Austin Wine Bar House Wine Reopens in South Austin | Eater Austin

"After closing its original 16-year-old Josephine Street location in late May when the landlord passed away, I learned that the longtime Austin wine bar reopened in Bouldin Creek at 1711 South First Street on Friday, September 27. Founder and owner Kerry White has kept the wine list rooted in the same ethos she established when she opened on Josephine Street in 2008, focusing on small producers using natural, organic, and biodynamic methods—groundbreaking at the time in Austin—and offering global options by the glass or bottle across styles from sparklings and rosés to whites and reds, plus staff-curated wine flights (three two-ounce pours). Non-wine offerings include beers, ciders, wine-based cocktails, nonalcoholic drinks, teas, and coffee. The reopening has brought on several former staffers from the suddenly-closed Aviary Wine & Kitchen, including wine experience manager Blaire Beasley and operations manager Justin Jacobson, and former Aviary chef Zakk Pollard developed a food menu of cheese and charcuterie boards, pizza, snacks, and plates. The new space, a South First house that previously housed the Art for the People Gallery, offers indoor and outdoor dine-in areas, will host wine classes and other events, and celebrated its first day with a reopening party (free glasses of sparkling, food, and other wines); regular hours are 3–11 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and 3–10 p.m. Sunday and Monday." - Nadia Chaudhury