Mural Arts and Mural City Cellars team up for Mural Arts Red Wine

What can you tell us about Mural City Cellars?

Mural City Cellars is Philadelphia’s first urban winery. We make high-quality, fruit-forward, dry wines from fruit sourced within a 300-mile radius of the city. We work with local artists to create artwork for our labels, and a Community Supported Winery (CSW) program to give back to neighborhoods is baked into our business.

How did you come up with the name Mural City Cellars?

This decision was easy! When we moved here, Winemaker Nicholas Ducos was struck by all the beautiful public art in Philadelphia. Since Mural City Cellars is such a locally based business (we don’t even sell our wine outside of the suburbs), we wanted a name for our business that captured the spirit of the city.

How does a collaboration with Mural Arts Philadelphia show an affinity between your company and Mural Arts?

From the early stages of building our business, it was important to us to have a giveback program and be ingrained in our community. We’re proud to have donated more than $10,000 to local nonprofits, with a focus on the arts and neighborhood beautification and engagement, since opening our doors. This collaboration is a continuation of our efforts, and we are excited to explore these creative ways to help our city. Beyond that, it’s a true honor for our young company to work with such an established organization that has an impressive history and impact in our city.

What do you see is the future for your Mural City Cellars?

At almost three years in, we’ve grown Mural City Cellars to the production capacity that we had hoped for. We intend to keep MCC local and relatively small while still being able to make positive changes in our community. We are excited about what’s happening in the Northeastern region and we definitely want to help elevate and grow the PA wine scene.

Where can people buy your products?

Currently, bottles of the Mural Arts Red can be purchased at our Wine Garden at 2211 Frankford Avenue. After October 15, Mural City Cellars will be popping up all over the city until our permanent space at 1831 Frankford Avenue is ready to open. Follow us @muralcitycellars to see all our updates.

Additionally, two stores—the IGA in Fishtown Crossings and Local 44 at 44th and Spruce—are carrying the Mural Arts Red.