j1mmy
Grape Picker
Posts:24
 | | 05/08/2008 8:29 PM |
| Any recommendations on a place to drink some good wine in Vegas? I know of the wine tower at the Mandalay. Any other collective wisdom? Food availability not a pre-requisite!
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gotapex
Grape Picker
Posts:8
| | 05/08/2008 10:56 PM |
| Lotus of Siam is always a good place:
http://www.saipinchutima.com/ | | | |
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tanglenet
Oakland, California
Wine Bottler
Posts:3018
| | 05/08/2008 11:25 PM |
| You didn't specify buying or bringing.
The Wine Bar at the Rio used to be a nice place. However, the last time I was there, they allowed cigar smoking 
Ditto with the cigars at Napoleon's Champagne Bar, Paris Hotel and Casino.
Pinot Brasserie at the Venetian has no corkage. Food isn't that special. But if you drink a lot of wine, you don't care 
There is a wine bar at 55 Degrees Wine at Mandalay, but they weren't serving anything of interest when I was there.
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Winetex
Austin, Texas
Master of Wine
Posts:10570
| | 05/09/2008 8:05 AM |
| J1immy - There is a pretty good recent thread about Vegas in the Travel and Dining section. Enjoy your trip as there is lots to do. I'm going there in July.
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Al HooKoo
Las Vegas, NV
Barrel Filler
Posts:1336
| | 05/09/2008 11:09 AM |
| J1immy,
As a local, there is no place on the strip I go to just to drink wine. Any place on the strip/casino related place is going to have a huge mark up on their wine prices. Whenever we dine out, we usually BYOB.
There are places off the strip, such as Lotus of Siam and Marche Bacchus that have a good selection of wines at resonable prices.
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ChillyWino
Barrel Racker
Posts:1671
| | 05/09/2008 11:35 AM |
| Posted By Al HooKoo on 05/09/2008 11:09 AM
J1immy,
As a local, there is no place on the strip I go to just to drink wine. Any place on the strip/casino related place is going to have a huge mark up on their wine prices. Whenever we dine out, we usually BYOB.
There are places off the strip, such as Lotus of Siam and Marche Bacchus that have a good selection of wines at resonable prices.
I'm usually in Vegas a couple times a year and LOS and marche Bacchus are two of my favorite spots. Hit up Marche Bacchus for lunch (and some wine shopping) and LOS for dinner.
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j1mmy
Grape Picker
Posts:24
| | 05/09/2008 1:20 PM |
| Thanks all, really appreciate it! Very familiar with the deadly markup so this information is very helpful. Thanks for the link in the other thread! Don't often go in that forum. I'll report back if I run into anything new.
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Rothko
Palm Beach
Wine Thief
Posts:2849
| | 05/09/2008 3:44 PM |
| | Going to Vegas in June for 3 nights. Winetex, thanks for that link - it was most helpful. | | | |
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Al HooKoo
Las Vegas, NV
Barrel Filler
Posts:1336
| | 05/12/2008 5:35 PM |
| Our local food critic, who I have found to be reliable and accurate has a new website.
http://www.eatinglv.com/
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