Design Philosophy
Design Vision
In 2004, after making his first barrel of wine in California with his brother Josh and winemaker David Tate, formerly of Ridge Winery and Barnett Vineyards, Michael Dorf caught the bug: “For a long time I’d been enjoying wine as a fan - drinking it, taking classes, attending wine dinners - but it was not until I actually started participating in the process of working with the grape, turning it into wine, putting it into a bottle, and watching it develop over time, that I really started to understand wine. And when I would give my friends a bottle of wine with my name on it, most would respond by saying: ‘I wanna do that too!’”; It was this experience that led Michael to conceptualize and start working on the City Winery business plan in 2006.
Design Features
Reclaimed Wood
Large wooden columns and beams, along with red brick are features we have sought as they invoke a cross between old world European sensibilities with California wine country. No matter where you are in the facility you should see and feel, if not smell and taste, wine country.
