Fine Wines

Wines come of age

in India Inc.

fnbworld bureau/New Delhi

Wine culture has finally arrived in India with increasing investments into domestic vineyards and also into the exclusive places to drink wine with verve.

We bring you a list of places that we found doing justice to this growing social activity... Places to drink?

This list comprises restaurants that have been visited by fnbworld.com critics. These are restaurants from Bangalore, Chennai, Gurgaon, Delhi, London, Mumbai and Pune.

BANGALORE I-T.Alia Hotel Restaurant The Park Bangalore, 14/7, Mahatma Gandhi Road, Bangalore, Karnataka Tel: 91-80-2559466

CHENNAI  Hip Asia Hotel Restau

rant Taj Connemara, Binny Road Chennai, Tamil Nadu Tel: 91-44-55000555

GURGAON  Cilantro Hotel Restaurant Trident Hilton Gurgaon, 443 Udyog Vihar, Phase V, Gurgaon Tel: 124-2450505

Coriander Leaf  Restaurant Ground Floor, Vatika Triangle, Sushant Lok I, Gurgaon Tel: 5062121, 5063131

The Fox Restaurant Restaurant First India Place,Sushant Lok, Phase I , Mehrauli-Gurgaon Road, Gurgaon Tel: 95124-2560050-4, 2560056

The Odyssey Restaurant 301,302 3rd Floor, Sahara Mall, MG Road, Gurgaon, Haryana Tel: 95-124-5048031 DELHI

China Garden Restaurant M 73 Market, Greater Kailash II New Delhi Tel: 29223456 Chopsticks Restaurant The Asian Village, Siri Fort, New Delhi

Diva Restaurant M-8A Greater Kailash II, New Delhi 110065 Tel: 91-11-29215673/ 29218522

Ego Obsession Restaurant 4 Community Centre, New Friends Colony, New Delhi Tel: 011-26319107, 26318185

Hookah Med Lounge & Bar Bar & Lounge Basant Lok, PVR Priya Complex, New Delhi Tel: 51663522, 51663544, 9811831831

Lodi the Garden Restaurant Restaurant Lodhi Road, New Delhi Tel: 24655054

Moksha Restro Bar 8 Community Centre, New Friends Colony, New Delhi Tel: 51672777

Nasha - The Addiction Restro Bar Red Coral Restaurant, 426, Ghitorni, MG Road, New Delhi Tel: 26501050/60

Olive Bar and Kitchen Restaurant 6-8 One Style Mile, Kalka Dass Marg, MG Road, New Delhi Tel: 26642552

QBA Restaurant & Bar E-42-43, Inner Circle, Connaught Place, New Delhi Tel: 51512888

Shalom Lounge bar N 18, N Block Market, Greater Kailash I New Delhi Tel: 51632280-83

Thai Wok Restaurant 1091/1 Rooftop Ambavata Complex, Mehrauli, New Delhi Tel: 26644289, 55636101

The Oriental Bloom Restaurant C 309-310 3rd floor, Ansal Plaza, Khel Gaon Marg, New Delhi Tel: 26265444, 26265666

Tonino Restaurant 10 MG Road, Andheri More, Mehruali-Gurgaon Road, New Delhi Tel: 26801588, 26802633

Urban Pind Lounge bar N 4, N Block Market Greater Kailash I, New Delhi Tel: 39515656, 39514646

LONDON Chor Bizarre Restaurant 16 Albemarle Street, London, UK, W1S 4HW Tel: 020 7629 9802

Cinnamon Club Restaurant 30 Great Smith Street, London,UK,SW1P 3BU Tel: 020 7222 2555

Cuisine Collection Restaurant 264 Brompton Road, London,UK,SW3 2AS Tel: 0871 332873

Dalchini Restaurant 147 Arthur Road, Wimbledon Park, London,UK,SW19 8AB Tel:0871 3327727

Deya Restaurant 34 Portman Square, London,UK,W1H 7BY Tel: 0871 0757464

Gaylord Restaurant 79 Mortimer Street, London,UK,W1W 7SQ Tel: 020 7580 3615

La Porte des Indes Restaurant 32 Bryanston Street, London,UK, W1H 7EG Tel: 020 7224 0055

Quilon Restaurant 41 Buckingham Gate, London,UK,SW1E 6AF Tel: 020 7821 1899

Rasoi Restaurant 10 Lincoln Street, London UK, SW3 2TS Tel: 0871 0752813

Sarkhel's Restaurant 199 Replingham Road, London,UK,SW18 5LY Tel: 020 8870

1483 Spice Route Restaurant 18a Thames Street, Windsor, Berkshire, London,UK, SL4 1PL Tel: 0871 4746628

Tamarind Restaurant 20 Queen Street, London,UK,W1J 5PP Tel: 020 7629 3561

Veeraswamy's Restaurant 99-101 Regent Street, London,UK, W1B 4RS Tel: 020 7734 1401

Yauatcha Restaurant 15 Broadwick Street, London,UK,W1F 0DL Tel: 0871 2238066

Zaika Restaurant Kensington High Street, London,UK,8 5NP Tel: 020 7795 6533

MUMBAI: Enoteca Wine Bar Vetro, The Oberoi Mumbai Tel: 91-22-5632-5757

Indigo Restaurant 4 Mandlik Road, Colaba, Mumbai, Maharashtra Tel: 022- 56368999

Mezzo Mezzo Hotel Restaurant JW Marriott Mumbai, Juhu Tara Road, Mumbai,Maharashtra Tel: 91-22-56933000

Olive Bar and Kitchen Restaurant 14 Union Park, Khar West, Mumbai,Maharashtra Tel: 022- 26058228

The Tasting Room (Sula Vineyards) Wine Bar Good Earth, Raghuvanshi Mills, Lower Parel, Mumbai,

Maharashtra Trishna Restaurant 5 Baba Marg, Next to Commerce House, Kala Ghoda Mumbai, Maharashtra Tel: 022-22614991

PUNE:  Athena Restaurant Koregaon Park, Pune , Maharashtra Tel: 020-30586565

Chateau Indage Wine Bar & Restaurant Highway from Pune to Nashik, Taluka Junnar District, Pune - 410504, Maharashtra Tel: 021-32242197

La Brasserie le Meridien Hotel Restaurant Le Meridien Pune, Raja Bahadur Mill Road Pune, Maharashtra Tel: 020-26050505

La Dolce Vita Restaurant Pune, Maharashtra Tel: 020-26145555

The Coffee Shop at  The Taj Blue Diamond Hotel Restaurant Taj Blue Diamond 11 Koregaon Road, Pune, Maharashtra Tel: 020-66-25555