Old World wines hiding in a bakery
Wilson / West Bank · Jackson Hole · Café / Bakery · Visit Website ↗
Reviewed May 19, 2026 · How we review
RagingWine reviewed Persephone Bakery West Bank’s wine list and gave it The Wild Card — RagingWine’s Vibe-Check rating. How RagingWine reviews wine lists →
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You come in for a croissant and leave holding a glass of Languedoc Rhône blend — that's the Persephone West Bank experience. It's a bakery-café with a surprisingly intentional wine list tucked alongside the granola bowls and breakfast burritos. Nobody expects this in Wilson, which is exactly why it works.
The list is short but it's clearly been curated with a point of view: France and Spain, old-world producers, nothing screaming at you from a Napa shelf. You've got a Catalan sparkling, a Bordeaux white from Château Haut Lavigne leaning on Sauvignon Blanc and Sémillon, a French rosé, and a Rhône-style blend from Languedoc. There are gaps — no red from Spain, no depth beyond four or five bottles — but every wine earns its spot. For a café that leads with pastries, this reads less like an afterthought and more like someone actually went to a wine shop on purpose.
We don't have confirmed glass pour counts, but the list is small enough that most of what's on there is likely available by the glass. The Cava Brut Nature from Suriol makes for an ideal midday pour — bubbles with a café lunch in Jackson Hole is a hard move to argue with. Rotation appears minimal; this list doesn't seem to change often.
Cava Brut Nature, Suriol 'Azimut', Catalunya, Spain, NV — Unknown
Brut Nature Cava is bone-dry sparkling wine made the same way as Champagne but priced like it isn't. At a bakery with excellent pastry, this is the obvious move — and Suriol is a legit producer, not filler.
Sauvignon Blanc / Sémillon, Château Haut Lavigne, France, 2015
Most people skip Bordeaux whites entirely, especially at a casual café, but this Sauvignon Blanc-Sémillon blend from Château Haut Lavigne is the kind of wine that rewards the curious. It's structured, food-friendly, and almost nobody orders it.
Rosé, Les Grandes Vignes, France, 2016
A 2016 rosé is fighting uphill no matter how it was stored. Rosé is meant to be drunk young and fresh — by now this one has almost certainly lost whatever brightness it had. Order the Cava instead.
Rhone blend, Les Travers de Marceau, Languedoc, France, 2015 + Breakfast Burrito
A Southern Rhône-style blend from Languedoc tends to run warm, earthy, and a little spicy — which mirrors the flavors in a loaded breakfast burrito better than you'd expect. It's an unusual call that actually lands.
The Bottom Line
Persephone West Bank doesn't have any business running an old-world wine list out of a bakery in Wilson, Wyoming, and yet here we are. If you're skiing Teton Village or just passing through, it's worth pausing over a glass — this list has more intention behind it than most sit-down restaurants in town.
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