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Uncorking the Urban Wine Scene Jim Mirowski, Co-founder and Owner, Treasure Island Wines Derek Rohlffs, Proprietor and Winemaker, Bravium Wines Sasha Verhage, Winemaker and Proprietor, Eno Wines Kathryn Cohen, Proprietor, Stomping Girl Wines Ryan Flinn, Reporter, Bloomberg News; Wine Reviewer — Moderator Move over, Napa and Sonoma. Wine producing is making a huge shift from rural wineries to urban producers. For the past five years, wine has been making its way downtown, ditching Napa and taking root in the East Bay. Urban winemakers in Oakland and San Francisco source their fruit from the best vineyards in California and around the globe, turning the grapes into world-class juice in their metropolitan facilities. Not being tied to the land gives these urban artisans the freedom to experiment, producing small batches of lovingly crafted wines that are original, local and affordable. Drink up and indulge your inner oenophile and locavore as our panel of wine wizards explores this growing urban trend.