Search 'wine tasting near me' in Williamsburg and most results point to bars that simply pour open bottles by the glass, not to a room where the wine was made a few feet away. Brooklyn Winery, on Guernsey Street near McCarren Park, is one of the few results that use the word literally: it ferments, barrels and bottles on site, then pours flights and tastings in a tasting room built into the same building.
Ask Karpo before booking and get a straight read on whether Brooklyn Winery's tasting room is open for walk-ins that night or filled by a private event, plus which day's hours suit a short visit versus a longer flight.
A tasting room built inside an actual winery
Brooklyn Winery calls itself a modern, working winery with a cozy tasting room, and the current address, 61 Guernsey St, sits off the G train's Nassau Ave stop, next to McCarren Park. That framing matters: rather than stocking bottles from elsewhere, the business ferments and bottles wine on the premises, then serves it by the glass, in flights, or through guided tours.
That production layer separates a visit here from the kind found at most neighborhood wine bars in Williamsburg. A flight comes from wine handled on site rather than delivered by a distributor, which shifts the pitch of the evening from casual social drinking toward something closer to a short, structured look at how the wine got into the glass.
It began as a place to make your own wine
Brooklyn Winery opened in September 2010, founded by Brian Leventhal and John Stires. The original idea was not a tasting room at all: customers came in to make their own wine, working through crushing, barreling, bottling and even label design themselves. The first space occupied what had been Supreme Trading, a former music venue.
The business has since shifted toward a more structured public-facing format: tours, blind-tasting games and paired experiences now stand in for the do-it-yourself production line most visitors would have found in the early years. It also runs as an event venue, including weddings, which makes it a different kind of business than a simple pour-and-go wine bar.
What a flight or tour actually includes
The current offer covers wine by the glass, tastings, flights, tours and light bites, alongside the private event and wedding business. OpenTable's listing puts the price feel at $31 to $50 per person, and an older listing rated it two out of four on a simpler price scale, both pointing to a mid-to-upper range for a casual outing rather than a bargain pour.
No source gave an itemized tasting-menu price, so that $31 to $50 figure is best read as a general per-person range rather than a fixed flight cost. Given the four-day weekly schedule and the event-venue side of the business, a tour or guided tasting is worth arranging ahead rather than assuming a walk-in slot will be free.
- Address: 61 Guernsey St, Brooklyn, NY 11222, next to McCarren Park
- Nearest transit: G train to Nassau Ave
- Open Wednesday through Sunday only; closed Monday and Tuesday
- Not on OpenTable's network — contact the winery directly to book
- Price feel: roughly $31 to $50 per person
- Cards accepted: Amex, Discover, Mastercard, Visa
Four days a week, and worth planning around
Brooklyn Winery's tasting room keeps a tighter schedule than most bars: Wednesday and Thursday from 4 to 9pm, Friday 4 to 10pm, Saturday noon to 10pm, Sunday noon to 7pm, and closed Monday and Tuesday. Saturday's noon opening gives the longest single window, which suits a group wanting an afternoon flight before other evening plans.
Because the venue also hosts private events and weddings, a given evening's tasting-room access can depend on what else is booked that night. A four-day operating week combined with an event-heavy calendar means the room is not always simply open just because the clock says it should be.
Booking runs through the winery, not an app
OpenTable's page for Brooklyn Winery notes that the wine bar sits outside its reservation network, so a table has to be arranged by contacting the winery directly rather than through a third-party booking app. The current site prompts visitors to make a reservation, pointing to a booking process handled in-house.
Given the limited weekly hours and the venue's event calendar, reserving ahead removes the risk of arriving to find a private function filling the tasting room. Payment on site covers the standard major cards, including Amex, Discover, Mastercard and Visa.
McCarren Park frames the walk in
The winery's current location sits next to McCarren Park, reached via the G train's Nassau Ave stop. An earlier listing placed the business on North 8th Street between Driggs Avenue and Roebling Street, deeper into the Williamsburg core; the move toward Guernsey Street puts it closer to the park's edge instead.
That shift changes the walk in and out of a visit. A stroll through McCarren Park's open lawns before or after a tasting gives a natural break from the tasting room's closer, cozier interior, rather than folding straight back into a shop-lined stretch of North 8th Street.
Seating decides how the evening moves
Descriptions of the space point to a bi-level bar up front with reclaimed church pews repurposed as seating, plus a mix of bar seating and booth seating further in. That combination gives a visit two different rhythms depending on where a person or group ends up.
Bar seating suits someone dropping in for a single flight or a glass between other plans, since it is built for shorter, standing-adjacent visits. Booth seating suits a slower sit-down tasting with light bites, which fits the winery's framing of tastings as a paced experience rather than a quick pour.
Practical notes
Brooklyn Winery operates at 61 Guernsey St, Brooklyn, NY 11222, in Williamsburg, next to McCarren Park; the nearest subway is the G train to Nassau Ave. The tasting room keeps limited hours: Wednesday and Thursday from 4 to 9pm, Friday from 4 to 10pm, Saturday from noon to 10pm, and Sunday from noon to 7pm, with the room closed Monday and Tuesday. The wine bar sits outside OpenTable's reservation network, so bookings go through the winery directly rather than a booking app. Expect a per-person cost in the $31 to $50 range for tastings and flights, alongside options for guided tours, light bites, and private events including weddings. Standard major cards are accepted, including Amex, Discover, Mastercard and Visa.
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Ask Karpo first
Ask Karpo whether Brooklyn Winery's tasting room is open to walk-ins on the night you want to go, since the four-day schedule and private-event calendar can close the room without notice. Also ask about current per-person pricing for flights and tours, since only a general range is published.
