Silver Dollar Bar & Grill
Wyoming Saloon Hiding a Serious Wine Obsession
Town Square · Jackson Hole · Steakhouse · Visit Website ↗
Reviewed April 17, 2026
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First Impression
You walk into what looks like a classic Western saloon — silver dollars embedded in the bar, mounted elk, the whole deal — and then someone hands you a wine list with Slovenian selections and Israeli Kosher bottles sitting next to Napa cult producers. It's a genuine double-take moment. This is not the wine list Jackson Hole told you to expect.
Selection Deep Dive
At 90-plus selections, the Silver Dollar's list covers serious ground that most steakhouses in resort towns wouldn't dare attempt. Blackbird Vineyards gets its own spotlight here — Arriviste Rosé, Dissonance Sauvignon Blanc, Arise, Paramour, Illustration, and Contrarian all make appearances, which tells you the sommelier actually has relationships with producers and isn't just pulling from a distributor catalog. The global reach is real: Slovenia and Israel share real estate with natural, biodynamic, and organic selections, which is a legitimately adventurous curatorial stance for a bar-and-grill in Wyoming. The gaps are hard to identify without a full list in hand, but the breadth alone earns respect.
By the Glass
With an estimated 12 to 18 pours by the glass, there's enough to explore without committing to a bottle — a smart setup for a tourist-heavy town where tables turn and solo diners at the bar are the norm. The Blackbird Vineyards program adds a custom-blend angle through their Wine Down Wednesday events, which is a clever way to activate the glass program beyond standard pours. We'd want to see more rotation transparency on what's actually open on a given night.
Blackbird Vineyards Arriviste Rosé — null
Without confirmed pricing we won't guess a number, but Arriviste Rosé is the approachable entry point into the Blackbird lineup — a serious Napa rosé that punches above its category and gives you a taste of a standout producer without the full bottle commitment of their red blends.
Slovenian wine (house selection)
Most people at a Wyoming steakhouse are reaching for California Cab or a local whiskey. The Slovenian selections on this list are exactly the kind of unexpected find that a knowledgeable sommelier can walk you through — old-world structure, lower alcohol, and a story nobody at your table has heard before.
Blackbird Vineyards Illustration
Illustration is Blackbird's prestige bottling, and at a resort-town markup on top of an already premium price point, you're paying a significant premium over retail. The wine is excellent — the price in this context probably isn't. Save it for a visit to the winery.
Blackbird Vineyards Contrarian + Wyoming Ribeye
Contrarian is a Napa red blend built for exactly this moment — big cut, Western setting, something with enough structure to stand up to a well-marbled ribeye without steamrolling it. It's also the kind of bottle that makes the story of the evening, which fits the Silver Dollar's personality.
🎲 The Bottom Line
The Silver Dollar earns its Wild Card badge honestly — it's a historic Western saloon with a wine program that would feel at home in a serious urban wine bar, and that tension is exactly what makes it worth ordering a bottle. Just go in knowing resort-town pricing applies, and let the sommelier actually guide you.
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