Hood River's Eclectic Cellar Punches Above Its Weight
· Hood River · Winery and Tasting Room · Visit Website ↗
Reviewed by the RagingWine Tasting Desk · September 25, 2026
RagingWine reviewed Stave & Stone Winery’s wine list and gave it The Wild Card — RagingWine’s Vibe-Check rating. How RagingWine reviews wine lists →
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Sixteen bottles, all estate-produced, all priced between $35 and $68 — this is not a list built to impress wine tourists with famous names. It's a list built by a winery that knows exactly what it makes and isn't embarrassed to let the wines speak for themselves. That kind of confidence is either earned or delusional, and the range on offer suggests it's the former.
What makes Stave & Stone interesting is the breadth they've squeezed into a tight, single-producer lineup. Hood River isn't the first place you'd expect to find Gruner Veltliner ($35/bottle), Tempranillo ($48/bottle), and Petit Verdot ($48/bottle) sitting alongside Pinot Noir and Riesling, but here we are. The red program leans into Bordeaux and Rhône varieties — Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Syrah, Quiver ($65/bottle), Fletcher's Red Blend ($48/bottle) — giving it more range than you'd expect from a Columbia Gorge winery of this size. The Artur Pinot Noir ($68/bottle) is the flagship and the only bottle that crosses the $65 mark, while the Broken Boulder Pinot Noir ($48/bottle) offers a lower-rung entry into the same grape. Whites and pinks round out the card without feeling like afterthoughts.
By-the-glass options are not documented from available sources, which is a gap worth noting — this is a tasting room context, so pours are likely available in a flight or individual taste format rather than a traditional restaurant glass program. If you're visiting, ask about tasting flights before committing to a bottle.
The Bottom Line
Stave & Stone earns its Wild Card badge not through volume or imported names, but through genuine varietal curiosity — a Gorge winery willing to make Gruner Veltliner and Petit Verdot and price the whole card fairly. If you're passing through Hood River and want to drink local without drinking predictable, this list is worth your time.
· Hood River · Winery tasting room
Wy'East Vineyards is a short list with a long point of view — estate wines from varieties that have no business growing in Oregon, priced like the winery actually wants you to buy them. If you're anywhere near Hood River and you care even a little about what's possible outside the Pinot Noir monoculture, this stop is worth your afternoon.
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· Hood River · Winery tasting room
Analemma earns its Wild Card badge by doing something most Oregon producers won't: planting Mencía and Grenache in the Gorge and committing to it fully. The list is short, but every bottle has a reason to exist. If you're driving through Hood River and want to taste something that doesn't feel like every other Pacific Northwest tasting room, this is your stop.
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· Hood River · Winery tasting room
Marchesi Vineyards is doing something genuinely unusual in Oregon wine country — growing Italian grapes with seriousness and selling the results at prices that feel almost charitable. The Barbera lineup alone is worth the detour to Hood River, and the top of the list caps at $45. If you're driving through the Gorge and want to drink something you won't find anywhere else, stop here.
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· Hood River · Brewpub
pFriem is one of the best brewpubs in the Pacific Northwest, and the wine list knows its role — it's backup, not the headliner. If you're the wine person in a group of beer people, you'll survive and probably drink something decent from the region. If wine is your whole reason for going out, Hood River has better options for that and pFriem has better options for you — namely, the beer.
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· Hood River · Winery tasting room
Idiot's Grace isn't competing with anyone — it's running its own race with a lineup of varieties that reads like a winemaker's personal obsession list, priced like they actually want you to drink it. If you're in Hood River and you care about wine that doesn't follow the script, this is your stop.
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· Hood River · Winery tasting room
Phelps Creek is a single-producer tasting room with serious range inside its self-imposed borders — especially if Pinot Noir in its many expressions is your thing. We can't speak to pricing or food without more data, but the depth of the vineyard-block lineup alone makes this worth the stop if you're driving through Hood River. Come curious, come patient, and let them walk you through the blocks.
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