If you are born with grandparents that take you to their wine yard instead of Disneyland and teach you the right time to harvest grapes instead of BigMacs, then its pretty much clear you wont grow up to become a vivid bear drinker (even though locals might stare at you when mentioning you dont like beer … “BUT you are GERMAN!”).
My 5 favorite places to buy and enjoy a nice wine in Singapore!1. Vinum
Vinum is probably one of the best and most established Wine shops around in Singapore. I only found the shop because they were mentioned in other wine magazines and I have enjoyed getting my German wine from them so far.
Vinum (Details)
Level 3 Unit 20/21 Shaw Centre, 1 Scotts Road S 228208
Mo-Thu: ; Fri-Sun:
2. Wine Garage
Along the River tucked away behind Clarke Quay is the Wine Garage, and as the name already implies they offer a huge range of bottled wines. They host more then 500 different wines in their cellar and if you want to enjoy your wine on the spot, simply take a seat at their restaurant.
Wine Garage (Details)
30 Merchant Road, #01-07 Riverside Point, Singapore 058282
Mon–Thurs: 4pm-12am; Fri,Sat: 4pm-1am; Sunday (Brunch till 4pm):11am-12am
3. Le Vigne
Le Vigne is a local contributer and importer of all kind of wines (and other alcohol) offering wine for one of the best value-price arrangements you will find. The trained personal will be able to recommend you wines just as you desire and they usually have good offers in their shop for buying more then one bottle.
Le Vigne (Details)
38 Holland Grove Rd., Singapore 278810
Mo-Sun: 12:00-18:30
4. Wine Arcade
Wine Arcade is a very cozy little wine shop that is great for its very knowledgeable staff and their range of interesting wines. Its more of a relaxed atmosphere with seating areas outside and inside and you will find more exotic wines here then in the whole seller or importers of large quantities.
Wine Arcade (Details)
16 Mackenzie Road
Mo-Sun: 11am-11pm
5. Grocery Stores In Singapore
The cheapest alternative to specialized wine shops are the local grocery stores. Market Place, Carrefoure and Cold Storage do all offer a huge selection of international wines in their bigger stores.
Especially the outlets around the city center (Suntec / City Hall / Orchard) do have a huge area dedicated to wine and other alcohol, plus, they usually have good offers every week.
However, do not expect any experienced or valuable recommendations by the staff.
Read: The Complete Guide To Grocery Stores In Singapore
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2 Comments for this post
Dec 1, 2009 at 6:48 pm
You should check out Ben’s Foods Saturday staff shop, they have some very good prices on some nice wines. They are a wholesaler, but open to the public from 10:00-12:00 on Saturdays. (http://www.benfoods.com/staff.php?but=6)
Dec 2, 2009 at 11:38 am
Thanks for the wine tips.
Cold storage also offers a 10% discount on all wine (50 $ minimum) if purchased on Friday, Saturday, or Sunday with a platinum American Express Card.
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