Image courtesy of City Winery
Part crush pad, restaurant, music venue and private event space, the only thing City Winery is missing is a lot full of vines. First of its kind in NYC, this venue, monstrous in overall scale, not only brings a fantastic selection of winemakers into its doors for events but also a diverse range of musical acts unto its stage. No surprise as its owner is Michael Dorf of Knitting Factory fame. The downstairs private room (pictured above) is adjacent to the cellar and you can scope out the barrels of newly made wine aging steadily through the glassed-in windows. But perhaps my favorite is the idea of a wine tasting in the actual winery amidst steel tanks and that lovable smell of fermenting juice…how fortunate that Murray’s Cheese has set up a cheese bar as well just outside the winery’s doors to make for a perfect pairing.
