For Wine Lovers & Urban Explorers
Wine is being made in the heart of the city
A new generation of winemakers is transforming warehouses, rooftops and cellars into places of craft, culture and community — right in the middle of the urban landscape.
Urban Wine
The knowledge magazine for urban winemaking
Urban Wine documents the global movement of winemaking in cities — from the craft and culture to the people and places behind it. Whether you’re curious, passionate or already making wine yourself, this is your guide.
Urban wineries documented worldwide
Terms in the lexicon
Cities with an active urban wine scene
Founded · grounded in academic research
Urban wineries are not just places of production — they are places of experience, community and a new relationship between city dwellers and the culture of wine.
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What you’ll find on urbanwine.org
What is an urban winery?
The definition, the history, and what sets a city winery apart from its rural counterpart.
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Winemaking in the city
From sourcing grapes to bottling — how the craft adapts to urban constraints.
Explore the process →
Wine & society
Urban wineries as cultural spaces, third places and neighbourhood anchors.
Discover the culture →
Wineries worldwide
Profiles of urban wine producers from London to Tokyo, Brussels to New York.
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Urban wine as a business
Costs, licences and what it really takes to start an urban winery from scratch.
Learn the basics →
Community
Connect with urban winemakers, share your story, find events near you.
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Lexicon
650 terms. Every word you need to understand urban winemaking.
From malolactic fermentation to macération carbonique — defined clearly, without jargon.
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