which is arguably more interesting than picking one wine and riding it through six courses. If you're not into committing to the full pairing, ask the staff — they're plugged in enough to navigate a partial arrangement.
Wine Pairing — Lunch — $45
A curated multi-course wine pairing for $45 at a tasting-menu restaurant of this caliber is genuinely hard to find. The lunch pairing is the move if you want the full MÄS experience without the dinner-price commitment.
Circadian Cellar Primitivo 2021
Primitivo from the Rogue Valley is not something most people expect or seek out, which makes it exactly the kind of wine MÄS is built to champion. Most diners will zip past it without a second thought — don't be that person.
Wine Pairing — Dinner (solo)
At $150, the dinner pairing is a serious investment that only pays off if you're fully bought into the tasting menu experience. Going solo on the pairing without a dining partner to share the ride can feel like a lot of financial weight on a night out — make sure you want the whole picture before you commit.
Circadian Cellar Chenin Blanc 2020 + Regional seafood course
Chenin Blanc's natural tension between richness and acidity makes it a clean, confident match for the kind of coastal Pacific Northwest seafood MÄS works with — bright enough to cut through butter or cream, textured enough to hold up to something more substantive.
The Bottom Line
MÄS is what happens when a restaurant actually thinks about wine instead of just charging for it. If you're driving through Southern Oregon and you haven't booked a table here, that's on you.
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Dana Campbell Vineyards is a Wild Card precisely because it shouldn't work on paper — two wines, no full menu, tucked in Ashland — and yet the vibe, the setting, and the novelty of a Vionillo from the Rogue Valley make it a genuinely worthwhile stop. If you're already in southern Oregon wine country, swing in; just don't come here expecting options.
Small but Thoughtful
Fair
Basic Stemmed
Knowledgeable & Friendly
Occasional
Proper
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Martino's is a comfortable, unpretentious Italian spot in a town with serious wine credentials — and the list seems to match that energy more than it challenges it. We don't have enough verified detail on the wine program to give you specific guidance on what to order, so our honest advice is to ask your server what's local and go from there. It's probably a fine night out. Just don't come here expecting a deep cellar.
Plays It Safe
Fair
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Acceptable
· Ashland · Alsatian French / Fine Dining
Nous is doing something genuinely unusual — building a wine list entirely around the logic of what they serve, not what's expected. If you walk in wanting a simple glass of red before dinner, you're at the wrong place; if you walk in willing to let the restaurant lead, the Vin Santo and Tokaji alone make it worth the trip. For Ashland, this is the most interesting eight-bottle list we've seen.
Small but Thoughtful
Fair
Basic Stemmed
Rotating Cast
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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Crowd Pleasers
Fair
Basic Stemmed
Rotating Cast
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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Cocorico is quietly running one of the more interesting wine lists in southern Oregon — 73 labels, fair pricing, a bubbles section that punches above its weight, and a by-the-glass program that respects your intelligence. We'd send a friend here without hesitation, especially if they're the kind of person who orders Gruner instead of Chardonnay.
Deep & Eclectic
Fair
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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Liquid Assets is the kind of wine bar that rewards curious drinkers willing to look past the safe pours and dig into what the list is actually offering. Send your wine-curious friends here without hesitation — just steer them away from the Cupcake.
Deep & Eclectic
Fair
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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