This wine bar, describing itself as a wine service (they do deliveries) situated in a charming 1930s building is a pleasant recent addition to Shanghai’s growing wine drinking scene. Wines by the glass are precisely measured so the regular 100mls in a “Universal Tasting Glass” barely makes an impression. But add another at Happy Hour and they’ll give you a third, so it gradually adds up. The wine we chose, a New Zealand Pino Gris, was served perfectly chilled. But at RMB 59 a glass, you’re paying RMB 118 for a decent measure. It’s a nice place, well worth popping in for a look, but it seems to be on the road to nowhere in particular. A larger measure and a more abstemious price might go a long way towards building this new enterprise a fan base.

527 Shaanxi Bei Lu, near Xinzha Lu. Tel: 6255 3218