Four Bottles and a Prayer
· Clearwater · Hotel Tavern, American · Visit Website ↗
Reviewed October 25, 2026 · How we review
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The wine list at Aviators Tavern fits on a cocktail napkin — four labels, all priced identically at $32 a bottle or $10 a glass. There is no curation happening here, just a hotel F&B checklist being dutifully completed.
Four wines, full stop: Kendall Jackson Chardonnay, Oyster Bay Sauvignon Blanc, Kendall Jackson Cabernet Sauvignon, and 14 Hands Red Blend. Every single bottle retails between $10 and $14 at your local grocery store, making the $32 bottle price a markup of roughly 2.5 to 3x — steep for this tier, though not egregious by hotel standards. There are no regions to explore, no old-world counterpoint, no bubbles, no rosé, and absolutely no sense that anyone thought hard about what guests might actually want to drink. It is the wine equivalent of a hotel room with two channels.
All four bottles are available by the glass at $10 each, which is the only format worth considering here — you are not committing to a full bottle of 14 Hands Red Blend unless someone dared you. The glass program is the entire program; there is no distinction between a bottle list and a BTG list because they are the same four wines.
The Bottom Line
Aviators Tavern is a hotel bar with a hotel bar wine list, and there is no pretending otherwise. If you are staying at The Clearwater Hotel and want a glass of something inoffensive before dinner, the Oyster Bay will do the job. For anyone who actually cares about what is in their glass, walk somewhere else.
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Kendall Jackson Chardonnay Santa Rosa, California in the Sonoma Valley $10/32
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$10.00 / glass · $32.00 / bottle
Oyster Bay Sauvignon Blanc Marlborough Vineyard in New Zealand $10/32
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$10.00 / glass · $32.00 / bottle
Kendall Jackson Cabernet Sauvignon Sonoma, California $10/32
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$10.00 / glass · $32.00 / bottle
14 Hands Red Blend Columbia Valley, Washington $10/32
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$10.00 / glass · $32.00 / bottle
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