Le Bistro du Dr. Wine
Add: 177 Fumin Lu , near Julu Lu 富民路177號, 近巨鹿路
Tel: 5403-5717
Hours: 5:00pm~2:00am
Price: [wine] 38-55 RMB/glass, 118 RMB and up/bottle [food] 48-88 RMB/pizza
Visited on: Aug 2010
In Shanghai, wine bars have been sprouting up like bamboo shoots after a Spring drizzle, and Dr. Wine is one of the newer addition to the scene. The decor is simple – leather couches, soft wood, warm bricks. The owners supposedly recycled materials from the original lane house to create a retro look for the wine bar. With a nice-looking wine list and classic wine bar menu items like charcuterie and sandwiches, Dr. Wine is ready to please.
If you want to splurge at Dr. Wine, you can. Vincent Landais (one of the owners) is a sommelier who has worked for Daniel Boulud in New York and Alain Ducasse in Paris. He makes sure that you can get a 1982 Chateau Lafite at Dr. Wine as long as you are willing to pay 45,000 RMB for the bottle. Or, for those of us with a thinner wallet, there are bottles starting from 118 RMB.
I’m not a wine connoisseur by any means so I can’t tell you how the bottles at Dr. Wine are compared to offerings from the other wine bars in town, but I did enjoy the conversations with friends amidst the warm, relaxed, and buzzing atmosphere. Since it is conveniently located on Fumin Lu/Julu Lu, I see myself dropping by quite frequently in the future.
Hi Cindy! I like those places that you talk about here! :) How’s it going?
Thanks Christine :) I’m doing well in Shanghai, exploring new places every week so it’s a lot of fun. How’s Atlanta?
Dr Wine is a very nice bar except the new bar tender/manager who is definatly not at the right place in the bar. Not friendly at all, agressive with clients when there is a little mistake on the bill.
The attitude of the bar tender is not professional at all. Don’t really care about keeping clients happy or even ignoring customer requests.
Hi, this is Gloria from oyster house, a new oyster bar in Jingan disctrict (No. 441 Yuyuan rd).Is there any chance you can introduce our bar?