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Convivial, culinarily sound, And cultured in Wine: Praelum is The perfect wine bar

Casual wine bars are a confounding enigma to the masses. Primed by a deep-rooted perception of wine culture, it’s hard for the layperson to fathom wine as an ordinary indulgence. Most struggle to perceive wine as an unsolemn niche within the greater gourmet sphere — at least until being introduced to the Duxton gem, Praelum Wine Bistro.

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A Lavish Wine Soiree Showcasing Gems of Tuscany Curated by Angra Wine & Spirit Singapore

Despite being less familiar with my wines than spirits and cocktails, I couldn’t pass up on an invitation to appreciate this collection of Gems of Tuscany curated by Angra Wine & Spirit, one of Singapore’s eminent wine importers. Alcohol is alcohol, after all — my eternal best friend.

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Duxton’s Kumi Den Elegantly simplifies the unpretentious wine bar archetype even further

It’s 2023 and Singapore’s wine bars have almost completely divorced themselves from the deep-rooted public perception — one of punctilious, snobbish inaccessibility. However, the new Kumi Den at Duxton might signify yet another paradigm shift for the casual wine bars of Singapore

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geek out on an extensive curation loaded into Vin Geek’s Ingenious Wine Dispenser

There’s an image that has been attributed to wine bars over the decades. It’s one that’s stuffy, it’s inaccessible, and it’s opulent. But there’s currently a renewed struggle to escape from that culture as more and more new concepts like Vin Geek are joining in to fight the good fight.

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LouLou is Casual French Dining Done Affordably and Done Beautifully 

The general perception of French cuisine is one of opulence and class, and one of Haute Cuisine. The French culinary canon transcends these misattributed confines — homely food is just as integral to the French as they are to the Italians. Amongst a wave of casual French dining restaurants popping up all over Singapore, LouLou is perhaps one of the most underrated.

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Juice’s Intimate Loft Hosts Singapore’s Best Casual, Unpretentious Wine Bar Experience

You feel like you’re at a house party. The vivid tint of technicolour lights, the communal table where strangers strike up rapports across invisible dividers between their seats, the small, cosy balcony lushly populated with greens and rattan — JUICE is a wine bar that feels wonderfully homely. Continue reading “JUICE”

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KInou is a quaint Restaurant at Keong Saik DigGing into Basque Cuisine’s French Roots

[Update: Kinou has closed.] An utterance of “Basque food” to the average Singaporean would probably elicit a response of “oh, creamy molten burnt cheesecake right?”  And then get showered in quizzical stares as you go on about the culture-rich Basque regions of Spain and perhaps even more eyebrows raised when you dive into its Southern France territory, and that’s Kinou’s prime directive — a conduit to the magnificent flavours of the region.

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Club Street Wine Room is Andrew Walsh’s Whimsical Take on Bougie Wine Bars

Singapore has been graced by an inundation of wine bars, as countless groovy, cutting-edge concepts streamed in. Eventually, even Michelin-Starred chefs joined the fray — like fusion maestro Rishi Naleendran’s Fool Wine Bar and Andrew Walsh‘s Club Street Wine Room.

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Modern Bak Chor Mee Twist & Craft Beer For Good Luck

After establishing itself as one of the best bars for craft beer-fuelled shindigs, the iconic Good Luck Beer House at Haji Lane was met with the unfortunate challenge of shedding the emblematic fixtures and beer-focused concept for a facelift last year.

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