Photo courtesy of Cork Wine Bar & Market. “We used reclaimed oak from a local cast-iron pipe company on the ceilings to connect to wine barrels and a concrete bar top that mimics one of our favorite fermentation vessels.” Cork Wine Bar & Market designed by local firm Gronning Architects in Washington D.C.
“It’s such a nice space to work and play,” he says. “We have a large book collection and encourage people to come and sit on benches in our windows and read up.” Between the rugs, wood tables, and presence of Monty, McKee’s dog, “it really feels like you’re at someone’s home that happens to have a lot of booze,” McKee adds.īrandon Loper, the co-owner of Golden Age Wine in Mountain Brook, Alabama, outside of Birmingham, also desired a transporting vibe to complement the James Beard-nominated shop and wine bar’s minimal intervention wines, and tapped his wife Amanda, a principal at the local office of David Baker Architects, to elicit one. “The space is big with a lot of light, which is quite different from the shoebox stores you see frequently in New York City,” she says. Beyond selling bottles, the goal for the team at Fiasco! was to “serve as a beacon in the community,” says Mix, and the design reflects that.
