You don’t need to leave District 1 to drink your way across the wine world. Within a few walkable blocks from a French-era courtyard to a hidden upstairs bar to a Spanish tapas counter, Saigon has quietly built a wine scene worth taking your time with.

The idea is simple: one glass in each bar, no rushing. Start with an aperitif as the heat drops, move on when your glass is empty, and let the evening carry you from stop to stop. By the last pour you’ll have tasted your way through the whole neighbourhood of old Saigon, new Saigon, and the people who pour for it.

Here’s the crawl, in the order we’d actually walk it, with a line on why we stop at each one.