75 Glasses Deep in Downtown Salt Lake
Downtown · Salt Lake City · International Wine Bar · Visit Website ↗
Updated October 2026
Reviewed April 1, 2026 · How we review
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Walking into BTG, the name does the talking — By The Glass, and they mean it seriously. Over 75 pours on any given night in downtown Salt Lake City is not a typo, it's a statement. This is the kind of place that makes you cancel your dinner plans and just... stay.
The list punches well above its weight for a Utah wine bar, spanning Marlborough Sauvignon Blancs, Alto-Adige whites, Willamette Valley Pinot Gris, California Pinot Noir, and a genuinely impressive fortified wine corner with Madeira and Sherry showing up where most bars would just pour another Cab. The inclusion of Cossart Gordon Bual Madeira and Lustau Manzanilla tells you someone here actually knows what they're doing — these aren't checklist wines. There are gaps: the red wine depth beyond California and France could stretch further, and we'd love to see more Southern Hemisphere representation beyond the obligatory New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc. But for a city not exactly known as a wine destination, this list is quietly remarkable.
With 75+ options by the glass, BTG is doing something almost no other bar in the region attempts at this scale. The flight program is a smart entry point — the BTG's Choice Flight rotates through producers like Crosby Roamann and Grangeon, giving you a real tour in three pours. Rotation frequency isn't fully clear from the menu, but the breadth suggests this list gets real attention.
Carol Shelton 'Black Magic' Zin — $9
Nine bucks for a glass of wine you'd pay $18 retail for at home? That's a fair deal — especially for a pour-by-the-glass program. BTG is barely doubling retail here, which in a restaurant context is almost charitable.
Cossart Gordon Bual Madeira
Most people skip straight past the fortified wine section without a second glance, which is a mistake. Bual Madeira is nutty, oxidative, and complex in ways that a $14 Chardonnay can only dream about — and it's genuinely hard to find by the glass anywhere.
BTG's Choice Flight
At $26 against a retail value of ~$75 worth of wine, this flight sits at a 223% markup — the steepest on the menu by a wide margin. You're better off ordering those same wines individually, where the per-glass math is much kinder.
Andriano 'Floreado' Sauvignon Blanc '23 Alto-Adige + Chicken Piccata
Alto-Adige Sauvignon Blanc has that clean, herbal edge with enough acidity to cut through butter and caper brine without overwhelming the dish. It's a more interesting call than the obvious Marlborough pick and it makes the Piccata taste like it cost twice as much.
The Bottom Line
BTG is the best wine bar argument Salt Lake City has, and it's not particularly close. Send your friends here, tell them to skip the flight markup, and order something weird from the fortified section — they'll thank you.
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