Madeira Obsession Meets Mission District Cool
Mission District / Potrero Flats · San Francisco · New American / Californian · Visit Website ↗
Reviewed by the RagingWine Tasting Desk · June 22, 2026
RagingWine reviewed The Morris’s wine list and gave it The Wild Card — RagingWine’s Vibe-Check rating. How RagingWine reviews wine lists →
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A 50-page wine list in a neighborhood restaurant on Mariposa Street is either a sign of something special or someone with a problem — at The Morris, it's both, and we mean that as high praise. You open the list and immediately clock that this isn't a curated-for-Instagram wine program; it's the real thing, built by someone who actually cares. The Madeira section alone is enough to make you want to cancel your other plans.
The 200-plus label list ranges from classic European heavyweights to California producers, but the real signature is the fortified wine collection — rare and vintage Madeira bottlings that you simply don't find at this depth outside of specialty wine bars. Grower Champagne, Loire reds like the Guiberteau Saumur Rouge Les Arboises, natural-leaning picks from Galicia like Envínate 'Lousas' Viñas de Aldea, and Beaujolais gems like the Dutraive Fleurie 'Clos de la Grand'Cour' all make appearances, showing genuine range and a clear editorial point of view. The Alsace section punches above its weight with producers like Weinbach showing up on the list. Gaps in the data make it hard to fully map every corner, but what surfaces is consistently interesting.
The glass program details are thin in our research — The Morris doesn't shout about it online — but house wines are poured by the centimeter in carafes, which is a charming, unpretentious touch that fits the neighborhood vibe perfectly. Given the depth of the bottle list and the presence of a knowledgeable floor team, we'd expect the glass pours to reflect the same thoughtful curation rather than defaulting to bulk filler.
Dutraive Fleurie 'Clos de la Grand'Cour' 2020 — $115
At roughly 92% over retail, it's not cheap, but Dutraive's single-vineyard Fleurie is a serious Beaujolais that restaurant Burgundy lovers charge north of $150 for — and it delivers every bit of that complexity. For a wine this precise and this limited, $115 in a sit-down room feels like the right call.
Envínate 'Lousas' Viñas de Aldea Ribeira Sacra 2021
Galician Mencía from one of Spain's most exciting natural producers — most tables will walk right past it for something French. That's a mistake. Lousas is all granite-driven tension and dark fruit, and it's exactly the kind of thing The Morris's list was built to surface.
Dönnhoff Riesling Trocken 2022
Dönnhoff makes excellent Riesling, but at $62 on a bottle that retails for $24, this is a 158% markup on a wine you can grab at any decent wine shop. The list has more interesting plays at this price point — save Dönnhoff for your home cellar.
Guiberteau Saumur Rouge Les Arboises 2019 + Smoked duck with roasted potatoes
Guiberteau's Cabernet Franc from the Loire has the earthy depth, smoky red fruit, and herbal tension to go toe-to-toe with duck without steamrolling it — the acidity keeps cutting through the fat where a bigger red would just sit on top of everything.
The Bottom Line
The Morris earns its Wild Card badge the honest way: a serious, eccentric wine list in a room that doesn't take itself too seriously, with a Madeira collection that has no business existing on Mariposa Street and yet here we are. Markups are on the steeper side across the board, but if you're here for the wine, you're here for the experience of a list that clearly has a soul.
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