Wanderlust Delicato
Big Glass Count, Bigger Missed Opportunity
Downtown Spokane · Spokane · Wine Bar · Visit Website ↗
Reviewed April 9, 2026
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First Impression
A wine bar called Wanderlust promises adventure, and the 20-40 by-the-glass program suggests serious ambition. But flip through the list and the wandering stops pretty fast — you're looking at a who's who of grocery store shelf-grabbers dressed up with wine bar prices. The sommelier on staff is the most exciting thing here.
Selection Deep Dive
The list leans on Pacific Northwest, Italy, France, and Spain as its regional anchors, which sounds promising for a Spokane wine bar with access to great Columbia Valley and Willamette Valley producers. In practice, what's confirmed on the list is Delicato Family Vineyards, Bogle, Josh Cellars, Meiomi, Kim Crawford, Franciscan, La Crema, and Murphy-Goode — a murderers' row of mass-market brands you can find at any Safeway. There's no visible push toward interesting small-production Washington or Oregon producers, which is a genuine missed opportunity given how much exciting juice comes out of this region. If the Pacific Northwest focus is real, it's buried.
By the Glass
Twenty to forty by-the-glass options is a genuinely impressive count, and Tuesday's half-price wine-by-the-glass night is reason enough to show up at least once. The problem is that a wide glass pour program built on commodity wines is just a lot of mediocre options — more lanes on the same highway. We'd love to see that BTG real estate used for rotating small-production pours.
Meiomi Pinot Noir 2022 — $52
On a Tuesday, this comes down to $26 a bottle equivalent in glass pours — finally a price that makes sense for what Meiomi actually is. At full price it's a pass, but half-price night makes it the most defensible option on the list.
Franciscan Oakville Estate Chardonnay 2022
It's not exactly obscure, but at 81% markup it's the least gouged bottle on the list, and Franciscan Oakville actually makes a solid, food-friendly Chardonnay that punches above the brand's reputation. For this list, that counts as a gem.
Kim Crawford Sauvignon Blanc 2023
A $20 retail bottle priced at $46 is a 130% markup on a wine that's basically become a commodity product. You can grab this at any grocery store. There is no version of this that's worth it at restaurant price.
Bogle Essential Red Blend 2022 + Charcuterie Board
The Bogle red blend is soft, fruit-forward, and low-tannin enough to work with cured meats and salty charcuterie without fighting the fat. It's an easy crowd-pleasing combo that at least makes sense together, even if neither is particularly thrilling.
Tuesday — Half-price wine by the glass all night
❌ The Bottom Line
Wanderlust Delicato has the infrastructure of a great wine bar — sommelier, big glass program, half-price Tuesdays, a globally inspired concept — but fills it with the kind of list that belongs at an airport TGI Fridays. Come in on a Tuesday, order the least-marked-up glass you can find, and hope the list gets more adventurous soon.
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