Yesterday's afternoon Xintiandi saw another ribbon-chopping grand opening ¨C VIN - several weeks after Pizza Marzano opened on Huangpi Lu. This ¡®world of fine wine¡¯ is located on the corner of Xingye Lu and Madang Lu, next to Simply Thai - and may well be the new rose blush on Xintiandi's cheeks.

A rather narrow enterprise to say the least, VIN still manages to pack in 350 wine-filled bottles on the ground floor, lined behind glass on two walls of the store. The wine columns represent mainly different regions or varieties, such as the Americas, New World, Bordeaux etc (there¡¯s all but one Chinese wine in the entire shop). To grope the more flamboyant end of the wine yardstick the Petrus ¡¯88 can be yours for 19,990rmb, or if your budget doesn't allow for that you can have a poke around other end with the Baroncourt ¡¯02 for 128rmb. ... head upstairs to VIN's first floor here