The Cheyenne Club

You're in rural Wyoming — cattle country, sage air, the kind of place where the nearest traffic light is a long drive away. Then you open the wine list and find Chateau Margaux and Gaja Barolo staring back at you. The Cheyenne Club has absolutely no business being this serious about wine, and that's exactly what makes it worth the detour.

The 200-350 bottle list leans hard into the Old World pillars that Wine Spectator flagged when handing out their Best of Award of Excellence: Bordeaux anchored by Chateau Lynch-Bages and Chateau Margaux, Burgundy covered by Louis Jadot and Joseph Drouhin, and Italy well-represented with Gaja and Giacomo Conterno in Piedmont plus Casanova di Neri and Banfi holding down Brunello di Montalcino. California shows up strong too — Caymus, Silver Oak, Opus One, and Stag's Leap Wine Cellars give the list a crowd-pleasing New World backbone without letting it get lazy. The gaps are predictable for a ranch resort: natural wine, domestic Pinot outside California, and anything south of Tuscany are essentially nonexistent. But for a property this remote, the depth here is genuinely impressive.

With 12-20 pours available by the glass, there's enough range to navigate the menu without committing to a bottle — a smart setup given the kitchen's swing from Wagyu Tartare to grilled venison. We'd expect the glass list to pull from the same Old World and California heavy hitters on the bottle list, though rotation details weren't confirmed. Sommeliers Mackenzie King and Montana Rose Busche are on the floor, and that staffing alone should mean the glass program gets proper attention rather than being an afterthought.