Alpino Vino Wine Bar
Guests at a deck table at Alpino Vino with wine, beer, charcuterie and panini, snow-covered pines behind, 11,966 feet above Telluride

Daily 11am–3pm · Ski-in · No reservations

Ski-In Lunch at Alpino Vino, Telluride

Alpino Vino serves ski-in Italian Alpine lunch daily from 11am to 3pm, at 11,966 feet on Gold Hill above Mountain Village, Colorado. There are no reservations — ride Gold Hill Express (Lift 14), ski down See Forever, and put your name down at the door.

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The menu

The Alpino Vino Lunch Menu: Pasta, Panini and Antipasti

Italian Alpine: handmade pasta, panini, antipasti and salads, plus wine by the glass. Lunch is à la carte and first come, first served — no reservations, and a waitlist once the tables fill.

You will be in ski boots and so will everyone else. The room is small, the fire is lit, and the deck outside faces the Wilson Range.

The cellar is open at lunch too. The same list that runs the dinner pairings — Italian and American producers, with particular depth in Brunello and Barolo — is poured by the glass and the bottle on the deck or beside the fire.

The Alpino Vino signature grilled cheese on Parmesan sourdough with basil pesto and roasted tomatoes, served with organic tomato-Gorgonzola soup Insalata Caprese at Alpino Vino: buffalo mozzarella with house-made basil pesto, oven-roasted tomatoes and toasted pine nuts The Alpino Vino antipasto board of cured meats, Italian cheeses, breadsticks, rosemary crisps and truffle honey

Primi

Antipasto$45

A selection of fine cheeses and cured meats, fresh bread, assorted nuts, extra virgin olive oil, truffle honey, stone ground mustard, rosemary crisps — serves two

Antipasto side accompaniments$9 ea

Gigandes white beans · marcona almonds and paprika oil · grilled marinated artichoke hearts · garlic and herb marinated Tuscan olives

Organic Tomato-Gorgonzola Soup$16

Fresh bread, extra virgin olive oil

Insalata Caprese$18

Buffalo mozzarella, house-made basil pesto, oven-roasted tomatoes, toasted pine nuts

Insalata Alpino$16

Italian greens, blue cheese, walnuts, craisins, raspberry balsamic vinaigrette

Panzanella$16

Heirloom tomatoes, red onion, cucumber, caper, olive, ciabatta, red wine vinaigrette

Arancini$26

Panko-crusted fried risotto stuffed with herbed fontina, lardons, arrabbiata

Panini

All panini are served with your choice of Organic Tomato-Gorgonzola Soup or Insalata Alpino. Add prosciutto, salami or turkey $8 each; add lobster or Wagyu $10 each.

Alpino Vino Signature Grilled Cheese$32

Parmesan sourdough, double-cream Colorado cheese, basil pesto, roasted tomatoes, arugula

Wagyu Panino$34

Grilled Snake River Farms Wagyu beef, Robiola Bosina, aioli, crispy onion

Prosciutto e Mozzarella Panino$32

Prosciutto di Parma, buffalo mozzarella, olive tapenade

Veggie Panino$30

White bean spread, cucumber, roasted peppers, heirloom tomato, avocado, arugula, balsamic

Pasta

Papardelle Bolognese$35

House-made pasta, Angus beef Bolognese

Cavatelli Lobster Cream$35

Maine lobster, citrus-garlic crema

Fettuccini Carbonara$35

Egg-cream, pecorino, lardons

There is a $6 charge for split plates. Major food allergens are used as ingredients throughout the menu, including milk, egg, fish, crustacean shellfish, tree nuts, peanuts, wheat, soy and sesame — please speak to staff before ordering.

Menu and prices are from the current 2025–26 winter menu and change through the season.

A server carrying a board of cured meats, Italian cheeses, honey and mustard out to the sunlit deck at Alpino Vino, Telluride

Cheese and cured meats, carried out to the deck

The signature

The Signature Grilled Cheese and Tomato-Gorgonzola Soup

It is a grilled cheese sandwich, and it is the most talked-about dish on the mountain. Parmesan sourdough, double-cream Colorado cheese, basil pesto, with tomato soup alongside.

Ordinary on paper. The point is where you eat it — at 11,966 feet, on a deck in the sun, with the Wilson Range in front of you and your skis in the rack.

Getting a table

Lunch Seating, Hours and the Waitlist

Ski over early and put your name down. There are no reservations at lunch and it is a single small dining room, so the waitlist starts early on a good day.

Wine service runs on past the kitchen close, so an unhurried table on the deck is part of the appeal rather than an accident. The deck runs to an outdoor wine bar seating around fifty, so there is more room outside than the dining room alone suggests.Pending confirmation

There is no dress code. Lunch guests ski in and eat in their gear, boots and all — the room is a mountain hütte at midday, not a dining room you change for.

Lunch service
Daily, 11am–3pm
Winter season only
Last seating
2:45pm
Kitchen closes
3:00pm
Wine served until
3:30pm
The full deck at Alpino Vino in falling snow, skis racked outside the hütte on Gold Hill, Telluride Ski Resort

When the deck fills

Guests eating lunch on the deck at Alpino Vino with the snow-covered Wilson Range filling the view behind, 11,966 feet above Telluride

The Wilson Range from the table

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Common questions

Ski-In Lunch at Alpino Vino: Common Questions

Does Alpino Vino take lunch reservations?

No. Lunch is first come, first served, with a waitlist once the seats fill.

What is the signature dish at Alpino Vino?

The grilled cheese and tomato soup — Parmesan sourdough, double-cream Colorado cheese and basil pesto. It is the dish that appears most often in independent reviews.

Can you eat outside at Alpino Vino?

Yes. There is a multi-tiered deck in European teak with sheepskin throws and daybeds, looking out at the Wilson Range.

What is on the current lunch menu, and what does it cost?

Antipasti, salads and arancini from $16, panini from $30 with soup or salad included, and house-made pasta at $35. The full 2025–26 menu is listed above.

What time does lunch service start and finish?

Lunch runs daily from 11am to 3pm through the winter season. The last seating is at 2:45pm and the kitchen closes at 3pm, but wine service continues until 3:30pm.