Umekes Fishmarket Bar & Grill

The wine list at Umekes isn't trying to impress anyone, and that's actually refreshing. You're in a loud, happy, poke-slinging Hawaiian seafood joint in a Kona industrial park, and the wine list knows exactly where it stands. Twenty-one by-the-glass options at prices that would make mainland restaurants blush with shame.

This is a greatest-hits list built for approachability, not adventure — California workhorses like J. Lohr, Clos Du Bois, and Cypress Vineyards anchor the reds and whites, with Oregon showing up through Solena and Big Fire on the Pinot side. There's a respectable international sweep: a J&H Selbach Riesling from Germany, Casa Lapostolle Sauvignon Blanc from Chile, Black Cabra Malbec from Argentina, Zeepaard Shiraz from Australia, and a Chateaumar Côtes du Rhône keeping things French. Nobody is going deep here — no vintage callouts, no grower Champagne, no natural wine rabbit holes — but for a casual Hawaiian fish spot, the geographic breadth quietly impresses. The real gap is a bottle list; if one exists, it's nowhere to be found, which means you're drinking by the glass all night.

Twenty-one pours by the glass is a legitimately strong number for a spot like this, and the pricing between $5.50 and $10 a glass is straight-up generous by any market standard, let alone Hawaii. The range covers sparkling (Maschio Prosecco), sweet (Caposaldo Moscato, Beringer White Zinfandel), crisp whites, two Pinot Noirs, and a handful of reds — enough to navigate a full table's worth of preferences without anyone resorting to water.