Wine reviews of The Empress Riesling and Independent

Two brave David’s to talk about this week — David Whelehan of Whelehan’s Wines which opened in December in the old Silver Tassie pub in Loughlinstown on the N11; and Dave Gallgher of Green Man Wines in Terenure which opened last month.

You may know David WHelan from his time as TV3 Ireland AM’s resident wine correspondent. Dave Gallgher is known to most of us from his time as manager of Fallon & Byrne Wine Bar in Dublin.

Green Man Wines is as much a wine bar as wine shop with an attractive space at the rear where food is served from Wednesday to Saturday — mainly meat and cheese platters.