Jacobs on the Mall Wine List is a wine bar in South Mall And Lancaster Quay, Cork.
The bar and wine programme at Jacobs on the Mall, Cork's most architecturally dramatic dining room in the former Turkish baths. The wine list skews serious.
Address: 30A South Mall, Cork
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Wine focus: ['Natural wine', 'Organic wine', 'Biodynamic']
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Wine focus: ['Natural wine', 'Biodynamic', 'Orange wine']
Ranked number one wine venue in Cork by Star Wine List in both 2024 and 2025. Owners Trudy Ahern and Sean Gargano are both restaurant-industry veterans.
Wine focus: ['Natural wine', 'Pet-nat', 'Grower Champagne']
Cork's multi-award-winning cocktail bar with over 20 wines by the glass and a seasonal cocktail menu built on foraged wild Cork ingredients. No citrus used.
Wine focus: ['Natural wine', 'Organic wines', 'Wine and cocktail pairing']
A pharmacy from the 1880s housed in a 1720 building, operating as a chemist for over a century before becoming Cork's most atmospheric wine bar in 2012. The original apothecary.
Wine focus: ['Enomatic wine sampling', 'International wines', 'Late night wine']
Cork's longest-running dedicated wine bar, trading at 126 Oliver Plunkett Street in an intimate candlelit room with retro furniture and small round tables.
Wine focus: ['European wines', 'Tapas pairings', 'Affordable by-the-glass']
