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Fattoria earns its Wine Spectator credential — this is the real deal for Italian wine in the mountains, and the Barolo and Brunello selections alone make it worth a detour off the slopes. Markups are ski-town reality, but the quality of what's on offer makes it easier to forgive.

Hooked is a reliably solid wine stop in a town where the bar is set low and the prices are set high — it clears both hurdles with the French selections doing the heavy lifting. Send a friend here if they want something more than a house pour with their oysters; just steer them away from the red wine instinct.

Wyld earns its Best of Award of Excellence badge — this is a genuinely serious list operating at altitude, both literally and figuratively. The markup stings and there's no sommelier on staff to guide you through it, but if you know what you're looking at, this list rewards the curious and the committed.