A hand holds a bottle of red wine above the last spot in a case of wine.

Hey hey bottling day went well

#sacramento #wine #urbanwinery

A bunch of wine barrels laid out on a concrete floor. Several tanks & ducts in the background. A pink gas line attached to a wine hose lies across the first couple of barrels

Work view today.

Racking reds for bottling next week:

Last of the '22s (Cab & Tempranillo), some '23s (Syrah & Pinot) & even some '24s (Carignane, Grenache & Sangiovese)

#wine #sacramento #urbanwinery

Bin of purple grapes being lifted by a forklift. Bunch of other bins in the background.

Purple grapes falling into a screw pump.

Light pink juice for rosé gaming from the press into a sump.

Shadow of a person with a hat on a bin of grape stems. Shovel on the right. Destemmer straight ahead.

More #wine content. How boring.

2 wines today, Lodi Syrah for rosé & Barbera from El Dorado.

#winemaking #urbanwinery #sacramento

Refractometer showing 22° brix

22° brix

#wine #winemaking #urbanwinery #sacramento

Three bins of Gewürztraminer grapes sitting between a truck & a wall.

Hey Gewürztraminer, how you doing?

#wine #winemaking #urbanwinery #sacramento

A stack of 3 half-ton picking bins in the back of a white pickup. A green ratchet strap on the bed. Trees & sky in the background.

New bins, who dis? First pick of #harvest2025 is popping off tonight. #winemaking #urbanwinery #sacramento

Vagabond Wines to open largest urban winery in the UK at Canada Water in central London New 6,000-square-foot facility will feature immersive winemaking experiences, create jobs, and support growing interest in English wines

FYI: Vagabond Wines to open largest urban winery in the UK at Canada Water in central London #VagabondWines #UrbanWinery #EnglishWines #CanadaWater #London

Vagabond Wines to open largest urban winery in the UK at Canada Water in central London New 6,000-square-foot facility will feature immersive winemaking experiences, create jobs, and support growing interest in English wines

Vagabond Wines to open largest urban winery in the UK at Canada Water in central London #VagabondWines #UrbanWinery #LondonWines #Winemaking #EnglishWines

A topping gun releases a stream of red wine into an open barrel. The bung sits on the barrel next to the bunghole. More barrels recede into the distance.

View down between 2 stacks of barrels. There is a small hose running between the stacks. A foot rests on a barrel rack at the bottom of the picture.

Up here topping barrels today

#sacramento #winemaking #urbanwinery #wine #winesky

Tape measure descending into a tank of red wine, reflection of head & phone in the wine.

Tank dip

#wine #winesky #winemaking #urbanwinery #sacramento

Tip of a glass barrel thief pulling a sample of wine from a barrel

Thievin'

#wine #winesky #winethief #winemaking #sacramento #urbanwinery

Racking wand & hose coming out of an open wine barrel. A line of six sets of barrels laid out in a warehouse. A stack of barrels in the background.

Racking some baby wines today

#wine #winesky #urbanwinery

Glass of red wine held up in front of a pallet of empty wine bottles in a warehouse

Bottling day tomorrow. Checking in on the wines.

#sacramento #wine #winemaking #urbanwinery #winesky 🍷

THIS FRIDAY
is the first First Friday of 2025!
There’ll be live music at each winery, lots of amazing food vendors and, of course, some seriously great wines.

#wine #urbanwinery #firstfriday #berkeley #berkeleywineblock #gilmanwineblock #gilmandrinksdistrict #gilmandistrict

Grampa #photobomb at the #UrbanWinery ... such a cool spot 5 mins from my brother's! http://instagram.com/p/rxn0HNzCf2/ http://t.co/SD3de4xR5q