Urban Wineries Across America
Oct 10 2007
Wine and the City
New York
Opening in Brooklyn’s Williamsburg neighborhood in late October, Bridge plans to blend and bottle wines it ferments at its winery on the North Fork of Long Island. Next year it will ferment wine on the premises.
The custom winemaking facility, wine bar, and event space plans to open in Manhattan this coming winter.
Seattle
South Seattle Artisan Wineries
Members of the association include O-S Winery, Fall Line Winery, Cadence Winery, and Nota Bene Cellars. All make wine from Washington State grapes and are located just a few minutes south of downtown. O-S Winery appears to have the lead in the ratings game, with high scores from tastemakers like Robert Parker and Wine Spectator.
Cincinnati
Wine is being made all over the U.S., and often in smaller cities throughout the heartland. Eleven-year-old Henke is a big-city player in Ohio.
Portland, Oregon
The Portland tasting room of the Oregon wine country’s Bishop Creek Cellars allows customers to participate in its Start Your Own Winery program, in which clients visit the vines in the country and then crush, ferment, and bottle their wine in the city (custom blends are also produced at the urban winery).
Portland’s other urban winery is located in an industrial area near Reed College and the rail yards, and produces approachable wines with a high degree of irreverence.
San Diego
San Pasquale is the only truly urban member of the San Diego County Vintners Association. It often surprises even the locals that wine is being made throughout the county, and has been since 1791 by the padres at Mission San Diego de Alcala.
Sacramento
Located behind a hair salon in midtown Sacramento is the first full-production winery to operate inside the city limits since Prohibition.
Los Angeles
In continuous operation since 1919, the winery is the last of more than 100 producers that once lined the Los Angeles River Basin, and at 500,000 cases, is one of the largest producers in California and a big supplier of altar wine to churches.
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