Louie's Cafe and Wine Bar is a wine bar in Medieval Mile, Kilkenny.
Louie's on Patrick Street is a Parisian-inspired cafe bar with natural wines and small plates in a leather-banquette room near Kilkenny Castle.
Food program: Small plates Thursday through Saturday
Address: 3 Patrick Street, Kilkenny
Rinuccini at The Parade maintains one of Ireland's most serious Italian wine collections, a cellar of 12,000 bottles sourced directly from Italian vineyards.
Signature pour: House Brunello di Montalcino or Barolo by the glass
Wine focus: Italian wines, cellar of over 12,000 bottles
Food: Full Italian dining menu
Campagne's wine list matches its Michelin kitchen, a curated French and European selection chosen by sommelier Brid Hannon for each tasting-menu course.
Signature pour: Sommelier-selected pairing with the tasting menu
Wine focus: Classic French and European fine wine
Food: Full Michelin-starred tasting menu
Zuni on Patrick Street keeps a well-curated wine list with genuine sommelier attention, matching the modern Irish kitchen's seasonal produce course by course.
Signature pour: Seasonal wine pairing with the dinner menu
Wine focus: Modern Irish and European wines
Food: Full modern Irish dining menu
The Grapevine on Rose Inn Street is a long narrow tapas room near Kilkenny Castle, the wine list curated with Le Caveau and weighted toward small Spanish producers.
Signature pour: Spanish reds from the Light, Juicy and Full Opulent style sections, by the glass from approximately €6.65
Wine focus: Spanish and small-producer European wines supplied by Le Caveau, organised by style with bottles from approximately €25
Food: Spanish tapas, paella for two, antipasti boards and bruschetta
Kyteler's Inn on St Kieran's Street is a whiskey bar with over 90 Irish expressions curated by JD Flynn, no Scotch or Bourbon, in a medieval setting.
Signature pour: Kyteler's own-brand single malt Irish whiskey
Wine focus: Irish whiskey, 90+ expressions curated by JD Flynn
Food: Full Irish pub food menu
Arán on Barrack Street keeps a short but considered natural wine list to pair with its award-winning brunch and lunch menu in a genuine farm-bistro setting.
Signature pour: Natural wine from small Irish and European producers
Wine focus: Irish and European natural wines
Food: Seasonal brunch and lunch plates
Rinuccini at The Parade maintains one of Ireland's most serious Italian wine collections, a cellar of 12,000 bottles sourced directly from Italian vineyards.
Signature pour: House Brunello di Montalcino or Barolo by the glass
Wine focus: Italian wines, cellar of over 12,000 bottles
Food: Full Italian dining menu
Campagne's wine list matches its Michelin kitchen, a curated French and European selection chosen by sommelier Brid Hannon for each tasting-menu course.
Signature pour: Sommelier-selected pairing with the tasting menu
Wine focus: Classic French and European fine wine
Food: Full Michelin-starred tasting menu
Zuni on Patrick Street keeps a well-curated wine list with genuine sommelier attention, matching the modern Irish kitchen's seasonal produce course by course.
Signature pour: Seasonal wine pairing with the dinner menu
Wine focus: Modern Irish and European wines
Food: Full modern Irish dining menu
The Grapevine on Rose Inn Street is a long narrow tapas room near Kilkenny Castle, the wine list curated with Le Caveau and weighted toward small Spanish producers.
Signature pour: Spanish reds from the Light, Juicy and Full Opulent style sections, by the glass from approximately €6.65
Wine focus: Spanish and small-producer European wines supplied by Le Caveau, organised by style with bottles from approximately €25
Food: Spanish tapas, paella for two, antipasti boards and bruschetta
Kyteler's Inn on St Kieran's Street is a whiskey bar with over 90 Irish expressions curated by JD Flynn, no Scotch or Bourbon, in a medieval setting.
Signature pour: Kyteler's own-brand single malt Irish whiskey
Wine focus: Irish whiskey, 90+ expressions curated by JD Flynn
Food: Full Irish pub food menu
