Mountain lodge vibes with a respectable pour
Four Seasons Resort Vail · Vail · American Comfort Food & Cocktail Bar · Visit Website ↗
Reviewed by the RagingWine Tasting Desk · July 28, 2026
RagingWine reviewed The Remedy Bar’s wine list and gave it The Reliable — RagingWine’s Vibe-Check rating. How RagingWine reviews wine lists →
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Walking into the Remedy Bar feels like someone designed a ski lodge for people who also own art. The wine list arrives looking polished — Four Seasons branding will do that — but flip past the cocktails and you're looking at a greatest hits compilation that plays it very, very safe.
The list covers the bases most resort guests want checked: something French and bubbly, something Californian and familiar, something from New Zealand for the Sauvignon Blanc crowd. Flowers Chardonnay and Cristom Pinot Noir are genuinely solid picks that suggest someone with taste was involved. But the presence of Whispering Angel and The Prisoner signals the list is optimized for brand recognition, not discovery. There's no real depth here — no old-world deep cuts, no interesting Italian beyond the Zenato Pinot Grigio, and Argentina shows up with exactly one wine.
Glass pours run $18–$30, which is Four Seasons math and nobody's shocked. The list appears to be all-by-the-glass given the bar format, which is the right call for a lounge environment where people are ordering one or two pours between runs. Rotation and seasonal updates are unclear — this reads more like a permanent fixture than a living program.
Altocedro Malbec — $18
At the low end of the glass price range, Altocedro punches well above its resort-list positioning — it's a serious Mendoza producer making structured, terroir-driven wine, not the fruit-bomb Malbec tourists expect. Order it before they figure out it's underpriced.
Cristom Pinot Noir
Most people at a ski resort bar are reaching for the Prisoner or Whispering Angel because they've seen the label before. Cristom is a Willamette Valley producer making genuinely elegant, Burgundian-leaning Pinot Noir — it's the most interesting red on this list and it'll get ignored by everyone ordering on autopilot.
Whispering Angel Rosé
You're paying Four Seasons markup on top of Whispering Angel's already inflated brand premium. It's a fine wine but you're buying the Instagram label at this point, and the Remedy Bar knows exactly what they're doing putting it on this list.
Flowers Chardonnay + Tuna Huarache
Flowers is a Sonoma Coast Chardonnay — bright acidity, restrained oak, enough texture to stand up to fish. The Tuna Huarache brings richness and some heat, and the wine's cool-climate citrus edge keeps the whole thing from going heavy.
✔️ The Bottom Line
The Remedy Bar is doing exactly what a Four Seasons lounge should do: keeping guests comfortable with familiar bottles in a beautiful room. It's not a destination for wine, but if you're already there with ski boots under the table and a fire going, Cristom Pinot Noir and a plate of beef ribs is a worse evening than exactly zero things.
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