New York

Bridge Vineyards

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.

City Winery

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

Henke Winery

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

Urban Wineworks

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).

Hip Chicks Do Wine

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 Winery

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

Revolution Wines

Located behind a hair salon in midtown Sacramento is the first full-production winery to operate inside the city limits since Prohibition.

Los Angeles

San Antonio Winery

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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