Louis Wine Ltd
Louis Wine Ltd., Toronto based specialists in Antique Silver, Antique Jewellery and Decorative Arts, is a fourth generation family business managed by Richard Wine, Until opening in Canada in 1982, the firm was based in Ireland. The Wine family's roots in Ireland go back to 1879 when Solomon Wine, Richard's great-great grand-father, and Louis Wine, the founder of the Company emigrated from Russian held Lithuania. Louis Wine (1865-1946) founded the Company in 1880. Louis Wine began catering to collectors in Dublin from a shop in historic Wellington Quay. Later in 1908, he took over an existing location in Dublin's fashionable Grafton Street and renamed it Louis Wine Ltd. To the firm, came the world’s leading silver collectors seeking advice and additions to their collections.
The firm became a legend in Ireland on Grafton Street until 1981, when the growing international nature of the business, coupled with the family's optimism about our future in North America led us to relocate to Toronto. The gallery is now located on Toronto's prestigious Yorkville.
