A New Natural Wine Bar From a James Beard-Nominated Team Is Uncorked in the North Bay

Neil Bernard Aldridge
2023-05-31T05:45:33-07:00

Oakland’s The Punchdown Natural Wine Bar and Bottle Shop earned a James Beard Nomination in 2022 and now has a new location in Sebastopol.
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by Dianne de Guzman for Eater SF

Although it wasn’t part of the plan, 2022 was a big year for D.C. Looney and Lisa Costa, the couple and owners behind Oakland’s the Punchdown. Not only was their natural wine bar and bottle shop nominated for Outstanding Wine Program by the James Beard Foundation in February 2022, but a move from Oakland to Sebastopol with their newborn at the start of 2022 led to another big event: the opening of their second location of the Punchdown in May, this time at the Barlow market district in their new town.