Steak, views, and California classics done right
North Main / Hillside Overlook · Moab · Private Dining / Steakhouse · Visit Website ↗
Reviewed by the RagingWine Tasting Desk · July 28, 2026
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You're eating inside a uranium mogul's former mansion on a cliff above Moab — the setting is doing a lot of the work here. The wine list matches the room: classic California heavyweights, a few Champagne names people recognize, and not much else. It's comfortable and crowd-tested, which in a tourist town at 4,000 feet elevation, might be exactly what it needs to be.
Twenty-eight labels sounds modest, and it is — but Sunset Grill commits hard to a lane and stays in it. You've got Silver Oak, Caymus, Cakebread, Stags Leap, and Frog's Leap all showing up on the Cabernet side, which tells you everything: this list was built for steak drinkers who already know what they want. France gets representation via Dom Pérignon, Billecart-Salmon Brut Rosé, and Veuve Clicquot, which rounds out the Champagne column nicely. Elderton Barossa Shiraz and Justin Cabernet add a little texture, but don't come here hoping for a Burgundy rabbit hole or anything from the Southern Hemisphere beyond that one Shiraz. The gaps — no white wines named in the research data, no Pinot Noir, no Italian — are real.
Six by-the-glass options is a thin lineup for a dedicated wine room with private dining ambitions. Without confirmed pour-level data, we can't name the pours specifically, but given the bottle list skews Cab-heavy and California-forward, expect the glass program to mirror that. If you're not a red wine drinker, your options here are going to feel limited.
Justin Cabernet — $30–$50 range (bottle list low end)
Justin is the approachable end of this list — solid Paso Robles Cabernet without the trophy markup that Silver Oak and Caymus carry. It drinks well with prime rib and doesn't ask you to spend $160 to have a good time.
Billecart-Salmon Brut Rosé
Most tables here are ordering Cabernet before the steak arrives and calling it a night, which means this gorgeous grower-style Champagne house rosé gets overlooked. Billecart-Salmon is one of the more elegant names in Champagne — far more interesting than defaulting to Veuve — and starting dinner with it while the sun drops over the canyon is genuinely hard to beat.
Dom Pérignon Blanc
At $325, Dom Pérignon in a steakhouse in Moab is a tough sell. You're paying full luxury-hotel markup on a wine that requires no explanation, in a setting where the view is the real luxury. The Billecart-Salmon does more for less, and the $325 is better spent on the actual food.
Silver Oak Cabernet + Prime Rib
Silver Oak Alexander Valley is built for exactly this moment — enough fruit and structure to stand up to a fat-marbled prime rib, familiar enough that you don't have to explain it to anyone at the table. It's the obvious call, and sometimes the obvious call is obvious for a reason.
✔️ The Bottom Line
Sunset Grill isn't trying to be a wine destination — it's a landmark steakhouse with a stunning hilltop setting and a list that comfortably serves its audience. If you want Cabernet with your canyon views, you're in good hands; if you want anything adventurous, you're in the wrong room.
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Castle Creek isn't competing with your favorite wine bar — it's competing with the view, and honestly both win. If you're driving Highway 128 and you don't stop here, you made a mistake.
Small but Thoughtful
Fair
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Acceptable
Highway 128 / Sorrel River Ranch · Moab · Hotel Bar / New American
Sorrel River Ranch's bar and lounge isn't a wine destination, but it's a perfectly serviceable place to drink while the canyon walls turn red at sunset. Come for the view, order the Jordan, and don't overthink it.
Crowd Pleasers
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Acceptable
North Main / Hillside Overlook · Moab · Outdoor Bar / Steakhouse
Sunset Grill's wine list is a passenger, not a driver — you're really here for the view and the prime rib, and the wine program knows it. Come for the canyon sunset, order the Justin, and don't let the Silver Oak price tag ruin your evening.
Crowd Pleasers
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Acceptable
Downtown / South 100 West · Moab · Barbecue Bar
Spitfire is a BBQ bar that treats wine as an afterthought in almost every way — except the pricing and the quiet inclusion of two local Utah pours that no one saw coming. Come for the ribs and a cold beer, but if you want wine, the Trapiche Malbec at $7 a glass is an honest steal and the Spanish Valley bottles are worth the curiosity.
Small but Thoughtful
Steal
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Acceptable
Highway 128 / Red Cliffs Lodge · Moab · Winery Tasting Room
Castle Creek is a genuine Utah estate winery in one of the most visually arresting settings you'll ever drink in, and the wines are better than the novelty factor requires them to be. We wouldn't drive to Moab for the Cabernet, but if you're already there, skipping the tasting room would be the wrong call.
Small but Thoughtful
Fair
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Proper
South Main Street · Moab · Brewpub / American
Moab Brewery is a great place to drink beer in canyon country — the wine list is just along for the ride. If your table insists on wine, the Trapiche Malbec and Joel Gott Sauv Blanc are your two honest options; everything else is background noise.
Grocery Store
Fair
Basic Stemmed
Rotating Cast
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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