Mitchell & Son, one of Ireland’s best-known wine merchants, is to open a new 1,300 square foot retail outlet at the chq building in Dublin’s Docklands. The shop is currently being fitted out and will open on Monday 13 October.

Established in 1805, Mitchell & Son Wine Merchants recently celebrated 200 successful years in business. The family business imports and distributes fine wines from all over the world. Mitchell’s has operated at its premises at 21 Kildare Street since 1886 and also has wine shops in Glasthule and Rathfarnham. The move to the chq building follows the sale of its Kildare Street premises to the Shelbourne Hotel.

It is an appropriate coincidence that Mitchell & Son should be opening in the chq building which was formerly a bonded warehouse after it was built in 1820. Given that Mitchell’s is Ireland’s longest-established wine merchant, it is almost certain that some of its imports from the early years would have spent some time in the chq building.

The chq building (formerly known as Stack A), located in the heart of Dublin’s Docklands, overlooking the River Liffey, was built in 1820 as a wine and tobacco warehouse. The then Stack A was made famous when it hosted the Crimean War Banquet in 1856, celebrating the return of 3,000 Irish soldiers.