Comments on: Sacramento’s Urban Winery http://sacrag.com/2007/10/sacramento%e2%80%99s-urban-winery/ Sacramento News, Gossip & Snark Wed, 3 Dec 2008 20:00:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: basuraman http://sacrag.com/2007/10/sacramento%e2%80%99s-urban-winery/#comment-26227 basuraman Thu, 11 Oct 2007 14:04:04 +0000 http://sacrag.com/2007/10/sacramento%e2%80%99s-urban-winery/#comment-26227 As long as they do not come from urban grapes. As long as they do not come from urban grapes.

]]> By: sac-eats http://sacrag.com/2007/10/sacramento%e2%80%99s-urban-winery/#comment-26175 sac-eats Wed, 10 Oct 2007 17:43:30 +0000 http://sacrag.com/2007/10/sacramento%e2%80%99s-urban-winery/#comment-26175 Ah, wburg, you are, as always, a breath of fresh air. Thoughtful, lucid, polite and you know how to use "they're" and "their" correctly in a sentence. Ah, wburg, you are, as always, a breath of fresh air. Thoughtful, lucid, polite and you know how to use “they’re” and “their” correctly in a sentence.

]]> By: wburg http://sacrag.com/2007/10/sacramento%e2%80%99s-urban-winery/#comment-26174 wburg Wed, 10 Oct 2007 17:11:36 +0000 http://sacrag.com/2007/10/sacramento%e2%80%99s-urban-winery/#comment-26174 Actually, Sacramento used to have several wineries, in the same neighborhood as Revolution Wines. Portuguese immigrant Manuel Nevis founded two wineries on either side of 21st Street and R (California and Pioneer Wineries) and another at 18th and P (Eagle Winery.) There were also wineries founded by local Italian Americans in the central city. Not to mention that homemade wine was common in many Sacramento immigrant communities: according to a fellow I interviewed who grew up in midtown, much of the area smelled like rotting grapes in the fall because so many people made their own homemade wine and threw the grape skins in the garden to compost. One thing about Revolution Wines is that it is a production facility, not a wine bar: they have a small tasting room only. They're nice guys, and their presence definitely adds to the neighborhood, as long as you're okay with the occasional smell of grape skins. Actually, Sacramento used to have several wineries, in the same neighborhood as Revolution Wines. Portuguese immigrant Manuel Nevis founded two wineries on either side of 21st Street and R (California and Pioneer Wineries) and another at 18th and P (Eagle Winery.) There were also wineries founded by local Italian Americans in the central city. Not to mention that homemade wine was common in many Sacramento immigrant communities: according to a fellow I interviewed who grew up in midtown, much of the area smelled like rotting grapes in the fall because so many people made their own homemade wine and threw the grape skins in the garden to compost.

One thing about Revolution Wines is that it is a production facility, not a wine bar: they have a small tasting room only. They’re nice guys, and their presence definitely adds to the neighborhood, as long as you’re okay with the occasional smell of grape skins.

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