Best Wine Lists in Washington

The Hollywood Tavern

· Woodinville · Tavern / American

The Reliable

The Hollywood Tavern isn't trying to be a wine destination — it's a tavern in one of Washington's great wine regions that happens to stock a tight, locally focused list worth respecting. If you want to drink Washington wine while eating in Washington wine country, there are worse places to do it. Just don't expect much guidance from staff, and come with a little knowledge of your own.

Runway Market & Sparkling Wine Bar

· Walla Walla · Market/Wine Bar

The Wild Card

Runway is a one-trick pony that actually knows its trick cold. If you want still wine, go somewhere else — but if you want to work through four different expressions of sparkling wine in one sitting with a focused, purposeful list, this is a legitimately fun stop in Walla Walla. The prices run steep for the producers involved, but the concept earns some goodwill for sheer commitment.

West Coast Wines – L'atitude 47

· Walla Walla · Wine bar/tasting room

The Wild Card

L'atitude 47 is a single-producer tasting room, and the wine list reflects exactly that — eight labels, all in-house, all fairly priced for Walla Walla. If you're looking for a broad regional survey, look elsewhere. But if you want to get inside one producer's head at prices that won't require a conversation with your accountant, this is a genuinely low-stakes, high-curiosity stop. We'd send a wine-curious friend here without hesitation.

Heritage Wine Bar (L'Ecole No. 41)

Downtown Walla Walla · Walla Walla · Winery Wine Bar with Bites

The Wild Card

Heritage Wine Bar is the right answer if you're in Walla Walla and want to understand why Washington wine is having its moment — knowledgeable staff, a focused list from a producer with serious credentials, and a room that rewards slow drinking. We'd send a friend here without hesitation, especially someone who thinks Washington wine is just grocery-store Riesling. It will change their mind.

Tavern Ancestrale

· Walla Walla · Wine-focused tavern

The Wild Card

Tavern Ancestrale is the kind of spot Walla Walla needed — a relaxed, knowledgeable room where the wine is taken seriously without making you feel like you need a merit badge to order. We'd send any wine-curious friend here without hesitation, especially if they're willing to trust the staff and lean into whatever's local.

The Thief Fine Art & Wine

· Walla Walla · Wine bar with light bites

The Wild Card

The Thief is punching well above its weight for a 24-bottle list in a wine bar format — the pricing is genuinely fair, the curation shows real taste, and the presence of Txakolina, Trousseau, and 1er Cru Champagne on the same short list earns serious respect. If you're in Walla Walla and want to drink well without a PhD in wine or a big wallet, this is the stop.

Brasserie Four

· Walla Walla · French bistro

The Wild Card

Brasserie Four is a French bistro in wine country that somehow resists the obvious move of leaning hard on local bottles, and the list is better for it. Fair pricing, smart French selections, and a sparkling section that embarrasses restaurants three times its size make this a genuine destination pour in Walla Walla. If you're in town for the Washington wine trail, this is the stop where you take a break from Cab and remember France exists.

Belltown Pizza

Belltown · Seattle · Pizza

The Reliable

Belltown Pizza's wine list won't be the reason you come back, but it also won't be the reason you're annoyed. Fair prices, local representation, and just enough Italian to make sense — it does the job without making you think too hard.

Passatempo Taverna

· Walla Walla · Italian

The Wild Card

Passatempo is exactly the kind of place where Walla Walla's wine identity and Italian-American kitchen instincts should collide in interesting ways — and by all accounts, the room and concept deliver on that promise. We don't have the full list detail to call it a Rager, but the regional focus and cuisine alignment earn it a Wild Card: unexpected upside in a setting that could've played it much safer. Make a reservation, ask the staff what's local, and let the osso buco do the rest.

Marcy's Bar & Lounge

· Walla Walla · Neighborhood Bar/New American

The Reliable

Marcy's isn't trying to be a wine destination, and it doesn't need to be — it's a bar in one of America's great wine towns that's made a short, honest list with a few smart local picks. The pricing is fair across the board, the Moonbase Syrah earns its spot, and the Arca Nova is a steal at $28. If you're eating out in Walla Walla and want something serious, there are better lists in town. But if you're at Marcy's, you're not going to be stuck nursing a bad glass of wine.

Saffron Mediterranean Kitchen

· Walla Walla · Mediterranean

The Wild Card

Saffron is doing something genuinely uncommon: running a 62-bottle wine list in wine country that actually reflects the cuisine it's meant to accompany, without gouging you on the glass pours. The by-the-glass pricing alone makes it worth stopping in even if you're not staying for dinner. If you're in Walla Walla and you care about wine, this list deserves more attention than the cellar-heavy steakhouses getting all the press.

Dockside Bistro & Wine Bar

· Olympia · New American / Seafood

The Lazy List

Dockside leans hard on the 'Wine Bar' label but delivers a flat, overpriced, mass-market list that doesn't back it up. Order a cocktail or a local beer and save the wine for somewhere that cares.