One visit and I'm smitten!
Part highly-curated wine shop and part wine bar, Backline is destination-worthy and is in the ArtEgg Studios building. There's plenty of helpful signage surrounding the warehouse to let you know where to park.
I loved browsing around the beautiful little shop portion, which smells insanely good and is extremely air conditioned (crucial at this time of year... IYKYK). You won't be overwhelmed by the selection of wines, which is nice, but I very much felt there was excellent representation for every region and varietal.
The best part-- that little bar situation! It seems to be in a shipping container that's lovingingly outfitted and cozy and perfect. There were two (rotating, I believe) bubbly by the glass options and very reasonably priced at roughly 9 and 12 dollars a glass. We took our glasses out to the loading doc tables. This was on the day of the art studios being open to the public, just the right amount of people roaming around and enjoying a glass.
Definitely putting this on my list of favorite wine bars, as I appreciate the unique industrial setting and the high attention to detail in their offerings and customer service. read more