Where to drink well in Chiang Mai by the glass and the bottle: natural, classical, and worth the cab fare.
Wine bars in Chiang Mai. natural, classical, and the grower-focused rooms worth the cab fare.
A cellar-and-kitchen off Jed Yod pairing organic, seasonal Thai-leaning plates with a natural-wine list, the city's most serious low-intervention room.
Signature pour: Rotating natural by the glass
Wine focus: Natural and low-intervention wines
A cosy Nimman wine bar with a broad by-the-glass list and small plates, a work-friendly daytime cafe that turns into a relaxed pour bar after dark.
Signature pour: Sommelier flight
Wine focus: Old and new world by the glass
An intimate upstairs wine room near Wat Phra Singh, a quiet Old City perch for boutique old-world bottles and charcuterie above the Samlan Road bustle.
Signature pour: Burgundy by the glass
Wine focus: Boutique old-world wines
A dim wine-and-whisky room off Suthep for slower drinking, pouring old-world reds and single malts to a quieter crowd away from the Nimman clubs.
Signature pour: Old-world reds and single malts
Wine focus: Wine and whisky
A long-running Italian restaurant and wine bar off Nimman with a deep old-world cellar, pairing wood-fired pizza and pasta with Italian bottles by the glass.
Signature pour: Italian reds by the glass
Wine focus: Italian and old-world wines
A relaxed Tha Phae wine bar with a broad by-the-glass list and cheese and charcuterie boards, an easy Old City drinking room before the walking streets.
Signature pour: Rotating glass pours
Wine focus: Old and new world by the glass
The Chiang Mai deli-and-bistro of Thailand's big wine-retail chain, a dependable place for well-priced glasses, cheese boards and bottles to take away.
Signature pour: House wines by the glass
Wine focus: Affordable global wine list