800 Feet Up, Wine List Holds Its Own
Las Vegas Strip · Las Vegas · Seafood, Steakhouse · Visit Website ↗
Updated June 2026
Reviewed by the RagingWine Tasting Desk · April 17, 2026
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The wine list arrives and it feels exactly like the room — elevated, polished, and built for people who aren't flinching at check totals. Five hundred to seven hundred selections anchored by California, Champagne, and Italy, with Wine Spectator's Award of Excellence sitting on this list since 2003. You're not here for a bargain hunt, but there's real substance behind the spectacle.
The California backbone is the strongest part of this list — Caymus, Silver Oak, Jordan, Far Niente, Opus One, and Duckhorn all show up, hitting the crowd-pleasing hits a Las Vegas power-dinner crowd expects. Italy punches above its weight with Tignanello and Sassicaia, which signals someone in the building actually cares about what goes beyond the Napa zip code. Champagne is well-stocked with both Veuve Clicquot and Louis Roederer Cristal on the card, which makes sense when your dining room is spinning above the Strip and half your tables are celebrating something. The gaps are in the Old World depth beyond Italy — if you're hunting Burgundy or the Rhône, you may be disappointed.
Twenty to thirty-five pours by the glass is a strong program for a rotating revolving-room dinner spot, and having named producers like Duckhorn and Jordan available by the glass means you're not stuck drinking anonymous house pours. We'd want to see more rotation and a few curveballs in the glass lineup, but for a Strip restaurant at this altitude — literally — it gets the job done.
Jordan Vineyard & Winery Cabernet Sauvignon — $90–$120
Jordan is one of the more honestly-priced bottles on a list that otherwise tilts toward trophy pricing. It's approachable, food-friendly with that ribeye, and doesn't ask you to take out a second mortgage the way Opus One does.
Antinori Tignanello
Most tables here are reaching for Napa Cab, which means Tignanello — a Super Tuscan that can go toe-to-toe with any of the California heavyweights — often gets overlooked. It's a more interesting bottle and tends to be relatively better-priced than the Napa prestige names on this list.
Louis Roederer Cristal Champagne
Cristal is a legitimately great wine that gets a legitimately savage markup in Las Vegas venues like this. You're paying a significant premium for the bottle's status in this environment — Veuve Clicquot gets you to the same celebration for a fraction of the tab.
Far Niente Chardonnay + Roasted Australian Lobster Tail
Far Niente's Chardonnay has the richness and oak structure to hold up to a butter-forward lobster preparation without getting steamrolled by it. It's one of the cleaner matches on the entire list.
✔️ The Bottom Line
Top of the World is a special-occasion restaurant with a wine list that mostly earns its place — real producers, knowledgeable staff, and a room that makes any bottle taste better. Just go in clear-eyed about Strip-level pricing and steer toward Italy or Jordan to keep the night from becoming a financial event.
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Crowd Pleasers
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Knowledgeable & Friendly
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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Solid Range
Steep
Varietal Specific
Knowledgeable & Friendly
Set & Forget
Proper
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Solid Range
Steal
Basic Stemmed
Knowledgeable & Friendly
Active Program
Proper
Las Vegas Strip · Las Vegas · Italian
Caramella is a better wine stop than its lounge-y Strip pedigree would suggest — the Italian selections alone make it worth a serious look. The Thursday half-price night is the real unlock; that's when this list goes from steep to genuinely exciting.
Solid Range
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Occasional
Acceptable
The Strip · Las Vegas · Spanish
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Small but Thoughtful
Steep
Varietal Specific
Knowledgeable & Friendly
Set & Forget
Proper
The Strip · Las Vegas · Japanese
Wakuda isn't a wine destination in the way a dedicated wine bar is, but it's doing something genuinely interesting — pairing a focused, high-quality California-and-Burgundy list with Japanese cuisine that actually rewards that combination. If you're eating here, drink the wine; Luis Guillen knows what he's doing.
Solid Range
Steep
Varietal Specific
Knowledgeable & Friendly
Set & Forget
Proper
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Queensview earns its Wine Spectator badge by doing the California steakhouse formula well — the setting is legitimately stunning, the list is reliable, and the Daou is a genuine steal in this context. Just don't come expecting anything that'll surprise you.
Crowd Pleasers
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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Kalani's wine program is exactly what it should be: polished, California-centric, and dependable for a mountain resort fine dining crowd. No fireworks, but you'll eat and drink well — just go in with eyes open on pricing.
Crowd Pleasers
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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Plateau is the kind of place that surprises you — a polished wine program with two named sommeliers, genuine Pacific Northwest depth, and cult producers you don't expect to find east of the Cascades. If you're passing through Pendleton, this is absolutely worth a stop for the wine alone.
Solid Range
Fair
Basic Stemmed
Knowledgeable & Friendly
Set & Forget
Proper
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