Fine fare at the king of Dublin wine bars
Ely Wine Bar
22 Ely Place, Dublin 2
01-6768986, elywinebar.ie
Chef: Ryan Stringer
Twenty years ago, when Erik and Michelle Robson opened Ely just off St Stephen’s Green in Dublin city centre, I was 24 and had very, very cheap tastes when it came to wine.
So did my then flatmate, handily, and one or the other of us would regularly pick up “a bottle of that Spanish stuff, you know, the Compo ...