Joseph's Fine Dining

The wine list at Joseph's arrives looking the part — leather-bound, composed, white tablecloth energy all the way. Sixty to a hundred bottles covering Oregon, California, France, and Italy feels appropriate for a room this serious about itself. It's not going to make you gasp, but it's not going to embarrass you either.

Oregon and California do most of the heavy lifting here, with some French and Italian support that keeps things from feeling purely New World. The Cline wines — including the Big Break Zinfandel and Small Berry Mourvèdre — are interesting inclusions, representing Cline's small-production single-vineyard work rather than the mass-market stuff you'd find at a grocery store. Gust shows up prominently with Riesling, Chardonnay, and Pinot Noir, which tells you someone made a deliberate call to lean into a single producer's lineup. The gaps are real though — if you're hunting Burgundy, serious Barolo, or anything from Spain or the Southern Hemisphere, you're coming up empty.

Ten to sixteen options by the glass is a respectable count for Colorado Springs fine dining, and Gust appears to anchor the program here. Rotation seems minimal — this reads more like a set list than a living, breathing by-the-glass program. You'll find something decent; just don't expect much change on your next visit.