Rive Gauche is a wine bar in Medieval Mile, Kilkenny.
Rive Gauche at 2 The Parade is Kilkenny's closest thing to a wine bar, with seasonal Irish plates and a well-chosen European list in a handsome brick room.
Food program: Seasonal Irish sharing plates with French influence
Address: 2 The Parade, 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.
Signature pour: Natural wine of the week by the glass
Wine focus: Natural and European wines by the glass
Food: Small plates Thursday through Saturday
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
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.
Signature pour: Natural wine of the week by the glass
Wine focus: Natural and European wines by the glass
Food: Small plates Thursday through Saturday
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
