Welcome to City Winery and our first issue of Notes
--a publication that will try to capture and articulate some of the various flavors of our unique business.
New York City's first fully operational winery is suffused with both the aromatic notes from fermenting grapes and the vibrancy of live music in our intimate concert space. We are a place where one can sit and enjoy great wine from a handblown Riedel glass, immersed in the ambience of a beautiful 300-capacity room, enjoying some of the greatest musicians in the world. Already in less than a year, we have hosted artists as diverse as Philip Glass, Patti Smith, Rufus Wainwright, David Byrne, Suzanne Vega, and Ingrid Michaelson. We are the first serious music venue built inside a real winery smack-dab in the middle of Manhattan.
We are also bringing the rock stars of the wine world together in a way not previously seen
in New York. We have had public dinners and classes with Christian Moueix, esteemed
winemaker of Dominus and Chateau Petrus; classes taught by Kevin Zraly of Windows on
the World; and dinners with Daniel Jonas of Daniel, Jean Luc Le Dû, and many others. Our biweekly cheese classes with our partner, Murray's Cheese, are almost always sold out, every time. Our facility has hosted private wine tastings, large trade-association events with producers from Argentina to Napa, and individual distributor meetings and luminaries in food and wine publishing. We are a wonderful facility for private corporate parties, weddings, bar or bat mitzvahs, and special events. From a Tribeca Film Festival awards night with Robert
De Niro to a gala fundraiser for Mayor Bloomberg, we have hosted some very cool events.
But beyond the music and events, we also make world-class wine, handcrafted to perfectly
express both the urban terroir of New York City and the terroir of California, Oregon, New York State, and wherever we find the best grapes. There is so much activity going on at City Winery, you really do need Notes to take it all in. And visit us online at www.citywinery.com, always the best place to get the most up-to-date information.
Thank you for reading this far, enjoy the guide, and we'll see you soon.
Michael Dorf
Founder & CEO
