With a dance floor and stage set up, the room can accommodate 300 guests. Like elsewhere throughout the property, authentic equipment once used onsite has been reinvented into table bases and rustic decor. Closer to the river, a ceremony space has been carved out of the woods for more intimate outdoor nuptials.īack inside, head through a vintage wooden door into the Falls Room-a breathtaking mix of old and new that now hosts private parties and public events. The flowers and produce are all already being used in cocktails and cuisine, but the grapes will need a little more time to mature before they’re harvested. Concerts on the lawn are an experience: Guests are set up on a naturally sloped amphitheater facing the large stone stage, within sight of a fenced-in bounty of grapevines, herbs, vegetables, and flowers tended by City Winery staff. The courtyard is the place to be on Tropical Tuesdays, which features drink specials and tropical tunes, and is also a great intimate wedding space.Ī long, low building next to the patio and courtyard is the distillery, the former dye-works building that now boasts an outdoor wine bar and pizza oven to serve visitors attending Concerts in the Vineyard on the Great Lawn. Steps down from the patio lead to a courtyard with a manmade water feature. The showpiece of the patio is the iconic brick smokestack, two sides of which now house fireplaces for outdoor ambiance in the cooler months. Reservations and walk-ins are both accepted.
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With a 75-seat capacity, the patio is a favorite spot for happy hours (Monday-Friday, 4-6pm) and Wine Down Wednesdays, a popular weekly series featuring local performers from 5pm to 7pm. To the left of the bar, a door leads out to a tiered bluestone patio overlooking the 26-acre property. City Winery serves a dozen wines on tap and offers customizable four-glass wine flights. Wine barrel lids frame a series of taps against a chalkboard wall behind the bar. Next to it, wine bottles-some of them are City Winery’s own, and some are Proprietor’s Reserve from other producers-wait in a tall, climate-controlled glass case.
Later this month, a U-shaped tasting bar will open in that space.Ī floor-to-ceiling, double-sided, rustic stone fireplace dominates the space between the bar and the main dining room. A retail wine area facing the bar offers eponymous merchandise such as apparel, bags, and travel tumblers.
Sepia-toned, hundred-year-old images of the former mill operation hang on the walls. Barrel staves form the handles on several doors as well as being a focal point in an overhead chandelier in the entrance to the main bar and barrel room. The sprawling property and its brick buildings are truly stunning. City Winery Hudson Valley still displays original hanks of yarn amid vintage looms and other factory equipment throughout the space. Originally built as a grist mill in 1813, the factory’s operations changed to wool production in the late 1880s, and yarn continued to be produced there until the late 1990s. The City Winery’s Michael Dorf already had several successful locations under his belt when he set his eyes on the former Montgomery Mills complex on the Wallkill River in the town of Montgomery, Orange County. In the two years since it opened amid the century-old buildings of a former cotton mill and knitting factory, City Winery Hudson Valley has become a welcome destination for intimate dinners, vibrant happy hours, weekend shows, elegant weddings, and great wines.
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