The wine-bars craze has come to the Japanese provinces and Osaka has a certain number of good wine bars. Osaka people are historically known as merchant people with a pronounced taste for good food. With a tradition of plentyful access to fresh fish (Osaka is a port) and to foreign imported delicacies, Osakans are the epicurian side of Japan. There's a cliché word to describe this passion of Osaka for good food : Kuidaore, litterally "eat oneself bankrupt"... The cliché goes on to say that Tokyo people ruin themselves on fine shoes and Kyoto people on expensive cloths. And what about about Louis Vuitton bags ?...
The place to go to experience this intense local dining culture is Minami (means South), and more precisely Shinsaibashi. In Osaka you have roughly two districts for the night and restaurant pleasures : Minami (South) and Kita (North). In short, the "serious", business-minded district is Kita, this is also where Umeda's high rises, important businesses and large train stations are located. Important businessmen or yakusas will rarely bring their guests to Minami (although for the latter we saw a couple of cars with blackened windows there which could hint that it is changing...) and artists or students will rarely choose Kita for their evening outings. There are also wine bars in Kita, but the price will be also much higher than in Minami.
Source:http://www.wineterroirs.com/page/3/
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