Come for the beer, skip the wine
Downtown Springfield · Eugene · Brewpub · Visit Website ↗
Updated September 2026
Reviewed by the RagingWine Tasting Desk · June 30, 2026
RagingWine reviewed Plank Town Brewing Company’s wine list and gave it The Lazy List — RagingWine’s Vibe-Check rating. How RagingWine reviews wine lists →
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The wine list at Plank Town is clearly an afterthought — seven labels bolted onto a beer menu that runs three times as long. This is a craft brewery first, last, and everything in between, and the wine program makes no attempt to pretend otherwise. If you came here for wine, someone gave you bad directions.
Seven labels, zero surprises. The list reads like a liquor store end-cap from 2015: Kendall Jackson, Mark West, Benziger, Acrobat — all perfectly drinkable, none remotely interesting. There's no regional identity, no local Oregon producers despite being planted squarely in the Willamette Valley's backyard, and no sense that anyone made a deliberate choice beyond 'recognizable brands.' The Guenoc Petite Sirah is the only wine here that even hints at a personality, and that bar is on the floor.
Nine by-the-glass options sounds generous until you realize the entire bottle list is seven wines, so the math only works because two slots go to a nameless house white and house red. Every bottle on the list pours by the glass, which is convenient but doesn't change the fundamental problem: this is a grocery-store selection poured at a pub. Rotation appears nonexistent — this list looks like it hasn't moved in years.
Kung Fu Girl Riesling — $8/glass
At $8, it's the most honest pour on the list — Charles Smith's Riesling is genuinely good, widely available retail around $12-14 a bottle, so the markup is reasonable and the wine can actually handle pub food. It's not exciting, but it's the right call.
Guenoc Petite Sirah
Nobody orders Petite Sirah at a brewpub, which means it might actually sit long enough to open up a bit. It's a big, inky wine that can hold its own next to a pub burger — more interesting than anything else on this list, and at $8 a glass, the price is right.
Mark West Pinot Noir
Thirteen dollars a glass for Mark West Pinot Noir is a tough sell anywhere, and it's especially hard to justify here. Mark West retails for around $10-12 a bottle — you're paying a full bottle's worth of retail for a single pour. It's not a bad wine, but this is the worst value on the list by a significant margin.
Kung Fu Girl Riesling + Fish and Chips
The off-dry Riesling has enough acidity to cut through the fried batter and enough fruit to not fight the fish. It's a classic pairing that works whether or not anyone behind the bar knows that — and at $8, you can order two without thinking about it.
The Bottom Line
Plank Town is a genuinely good brewpub and you should absolutely go there — just order a beer. The wine list exists to accommodate the one person in a group who doesn't drink beer, and it does that job adequately and nothing more.
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