Mizuna

The wine list at Mizuna reads like a love letter to the Pacific Northwest — Walla Walla, Willamette Valley, Columbia Valley front and center, with France and Italy showing up just enough to keep things honest. It's a focused list, not an encyclopedic one, and that focus feels intentional rather than lazy. For Downtown Colorado Springs, this is a cut above what you'd normally expect.

Washington state carries this list — Long Shadows 'Pirouette', Isenhower, and the Justin 'Isosceles' from Paso Robles give you serious bottles if you're willing to spend. Oregon checks in with Rainstorm Pinot Noir from Willamette Valley and the interesting Ovum Wines 'Rare Form' from Newburg, which is a name you don't see everywhere. The French and Italian entries (Veuve du Vernay, La Marca Prosecco, Pierre Trichet Champagne) cover the bubbles category adequately without breaking new ground. The list's biggest gap is a lack of Old World depth beyond sparkling — no Burgundy, no Barolo, no Rhône — but the PNW focus is coherent enough that it doesn't feel like an oversight so much as a deliberate identity.

With 12-20 by-the-glass options, Mizuna gives you genuine choices across styles — bubbles, white, rosé, and red are all represented from the pour list. The CSM Eroica Riesling and Ovum 'Rare Form' by the glass would be genuine finds if they're rotating through. The list doesn't appear to change frequently, so don't bank on discovering something new on your third visit.