HME.com's dedicated Wine Spy has been out and about again, tasting what's on offer on Dubai's wine lists.
Having had such a good time in The Madinat last month — and with temperatures soaring even higher in August —it seemed to make good sense to try another venue within the Madinat Jumeirah complex.
It’s fairly common practice that an evening out with friends or visiting business associates will end up at the Madinat, as there is such a large choice of venues.
Personally I think that until The Palm development nears completion, or Souk Al Bahar gets finished, this really is the best destination if you’re not sure of what type of food or drink you are after.
But having enjoyed many an evening at Trader Vic’s, I thought we should try somewhere different — and do so from a wine perspective.
I thoroughly enjoyed lunch at The Meat Co a few days earlier, whose excellent steaks were helped by the inclusion of a great value bottle of Casillero del Diablo Merlot from Concha y Toro in the Maipo Valley in Chile, quite close to the beautiful city of Santiago.
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Despite being a large producer of a number of different levels and different varieties, they never fail to deliver a great quality product at reasonable prices.
Following this top experience, I thought it may be worth checking out the Madinat’s Left Bank again — possibly due to the huge amount of radio advertising they have been bombarding us with; with so much food promotion, I assumed they would have a wine list to match.
Prior to this visit, it had been some time since I had been there.
I enjoyed a quick pre-dinner drink a couple of months ago in their new Souk Al Bahar outlet —and as that seemed nothing like the original one in the Madinat, I was intrigued to see if the original one had received an upgrade in décor as well as in their F&B offering.
Popping in from the sunny walkways outside, it took a moment to adjust as it was so dark in the restaurant.
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Aug 10, 2009 , United Arab Emirates
Dear Sir / Madam, I found this article by the Wine Spy somewhat confusing. Both Left Bank sites are specialist cocktail bars and have never professed to be anything else - something the reviewer may want to bear in mind the next time they decide to critique a wine list. That aside there are very ...