The party is not monolithic. By their nature, parties inevitably look different from night to night and generation to generation. But here in his 30 years in the 21st century, American wine bars have become hotbeds of pleasure, fueled in no small part by the growing cultural dominance of natural wines among young drinkers. I don’t think so. Today’s modern wine bar has swept past notions of stuffy and hazy wine appreciation in favor of sipping, swirling, spitting, and dignifying to something more urgent, fun, and sometimes chaotic. I support you.
Just as the party itself is not monolithic, neither is the look and sound of a party wine bar. But you can find some commonalities between them, and the poems they rhyme with. I think,” says Imana, one of the chefs and entrepreneurs behind the acclaimed Oakland restaurant. hello felicia Recently, a San Francisco wine bar slutsThe bar began life as an Oakland pop-up, but now its permanent location is in the former cavernous home of Terroir, one of North America’s first natural wine bars when it opened in 2007. I live Only the physical bar from the previous space while adding beanbag chairs, dancer poles (popular and Active) and a glowing blue neon cheekily reading “Spit or Swallow?”
In a way, Sluts subverts the notion of the traditional nightclub while also functioning as a very good wine bar, fusing these two seemingly disparate versions of bar culture into a cohesive experience. The Sluts are completely jam-packed with smartly selected natural wines, backed by heavy refrigerators with bottles of Camilo Donati Lambrusco, Cellier Saint-Benoit Jura Chardonnay and Flavian Nowac Champagne. increase.
“The goal and vision has always been to keep leveling up,” says Imana. She added, “Gradually adding really cool pieces to the space to make it more and more spectacular. Sluts are pretty random, so I hope you can’t stop looking around.”
At Sluts and other party wine bars, music plays a big role in bringing natural wines and nightlife together. Imana chose to keep the playlist in-house, describing the Sluts’ sound as “old-school rap…and sometimes high school musical, or John Mayer. As random as the bar. ”
Other bars regularly collaborate with DJs to advance the club’s agenda. Located on Sunset Boulevard in LA’s Echo Park district, El Prado boasts one of the country’s best natural wine lists, including Emmanuelle Huggett, champagne Timothy Strobel, Florian Quartet, and other unavailable bottles. , shares a billing par with an eclectic roster of DJs and a staff of bartenders. Armed with an extensive vinyl collection. One night might be Soul Night, the next it might be Suburban Deadheads’ interpretation of drug addiction. (Bar owner Nick Fisher plays Grateful Dead music 24 hours a day for bottles stocked in the walk-in refrigerator.)
On Friday nights, LA’s young and beautiful (in accordance with grand old traditions) spill onto the sidewalks and streets, but the bars are quiet on Wednesdays. DJ Gerald Rory Weaving eclectic world music into lost jazz and electropop. Lollie’s polyphonic approach blurs the genres and boundaries of Bar’s stereo system with his quartet of QSC speakers and turntables by Technics and Audio Technica. Drinking Fisher’s List while listening to DJ Gerard is Elle Her Prado’s bar a unique party format unique to her culture.
“Sluts are pretty random. I hope you can’t stop looking around,” says wine bar owner Imana.
said Victor Martinez, co-owner of Ardor Natural Wines and Nil Wine Bar in Portland, Oregon. Martinez and his small team of collaborators (including natural wine distributors) Chaussé selection) changed Ardor and Nil’s one-two punch. Caviste Model — to Portland’s premier destination for wine parties. It also looks a little different depending on the night. At times, the bar gets downright noisy, the local DJ cadre turns, and dozens of people spill out of Nil’s 300-square-foot shotgun space. The bar is also lively and friendly, bathed in blue and red lighting, euphoriaor a really good comedown room at the party of the previous generation du jourrave reviews.
“I like having different versions of how the bar feels,” says Martinez, and a good sound system (including Klipsch speakers and Marantz amps, plus Catnip for the hi-fi buffs) certainly helps. What’s happening at Sluts and El Prado, Bar Part Time in San Francisco, Nightmoves in Brooklyn, Roving Wine Nightclub Beverangensch— draws directly from the attitudes and social conventions of the winemakers that helped shape the natural wine culture pioneers. le punk rockMartínez says, “We go against fashion, we do it our way, we do what we want, we blend grapes that shouldn’t be blended, we opt out of AOC, we make our wines raw and unhindered. If you run a wine bar, I think that spirit permeates there as well.”
How quickly do we move from cold cheese plates and flight models to something more subversive and counterculture-feeling, possibly Paris-inspired but decidedly American in both rhythm and execution? Thus, America has made its own natural wine bar, blending the concept with existing nightlife to reach completely unexpected destinations. -rivet.
“People aren’t here to make serious tasting notes or see what watches they’re wearing,” says Martinez. “Hey, we’re here and we’re having fun. This is a wine bar. Let’s party.”
