Lupa - The Wolf and the Vine
Sommelier India|Summer 2023
Lupa - Manu Chandra's Tuscan inspired restaurant in Bangalore is a wine lover's dream-come-true
Ruma Singh
Lupa - The Wolf and the Vine

Ever since its wrought iron gates swung open on 6 February this year, all eyes have been on Manu Chandra’s new Tuscan-flavoured 220-seater restaurant, Lupa. It’s been two years in the making, but the chef and his business partner, Chetan Rampal, have finally created ‘a little bit of Tuscany’ in the heart of Bangalore.

It is not his food offerings alone that draw people to Chandra’s restaurants. With his storied background of education and experience with the best restaurants in the West, he has generated curiosity about his next steps after quitting as chef-partner of Olive Beach in 2021. At Olive, his carefully curated wine list was artfully divided into sections based on style and mood rather than the more common regional divisions. It made selection easier, put diners at ease, and wine sales soared.

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