Prime at Sky Meadow

The wine list at Prime at Sky Meadow reads like a greatest hits of California Cabernet — and honestly, in a country club steakhouse overlooking a golf course and distant New Hampshire hills, that's not the worst thing in the world. There's no pretense here: this list was built to sell bottles to people who know what they like and aren't looking to be challenged. Wine Spectator handed them an Award of Excellence in 2023, and while it's not a stunner of a program, the fundamentals hold up.

The 150-250 bottle list leans so hard into California that the rest of the wine world might as well not exist — Caymus, Silver Oak, Jordan, Opus One, Far Niente, Rombauer, Paul Hobbs, Duckhorn, Stag's Leap, Beringer Private Reserve. These are all legitimate producers and the list deserves credit for stocking the real stuff rather than cheap California labels with big marketing budgets. But if you're hoping for a Burgundy, a Barolo, or anything with dirt under its fingernails, you're going to be disappointed. This is a list that was designed to make steak decisions easy, not to make wine discoveries possible.

There are 12-20 pours available by the glass, which is a respectable number for a room this size. Prices run $12-$18 a glass, which is fair for the market but doesn't offer a lot of adventure — expect the usual California suspects. No sign of a rotating program or anything that suggests someone is actively curating what's in the well.