Great Views, Grocery Store Wine List
Snow King / East Jackson · Jackson Hole · American / Gastropub · Visit Website ↗
Reviewed May 19, 2026
Wingman Metrics
The mountain lodge setting is genuinely great — Snow King views, a sprawling deck, and a lively après-ski buzz that makes you want to order a bottle immediately. Then you see the list and that feeling evaporates fast. What you've got is a greatest-hits reel of grocery store staples dressed up at resort prices.
The 30-ish bottle list reads like a Total Wine endcap: Kendall-Jackson Chardonnay, Meiomi Pinot Noir, Decoy Cabernet, Santa Margherita Pinot Grigio, La Marca Prosecco. These are fine wines — they sell by the truckload for a reason — but they're not what you drive through Wyoming mountain passes hoping to find. There's a nod toward the Pacific Northwest with Elk Cove Pinot Gris from Willamette, which is the lone bright spot in terms of actual producer quality. Beyond that, the list offers no Old World depth, no regional curiosity, and nothing that would prompt a second look.
Ten to fifteen pours by the glass sounds generous until you realize the markup math is brutal — we're talking 500-700% over retail, which is extraordinary even by resort-town standards. A $12 glass of Montelliana Prosecco that retails as a full bottle for roughly the same price should give everyone pause. The Elk Cove Pinot Gris at $13 is the most defensible pour on this menu, which tells you everything.
Elk Cove Pinot Gris (Willamette Valley) — $13/glass
Elk Cove is a legit Willamette producer making serious Pinot Gris, and at $13 it's the only pour on this list where the quality in the glass approaches what you're paying. In a sea of brand-name filler, this one actually has terroir behind it.
William Knuttel Sauvignon Blanc (Sonoma County)
Most people at Haydens Post will default to the Meiomi or the Decoy, but Knuttel's Sonoma Sauvignon Blanc is a smaller-production wine with real personality — citrus-driven and herbal in a way the rest of this list isn't. It's still marked up aggressively, but it's at least something worth talking about.
Montelliana Prosecco NV
Twelve dollars for a glass of a $12 retail bottle of Prosecco is a clean 600% markup, and Montelliana is entry-level bubbly at best. If you need bubbles, this isn't where to spend your money.
Elk Cove Pinot Gris (Willamette Valley) + Chicken Fried Eggs Benedict
The Pinot Gris has enough acidity to cut through the richness of hollandaise and crispy chicken, and its stone fruit character plays well against the savory egg situation. It's the one pairing on this list we'd actually recommend with a straight face.
❌ The Bottom Line
Haydens Post is a genuinely fun spot with good food, a killer deck, and the kind of mountain energy that makes you want to linger — but the wine list is strictly functional, overpriced, and clearly an afterthought. Order a cocktail or ask your server to point you to the Elk Cove and leave it at that.
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