How Wine Down Came To Be
We like to drink. We like to have fun. We don’t take ourselves too seriously.
We met while working at a sustainability-focused organization (just a few blocks from Wine Down!). We’d count down the minutes until we could leave the office to grab after-work drinks.
We love drinking wine and beer, but no matter how many places we tried, we never found the right bar for us. We’d consistently find ourselves sacrificing quality, comfort, or our hard-earned dollars, and so were our co-workers and friends. So as an alternative, we started raising money to buy good drinks and snacks and host a weekly office happy hour known as “Wine Down,” to help all of us relax at the end of a long workday. As “Wine Downs” grew in frequency and size—and friends of friends started to attend—we knew there was an opportunity to bring the spirit of our Wine Downs to life in a real bar, outside of the office.
Eventually, discussions about the need for a casual, friendly place to enjoy good wine, beer, and snacks at a good price led to months of research and finally the concept for Wine Down.
We're proud to have built the bar of our dreams in San Francisco. It’s a magical, happy place and we hope you join us soon!
- Sarah & Jaime
Co-Owners, Wine Down
Below you'll find more information about the products that might be in your boxes.
We like to drink. We like to have fun. We don’t take ourselves too seriously.
We met while working at a sustainability-focused organization (just a few blocks from Wine Down!). We’d count down the minutes until we could leave the office to grab after-work drinks.
We love drinking wine and beer, but no matter how many places we tried, we never found the right bar for us. We’d consistently find ourselves sacrificing quality, comfort, or our hard-earned dollars, and so were our co-workers and friends. So as an alternative, we started raising money to buy good drinks and snacks and host a weekly office happy hour known as “Wine Down,” to help all of us relax at the end of a long workday. As “Wine Downs” grew in frequency and size—and friends of friends started to attend—we knew there was an opportunity to bring the spirit of our Wine Downs to life in a real bar, outside of the office.
Eventually, discussions about the need for a casual, friendly place to enjoy good wine, beer, and snacks at a good price led to months of research and finally the concept for Wine Down.
We're proud to have built the bar of our dreams in San Francisco. It’s a magical, happy place and we hope you join us soon!
- Sarah & Jaime
Co-Owners, Wine Down
Below you'll find more information about the products that might be in your boxes.
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Sparkling Rosé
Bodkin Wines (Black co-owner and winemaker), North Coast, CA Canned by Maker Wines (women-owned), Novato, CA Tasting Notes: A bone dry, lightly bubbly Rosé with notes of red fruits, fresh berries, and citrus blossoms. Learn more about this wine. |
Chris Christensen, Co-Owner and Winemaker, Bodkin Wines
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Kendra and Sarah, Co-Founders of Maker Wine
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About Maker Wines: Kendra and Sarah are two kindred spirits and wine lovers who met as classmates at Stanford Business School. Before Maker, Sarah led Food and Beverage marketing at Eventbrite. Kendra worked as a management consultant in healthcare where she loved lifting up the little guys in a complex, regulated industry. Together they became obsessed with building a company that would support premium wine from independent producers — sans the snobbery.
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Red Velvet Cake Pops
La Luna Cupcakes (Latinx woman-owned), San Francisco California About La Luna Cupcakes: Ever since she was a young girl, Elvia loved eating cakes at parties. But, being one of six children, her household rarely ever had sweets. Once she grew up she found many pretty cakes to be overly sweet or other cakes didn't have great decorations. She took pastry and decoration classes, and is now known for her new flavors, innovative decorations, and use of locally grown and fresh products that aren't too sugary, but are very tasty and beautiful. |
Elvia Buendia, Founder of La Luna Cupcakes
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Nuts + Nuts
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Rosemary Maple Sea Salt Almonds
Rosemary Maple Sea Salt Almonds Nuts + Nuts (Asian women-owned), San Mateo, California About Nuts + Nuts: Sisters, Cecielia, Nuning, and Cyrilla grew up in Indonesia snacking on some of the world's best cashews, and decided to launch a business that combined their favorite nuts with local ingredients and methods their grandma used to make her nuts so yummy and addictive. They work directly with family owned farmers and producers. For example, for the maple syrup in the almonds is from a family owned farm in Vermont and the artisanal olive oil and rosemary is from family owned producer in California. |
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Classic Beef Jerky
Two Chicks (women-owned), Petaluma, CA About Two Chicks Jerky: The idea behind Two Chicks Jerky began while founders Shannon and Breelyn started making a variety of homemade goods to take on hikes, road trips, concerts, camping, and everything else in-between. Soon their friends and family started repeatedly requesting more of the jerky and they quickly realized they were on to something. They launched a Kickstarter campaign, got their USDA approval, and started delivering out of their car, one store at a time. |
Shannon and Breelyn, Founders of Two Chicks Jerky
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Lauren Chew, Founder of Love + Chew
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Mocha Chip Superfood Cookie
Love + Chew (Asian woman-owned), Corte Madera, CA About Love + Chew: Founder Lauren Chew began to realize she felt her best after eating plant-based, whole foods and started baking vegan & gluten-free cookies with her stepmom. Love + Chew is based off of those simple, original recipes. Her goal, however, was not only to create a better-for-you treat, but a mission-driven brand. Love + Chew donates a portion of proceeds to Oasis for Girls, a local San Francisco based nonprofit that provides after-school programming and internships for girls that come from marginalized and low-income communities. |
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Sea Salt Popcorn
CC Made (Asian woman-owned), Berkeley, CA About CC Made: Cassandra did not initially pursue a career in caramel making. As a UC Davis graduate with a degree in finance and international relations, Cassandra worked for Bank of America on the foreign exchange trading floor. But “as a currency trader, brokers took us to the most amazing restaurants. It opened up a whole new world for me,” Cassandra Chen recalls. “I realized that, even though my family’s expectation was that I would stay in my successful professional career, it just wasn’t for me.” She started working in pastry kitchens and eventually founded CC Made. |
Cassandra Chen, Founder of CC Made
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