Southeast Wine Collective

By Matthew Korfhage

Is it possible for the city's best-loved wine bar to be underrated? Not only has Tom Monroe and Kate Norris' wine collective been an incubator for some of the best wines in town—including, especially, the co-founders' own Division mark, which has deservedly caught the national eye—but the bar itself is a worthy showcase for THEM. Chef Althea Grey Potter offers up inventive dishes like a bold-flavored carrot-harissa-chickpea plate startlingly attentive to texture ($12). Meanwhile, the much-recommended "surprise" wine flight ($14) is equally likely to tap a lovely Basque Txakolina as it is a lovely first vintage chard from natural wine up-and-comer Statera, and a truly singular syrah from Norris' own Gamine imprint. The only problem you're likely to encounter regularly at the cozy Division Street wine bar is finding a seat.

Happy hour: 2-4 pm daily. $2 off drinks, $1 off food.

2425 SE 35th Place, 503-208-2061, sewinecollective.com. 4-9 pm Monday, 4-10 pm Wednesday-Friday, 1-10 pm Saturday, 1-9 pm Sunday.

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Matthew Korfhage

Matthew Korfhage

Matthew Korfhage has lived in St. Louis, Chicago, Munich and Bordeaux, but comes from Portland, where he makes guides to the city and writes about food, booze and books. He likes the Oxford comma but can't use it in the newspaper.

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