฿฿฿฿Wine barBangkok
Eat Me in Bangkok's Silom has run modern eclectic plates and an Asia's 50 Best wine-list since 1998, the gallery-walled room from Tim Butler.
TipWine list runs to 30 pages; ask the sommelier to point at the bold New World section if you like Shiraz and Malbec.
฿฿฿฿Wine barBangkok
Wine I Do in Bangkok's Charoen Krung 36 is the natural-wine cellar from Tarn Sungwarn, set inside a converted shophouse with a Spanish-influenced tapas menu.
TipClosed Tuesdays. Walk-in only most nights, the back room is the chef's-table option for a sharing menu.
฿฿฿฿Wine barBangkok
Vivin Grocery in Bangkok's Sukhumvit 49/9 is a French-chosen wine bar and retail cellar with cheese counter, Burgundy by the glass and bottles-to-go pricing.
TipClosed Sundays. Retail-corkage 200 baht on any bottle from the shop; the cheese boards travel home well too.
฿฿฿฿Wine barSantithamChiang Mai
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.
฿฿฿฿Wine barKataPhuket
The Boathouse Restaurant on Kata Beach in Phuket pairs a wine cellar praised by Wine Spectator with a beachfront menu of southern Thai and Western dishes.
TipThe wine list runs to over 150 labels; the degustation menu comes with a matched wine for each course, served at tables above the sand.
฿฿฿฿Wine barThalangPhuket
Vero Trattoria & Wine Bar sits above Naithon Beach at Pullman Phuket Arcadia, where the house sommelier pairs an extensive list with regional Italian plates.
฿฿฿฿Wine barBangkok
Italthai Cellar at Amari Bangkok in Ratchathewi is the hotel's fourth-floor wine room with a selected by-the-glass program and pairing menus.
TipReservations through Amari's dining line; daytime visits are quieter for tasting flights. Pairing menu is the move when the kitchen is on full service.
฿฿฿฿Wine barNimmanChiang Mai
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.
฿฿฿฿Wine barBang TaoPhuket
Wine and Taste on Lagoon Road in Cherngtalay, Phuket, sells Old and New World bottles at wine-shop prices, with truffle camembert and sashimi to pair.
TipA 10% service charge applies to drinking in; buy a bottle to take away instead and it is priced like a wine shop, not a restaurant.
฿฿฿฿Wine barOld CityChiang Mai
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.
฿฿฿฿Wine barNimmanChiang Mai
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.
฿฿฿฿Wine barNimmanChiang Mai
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.
฿฿฿฿Wine barChang KhlanChiang Mai
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.
฿฿฿฿Wine barBangkok
Wine Connection Tapas Bar in Bangkok's Asoke is the value-priced wine retailer and tapas chain with branches across the city, the casual everyday.
TipBring-your-own corkage policy 200 baht. Pizza and tapas combos run weekday lunches and weekday afternoon happy hours.
฿฿฿฿Wine barWat KetChiang Mai
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.
฿฿฿฿Wine barWichitPhuket
Wine Connection Deli & Bistro at Central Festival Phuket is the mall's branch of the Thai wine chain, its imported list poured beside deli plates.