Brooklyn's 3rd Urban Winery Opening in Red Hook

Subject: Brooklyn's 3rd Urban Winery Opening in Red Hook

Red Hook will be Brooklyn’s Napa Valley
By Mike McLaughlin
The Brooklyn Paper

This Civil War–era warehouse at the foot of Beard Street in Red Hook will soon house a winery ... Brooklyn may never be mentioned in the same breath as such formidable winemaking regions, but for now, borough oenophiles are buzzed about the arrival of a winery in Red Hook.

California winemaker Abe Schoener will crush, ferment, age and bottle New York grapes in a factory on Beard Street, near the Fairway supermarket, starting this summer, the third urban winery to open in Brooklyn since 2005.

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