D-Vino & Mövenpick: Wine Bars in Zurich, Review

Diners (strangers) enjoying their dinner and wine

D-Vino is a set of nice little wine bars sprinkled around Zurich. With locations at Limmatplatz (near the Langstrasse), Bahnhofstrasse (near the main station), and Seefeld (near Höschgasse‎ tram stop).  The offer a reasonable list of wines at a cost not unheard of in Zurich. Ranging from 7.50CHF-10CHF depending on the varietal. They have a list of Warm and Cold dishes as well as some Tapas. 

you order your wine and food from the bar, cafeteria style. no table service

source -->  http://www.d-vino.ch

 While there I opted just to sample some Tapas (as the food budget is a little sparse lately). Had some Tapas. The food was prepared quickly (as with most tapas they have it pretty much ready under glass) and brought to me at the bar.

As for wine? I had the following:

• Tempranillo Venta Mazarrón                             Spanien   2009      7.50 CHF
• Amarone Montezovo della Valpolicella DOC    Italien      2009      7.80 CHF

I had never had an Amarone before and was very pleased with this wine. My boss-the more experienced sommelier- said that he too was pleased even impressed with the Amarone. Usually not sold along side affordable wines Amarone is usually priced at the upper end of the wines offered, and rarely by the glass. Having a very unsophisticated palate as I do, I can't tell you much about the wine. It like any amarone has LOTS of fruit, not too "barrique" (not much wood), with the earthy raisinette quality--as the wine his made from grapes that have been dehydrated similar to raisins. However, if not careful you can find batches and vintages where the fruit may have gotten moist intermittently during the drying procss and results in a moldy tasting product.

The Tempranillo was ok, though I won't say remarkable, since by the time I write this post I have fully forgotten about it.

Albondingas (Spanish Meatballs) and Parmesean (nicely chunked behind Hops, not in the meatballs)

Source: http://www.moevenpick-wein.com

Next was the Mövenpick Wein-Bar in the Zurich Center. This wine bar is a little more upscale in decor as one might ex[ect for the neighborhood. But over all the wine prices for some wines was quite reasonable. For example our selection that night 2009 Cabernet-sauvignon, Stony Terrace, Napa Valley was completely reasonable at 33.50 CHF for the bottle. The Wine Bar policy is that they charge only a 7.50 CHF corking fee for ANY bottle they sell. the retail price of this bottle was 25 CHF.

They had a wide selection of bottles, but since there were only two of us drinking we only sampled the one wine. The servers there were excellent for their advice on wine. Our server noted as she poured the bottle, that it seemed a little cool still, and that we would definitely benefit from letting it breath and come up to temp. That it will bloom much more in flavor if we are patient. She was quite right of course and the wine was very nice for less that 40 CHF in Zurich.