Aspen's Living Room Pours Above Its Weight
· Aspen · Historic hotel dining · Visit Website ↗
Reviewed by the RagingWine Tasting Desk · September 26, 2026
RagingWine reviewed Hotel Jerome’s wine list and gave it The Wild Card — RagingWine’s Vibe-Check rating. How RagingWine reviews wine lists →
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The wine list at Hotel Jerome's Living Room is short — just 15 by-the-glass options — but it punches well above the typical hotel bar standard. This isn't the lazy Kendall-Jackson grab you might expect from a century-old Aspen institution; someone with taste assembled this list.
The range here is genuinely considered: Austrian Grüner from Loimer, a Campanian Greco di Tufo from Quintodecimo, Bandol rosé from Bastide de la Ciselette, and Drouhin's Roserock Pinot from the Eola-Amity Hills. The bubbles section alone spans Gran Moraine, Paul Launois, Billecart-Salmon, and Dom Pérignon — that's real range, not just a token Champagne slot. Reds lean predictably California-heavy with the Schrader Double Diamond and Le Pich Cab, but the G.D. Vajra Barbera and Vieux du Télégraphe Télégramme give the list some welcome Old World ballast. The gaps are on depth — 15 labels is a snack, not a meal, and there's no bottle program to speak of from the evidence available.
All 15 wines are available by the glass, which means the entire program is the by-the-glass program — an unusual and actually guest-friendly setup. Prices run from $17 to $85, and that ceiling is Dom Pérignon, which is at least honest about what you're paying for. The Marc Deschamps Sauvignon Blanc at $21 and the Jean-Marc Pillot Bourgogne Blanc at $24 are the standouts for anyone who wants quality without full Aspen altitude pricing.
The Bottom Line
Hotel Jerome's Living Room list is a pleasant surprise in a market where hotel wine programs often coast on tourist ignorance and Famous Names. The selection is short but curated, with enough Old World intrigue — the Vajra Barbera, the Quintodecimo, the Bandol rosé — to reward the curious. Markups are real and Aspen-appropriate, so set your expectations accordingly. If you're staying at the hotel or catching a drink after a ski day, you'll drink well here without feeling insulted.
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