Bali Tourism News

Bring your own wine glasses

August 11th, 2008

The best way to enjoy wine outside Jakarta and Bali is to bring your own wine glasses for the type of wine you like, or bring generic ones plus your favorite wine.

Airports in Indonesia may let you carry one bottle (or more if you’re lucky) in your hand luggage. When in doubt, just bring the glasses because chances are the “wine” glasses available locally will be the thick, inelegant “Elegance” variety, water goblets or variations. If you stay in a big city you can usually buy wine at the city’s best hotels. Look for supermarkets such as Gelael, Carrefour or Hero. If you have to stay in a smaller town, buy wine while in the nearest city or at a city airport if there is one.

So, if you are planning on drinking while in Muara Enim, buy wine in Palembang. To enjoy wine in Kuala Kapuas, you can buy wine at Swiss-Belhotel Borneo in Banjarmasin, but the selection was very limited when I was there early this year. If you are not sure whether the nearest big city has facilities selling wine, bring your own. If you are adventurous enough try the local (usually sweet and refreshing) palm wine or if this is not available, become a temporary teetotaler.

– Arif Suryobuwono

Source: The Jakarta Post

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