Park City

La Stellina is a lovely room with a wine list that does just enough to stay out of trouble — Italian-focused, modestly deep, and marked up the way you'd expect from a St. Regis property. If wine is a priority, manage your expectations and lean into the Gavi or Valpolicella; if wine is secondary to the Osso Buco and the ambiance, you'll be just fine.

Legends isn't going to make any wine-focused traveler's itinerary, but it does the job for what it is: a casual mountain bar where the wine list is an afterthought that somehow didn't become a disaster. Stick to the Malbec or the rosé, skip the Champagne, and enjoy your après-ski without drama.

Lespri is doing something genuinely interesting with a dual-identity menu, and the wine list mostly keeps pace — just don't touch the Champagne section unless someone else is paying. Whites are the move here, and the Pacific Northwest picks show actual thought went into this list.

The Hirsch is the rare resort restaurant where the wine list feels like it was built by someone who actually cares — fair markups, a genuine Austrian thread, and a sommelier on the floor who can back it up. If you're skiing Silver Lake and want a bottle that matches the room, this is your stop.

Courchevel Bistro is doing something genuinely unusual for Utah ski country: it's built a wine list with a point of view, and that point of view is a deep love of France's lesser-celebrated regions. The markups will sting, but if you want to drink Savoie Jacquère and grower Champagne while it snows outside, there's nowhere else to go.

Edge is the rare resort restaurant that treats its wine program as a feature rather than an afterthought — there's a real sommelier, real depth, and real storage. Just go in knowing the pricing reflects the zip code, and steer past the obvious bottles toward the ones that actually earn their keep.

Old Town Cellars is a genuinely fun stop on Main Street if you go in knowing what it is: a tasting room for house-label West Coast wines staffed by people who actually know what's in the bottle. It's not a deep cellar experience, but for a ski town tasting room, it punches well above the tourist-trap baseline.

Goldener Hirsch is one of the most ambitious wine programs you'll find at any ski resort in the country, and the sommelier-curated depth is real. The markup on trophy bottles stings, but stick to the glass pours and the mid-tier bottles and you'll eat and drink very well up here in the mountains.

Twisted Fern is a reliable neighborhood anchor for Park City dining, and the wine list follows suit — safe, accessible, a little pricey for what you get. Send your friend here for the food and a comfortable glass of something familiar, not for a wine discovery.

350 Main is a reliable wine destination for a mountain town — the list is broad enough to be interesting, the BTG count is commendable, and the setting earns the price of admission. Just go in knowing you're paying Park City prices, and steer clear of the Rombauer.