RFK Rankings · Shanghai
Best Wine Lists in Shanghai 2026
Cellars & sommelier programs · Shanghai · 6 rooms ranked · Updated June 2026
Compiled by the Restaurants for Kings editorial team · Published June 21, 2026 · Updated June 21, 2026 · Reviewed by Fredrik Filipsson, Editor-in-Chief · How we rank · Corrections
Shanghai's best wine list is not a page but a cellar: roughly seven hundred labels behind glass at 8½ Otto e Mezzo Bombana, Italian verticals and Burgundy poured by a sommelier the Michelin guide named its Shanghai Sommelier of the Year. That sets the bar for the city, where the serious wine booking means a deep cellar, a named sommelier and a pairing built course by course rather than a short list and a markup. These six are ranked on the depth of the list, the strength of the sommelier program and how well the pairing carries a meal, from the 700-label Italian houses on the Bund to a steakhouse that holds a Wine Spectator award. Book the room for the cellar as much as the kitchen.
1.8½ Otto e Mezzo Bombana
Roughly 700 labels of Italian verticals and Burgundy poured by Michelin's Shanghai Sommelier of the Year; book it for the deepest cellar in the city.
8½ Otto e Mezzo Bombana holds the deepest serious cellar in Shanghai, around seven hundred labels weighted to Italian verticals, Barolo and Brunello, and a strong run of Burgundy, behind the two-star Italian kitchen on Yuyuan Road in Jing'an. The list was built under F&B director Gian Luca Fusetto, and head sommelier Ervin, promoted to run the floor in late 2024, was named Shanghai Sommelier of the Year by the Michelin guide.
The kitchen sends out the white-truffle and Hokkaido-uni signatures Umberto Bombana made his name on, and the pairing is built course by course from that cellar. Book the tasting with the wine pairing, and let the sommelier walk the Italian verticals against the menu.
Book on the Otto e Mezzo site; request the tasting with the wine pairing.
2.Da Vittorio Shanghai
Seven hundred-plus labels with serious Burgundy depth and a named sommelier team on the Bund; book it for the strongest pairing in the city.
Da Vittorio Shanghai matches Bombana for cellar size, a list of more than seven hundred labels with a Burgundy depth that the city's sommeliers single out, behind the two-star Italian kitchen on the Bund. Head sommelier Emanuele Restelli runs a floor team described as among the best in Shanghai, and the pairing is the point of the room as much as the cooking.
The kitchen runs the family's signatures, the paccheri with three-tomato sauce finished tableside, and the wine pairing carries it across the meal. Premium hotel-dining pricing applies, with the tasting and pairing at the top of the city's range. Book the pairing menu and let the team open the Burgundy.
Book on the Da Vittorio site; request the tasting menu with the pairing.
3.1515 West Chophouse
Six hundred-plus labels across 240 appellations and a Wine Spectator award, run by one of China's best sommeliers; book it for steak and a serious bottle.
1515 West Chophouse holds the city's most decorated steakhouse list, more than six hundred labels across some 240 appellations on the fourth floor of the Jing'an Shangri-La on Shimen Er Road. It has held a Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence for years running, and beverage director and sommelier King Wang, named China's Best Sommelier (Mainland) in 2021, runs a program leaning to steak-friendly New World reds and organic growers.
The kitchen runs dry-aged beef and a raw bar, and the list is built to match the grill rather than a tasting menu. Plan on a serious bottle on top of a steakhouse bill. Book a table, tell the sommelier the cut you are ordering, and let the pairing follow the beef.
Book on the Jing'an Shangri-La site; ask the sommelier to match the cut.
4.Jean-Georges Shanghai
Seven hundred-plus labels of French and American depth on an iPad list, run by a respected head sommelier; book it for the pairing on the Bund.
Jean-Georges Shanghai keeps one of the city's longest lists at Three on the Bund, more than seven hundred labels weighted to France and the United States, browsed on an iPad and poured by head sommelier Fiona Huang, whose program is regularly called one of the best in Shanghai. The room runs three fixed-price degustation menus with pairings built to match.
The kitchen is Jean-Georges Vongerichten's signature French-American, and the wine program is the reason to take the full degustation rather than à la carte. Book a degustation with the pairing, and let the sommelier work the French depth against the menu, with the Bund through the windows.
Book on the Jean-Georges Shanghai site; request a degustation with the pairing.
5.Taian Table
A three-star kitchen with a Champagne-and-German program built by its opening sommelier; book it for a tightly matched pairing over a vast list.
Taian Table is the only three-star room in Shanghai, chef-owner Stefan Stiller's modern European counter in Jing'an, and its wine program trades sheer size for sharp curation. Restaurant manager and sommelier Tendy, on the team since the 2016 opening, runs a distinctive list built on an extensive Duval-Leroy Champagne selection and a deep run of German wines, offered across two pairing tiers.
The eight-course core menu runs around RMB 2,588, with the pairing on top, and the room seats only a few tables a night around the open kitchen. This is the booking for a tightly matched pairing rather than a thousand-label cellar. Book well ahead, take the pairing, and start with the Champagne flight.
Book on the Taian Table site; request the wine pairing with the tasting.
6.Sir Elly's
A serious cellar and glassware program 13 floors over the Bund at The Peninsula; book it for Burgundy and Tokaji with the river view.
Sir Elly's pairs a serious cellar with the best dining view on this list, on the 13th floor of The Peninsula over the Bund and the river. Reimagined as a Northern Italian room, it keeps a sommelier-led program and a glassware setup to match, with bottles the floor team points to running from Puligny-Montrachet to Tokaji, poured against the menu and the rooftop terrace beyond.
The kitchen and the view carry the room, and the wine program is built to suit a long dinner rather than a tasting marathon. Plan on a Peninsula bill. Book a window table near sunset, let the sommelier team steer the bottle, and finish with a glass on the terrace.
Book on The Peninsula site; request a window table and a sommelier pour.
Not for the wine list
Good food, thinner cellar
Mr & Mrs Bund for the cellar. Paul Pairet's brasserie keeps a lively by-the-glass program and a fun late-night list, but it is a food-and-atmosphere room rather than a deep-cellar booking. Go for the modern French cooking and the river view, and choose Bombana or Da Vittorio when the wine list is the reason you are booking.
Morton's as a wine destination. The steakhouse pours a competent list to go with the beef, but it does not run the kind of named sommelier program or cellar depth the rooms above are built on. For steak with a serious list, 1515 West Chophouse holds the Wine Spectator award and the deeper cellar.
How to book Shanghai for the wine
Book the room for the cellar, then tell the sommelier what you want. The deepest lists, Bombana and Da Vittorio, reward a pairing built course by course, so reserve the tasting with the wine flight rather than ordering a single bottle blind. For a specific region, say so when you book: Bombana and Da Vittorio for Italian verticals and Burgundy, Taian Table for Champagne and German wines, 1515 West for New World reds to match a steak.
Match the list to the meal. For the deepest cellar and a named Sommelier of the Year, 8½ Otto e Mezzo Bombana is the booking; for the strongest Burgundy depth and pairing, Da Vittorio; for steak with a Wine Spectator-awarded list, 1515 West Chophouse; for a sharply matched Champagne pairing over a three-star menu, Taian Table. Ask for the sommelier by name and let the pairing lead, since these are the rooms where the wine is the headline.
Frequently asked
Which Shanghai restaurant has the best wine list?
8½ Otto e Mezzo Bombana holds our top spot for the deepest serious cellar in the city, around seven hundred labels of Italian verticals and Burgundy behind the two-star Italian kitchen in Jing'an, poured by head sommelier Ervin, whom the Michelin guide named Shanghai Sommelier of the Year for 2024. Da Vittorio on the Bund matches it for size with a notable Burgundy depth, and Jean-Georges Shanghai keeps a 700-label French-American list.
Where can you find Burgundy and Italian verticals in Shanghai?
The two Italian two-star houses are the booking. 8½ Otto e Mezzo Bombana in Jing'an runs roughly seven hundred labels weighted to Italian verticals, Barolo and Brunello, with a strong Burgundy section, and Da Vittorio on the Bund is singled out by the city's sommeliers for its Burgundy depth across a 700-plus list. Reserve the tasting with the wine pairing at either and ask the sommelier to walk the verticals against the menu.
Does Shanghai have a Wine Spectator award restaurant?
Yes. 1515 West Chophouse, on the fourth floor of the Jing'an Shangri-La, has held a Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence for years running, on a list of more than six hundred labels across some 240 appellations. Its beverage director and sommelier, King Wang, was named China's Best Sommelier (Mainland) in 2021. The program leans to steak-friendly New World reds and organic growers to match the dry-aged beef.
How much is a wine pairing in Shanghai?
It varies widely with the room. At the three-star Taian Table, the eight-course menu runs around RMB 2,588 with the wine pairing offered across two tiers on top, and the deep cellars at Bombana and Da Vittorio price their pairings at the upper end of the city's range. At a steakhouse like 1515 West Chophouse you are more likely to choose a single bottle to match the beef. Tell the sommelier your budget when you book and the pairing can be built to it.
Which Shanghai restaurants have a named sommelier?
The serious wine rooms all run a named program. 8½ Otto e Mezzo Bombana has head sommelier Ervin, Shanghai Sommelier of the Year for 2024; Da Vittorio runs a team under Emanuele Restelli; Jean-Georges Shanghai is led by Fiona Huang; 1515 West Chophouse by King Wang, China's Best Sommelier (Mainland) 2021; and Taian Table by Tendy, on the team since opening. Ask for the sommelier by name when you book and let the pairing lead the meal.
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