Six Bottles and a Prayer
· La Crosse · Hotel Restaurant / American · Visit Website ↗
Reviewed September 15, 2026 · How we review
RagingWine reviewed Restaurant at The Radisson Hotel La Crosse’s wine list and gave it The Lazy List — RagingWine’s Vibe-Check rating. How RagingWine reviews wine lists →
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Six wines. That's the list. You could fit the entire wine program on a Post-it note and still have room to write 'please help.' This is a hotel bar wine list in the most resigned, apologetic sense of the term.
The list reads like someone grabbed whatever was on the bottom shelf at a regional grocery distributor and called it a day. CK Mondavi and Jacob's Creek are the headliners — both bulk-production brands that retail for under $10 a bottle. The most interesting entry is arguably the Meiers Sparkling Catawba, a non-alcoholic option that somehow made the cut on a six-bottle list. There are no regional producers, no Old World representation, and no apparent curation beyond 'it's wine and it pours.'
Three pours available by the glass, all at a flat $8. That sounds accessible until you realize the bottles underneath those pours retail for $7-$9 at most, making the markup math pretty unflattering. Rotation isn't a concept that applies here.
Wycliff Brut Champagne — $30
On a list this thin, the sparkling option at least gives you something celebratory. It's not remotely complex, but bubbles have a way of making any situation feel slightly more intentional.
Meiers Sparkling Catawba (Non-Alcoholic)
If you're not drinking alcohol, this is actually a thoughtful inclusion — Meiers is a legitimate Ohio producer with history, and sparkling Catawba is a genuinely American grape story. It's the most interesting thing on the list, which says a lot.
Prosecco
At $35 with no producer name attached — just 'Prosecco' — you have no idea what you're getting, and that ambiguity isn't worth the premium over the Wycliff sitting right next to it.
Jacob's Creek Moscato + Hotel Breakfast Buffet
Sweet, low-alcohol, and completely inoffensive — this is basically juice with ambition, and it fits the morning buffet energy better than it fits any actual dinner course.
The Bottom Line
This is a wine list that exists because the hotel felt obligated to have one, not because anyone thought carefully about it. Order a beer or a cocktail and move on.
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Solid Range
Fair
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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Crowd Pleasers
Fair
Basic Stemmed
Rotating Cast
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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Solid Range
Fair
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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Crowd Pleasers
Fair
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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Plays It Safe
Fair
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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Small but Thoughtful
Fair
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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Small but Thoughtful
Fair
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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Crowd Pleasers
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Rotating Cast
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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Grocery Store
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Rotating Cast
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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