Brooklyn as a Wine Region

The NY Daily News ran a great story today about the growing trend of urban wineries popping up in Brooklyn. According to the piece, wineries have been opening up in the budding borough for the past ten years, and they seem to just get better and better. I suppose it's a strange idea to think of fine wine being grown and cultivated in an area synonymous with grit and urban-culture, but the upstart vintners have actually put a reasonable spin on the situation.

It was something Italian-American immigrants did in their basements," said Allie Sharper, owner of a winery in Greenpoint. "There were a few commercial kosher wine producers, but they've moved out of town." She goes on in the article, saying - "New York is a great market to tap, and in my case I'm a resident here and into the culture and art scene. I figured there was no reason I couldn't practice my craft here."