Teton Views Can't Rescue This List
North of Town · Jackson Hole · American Grill · Visit Website ↗
Reviewed May 26, 2026
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The Tetons are doing a lot of heavy lifting here. You open the wine list expecting something that matches the scenery and instead find a roster of grocery-store staples priced like they were flown in by private jet. It's the kind of list that exists because the kitchen needs something to sell with the ribeye, not because anyone cared about building it.
The list leans almost entirely on approachable California brands — Sonoma-Cutrer, Ramey, Line 39 — with a token nod to France via Cave de Lugny and Italy via Kris Pinot Grigio. Capitello shows up twice on the by-the-glass whites, which suggests either genuine enthusiasm for the brand or someone just padded the list. There's no real depth here: no Burgundy, no Willamette Valley Pinot Noir, no Rhône, nothing that would make a wine-curious diner lean in. It's a greatest-hits album from 2009.
At least seven whites are available by the glass in the $13–$16 range, which sounds reasonable until you run the math and realize you're paying the equivalent of a full bottle retail for a single pour of Line 39. The glass selection skews heavily white, and there's no evidence of any rotation or seasonal thinking. What you see today is almost certainly what you saw last season.
Ramey Chardonnay — $16/glass
At $40 retail, Ramey is the only wine on this list where the markup doesn't make your eyes water. It's a serious Sonoma Chardonnay — restrained oak, real texture — and at $16 a glass it's actually the closest thing to a fair deal here. In a list full of mediocrity, this one earns its spot.
Cave de Lugny Chardonnay
Most people will skip past it because it's French and unfamiliar, and order the Sonoma-Cutrer on autopilot. Don't. Cave de Lugny is a solid Mâcon-Villages co-op Chardonnay — lighter, mineral, less fruit-bomby than the California options — and it's a more interesting glass than anything else at this price point.
Line 39
A $9 retail bottle served at $14 a glass. That's a 678% markup on a wine that lives in the bottom shelf of every Kroger in America. There is no universe in which this is the right call when Ramey is sitting right there on the same list for two dollars more.
Ramey Chardonnay + Fish Special
The kitchen runs fish specials that are likely your best bet on the menu, and Ramey's Sonoma Chardonnay — with enough acidity to cut through butter and enough body to stand up to something grilled — is the one glass on this list built for that job.
❌ The Bottom Line
North Grille is a perfectly pleasant place to eat a steak and watch the sun drop behind the Tetons, but the wine program is an afterthought dressed up with a markup. Order the Ramey, enjoy the view, and don't expect anything more.
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