Best Wine Lists in Washington

Browne Family's Spokane room is a confident single-producer tasting experience done right — fair prices, knowledgeable pours, and a genuine case for why Washington State deserves your attention. Send a friend here if they think Washington wine is just an also-ran.

The Blackbird is a genuinely good barbecue tavern that simply doesn't care about wine, and the steep markups on uninspired bottles make that indifference expensive. Come for the smoked meats and a cold beer — if you insist on wine, grab the Milbrandt and move on.

The Melting Pot Spokane isn't a wine destination, and it's not trying to be — but the Washington State anchors on this list are genuinely good, and if you stick to those, you'll drink well enough for the occasion. Come for the fondue experience, order the Ste. Michelle, and save the serious wine night for somewhere else.

1919 won't blow any minds, but for a hotel bar in downtown Spokane it earns genuine respect for keeping Washington State producers front and center. Come for the room, stay for the Beresan — just don't expect any surprises in the pricing.

The Grand Terrace Bar is a great place to drink wine in Spokane — just not necessarily great wine. Come for the skyline, order the Riesling, and save the serious bottle hunting for elsewhere.

Barrister is a genuine Wild Card: a serious urban winery tucked into Spokane's rail district that most wine travelers blow past on their way to Walla Walla. If you're in eastern Washington and you haven't stopped here, you owe yourself a visit.

Pacific to Palouse is doing something genuinely rare in eastern Washington: treating regional wine as a destination rather than an afterthought. If you want to understand what the Pacific Northwest is capable of in a glass, this is a better classroom than most.

Fleur de Sel is a Wild Card in the best sense: a tiny crêperie that quietly built a French-regional wine list that makes total sense and charges you almost nothing for the privilege. Send your friends here — just make sure they order the Muscadet.

Safari Room is a perfectly decent wine stop if you're already there for dinner or a post-conference drink, especially during happy hour when the Washington pours get genuinely affordable. We wouldn't drive across town for the list, but we'd order a second glass without complaint.

The Cedars earns its crowd on the strength of the setting, not the wine list — but the Northwest-focused selections are honest and approachable enough that you won't be reaching for a cocktail instead. Just order the Viognier, watch the lake, and don't look too closely at the per-glass math.

Hogwash is a whiskey bar first and a wine list second, but the local-producer focus and fair pricing make it a genuine Wild Card worth knowing about. Order the Sangiovese, ignore the cocktail menu for one round, and see what Spokane's wine scene is quietly doing.

Masselow's is the rare casino restaurant where the wine list earns its own destination status — a sommelier-driven, Washington-forward program with genuine cult bottles that most restaurants in bigger cities can't touch. The markups are real, but so is the effort, and out here, that counts for a lot.