Is Vietnamese (Dalat) wine worth trying in Nha Trang, and which one to buy?

In July 2026 travelers bought a Dalat Cabernet for about 395,000 VND: the wine is dry; the first sip was off-putting, but it grew on them.

Another traveler wrote in July 2026 that Dalat wine had been recommended, and that she tried one bottle on the advice of a participant she described as a professional sommelier — to her unpretentious taste it turned out quite good.

In July 2026 a traveler asked whether Vietnamese wine is any good, reasoning that as a former French colony the country might have picked up French winemaking skills. In August one participant defended local wine: in his view it is decent and suits the heat — light, with almost no noticeable tannins, unlike a heavy red such as Malbec.

In July 2026 one participant wrote that she likes a semi-dry Dalat wine priced at about 165,000 VND.

A traveler wrote in June 2026 that she had bought a very tasty dry wine in Dalat itself but had not seen it in Nha Trang. However, at the Festival supermarket in the north of the city she found a white Sauvignon Blanc from the same producer, which also gets good reviews. In her view, the cheapest ordinary Dalat wine hardly deserves to be called wine.

In June 2026 one participant said that, apart from beer, the only local drinks he could recommend were native wines made from semi-dried local grapes.

Participants are sceptical about wine in unlimited-drinks deals. In June 2026 someone wrote that many places pour unlimited draft beer and some rough-tasting wine. In late July another participant warned that the wine in such deals will be local and very poor, and suggested considering buying a bottle separately and paying a corkage fee, if there is one.

In June 2026 a participant warned that dry local wines are almost impossible to find in shops: the black-label bottle turned out to be sweet, the Saigon wine is semi-dry according to the seller, and the white one is semi-sweet.