Check out the San Francisco Chronicle’s review of Downtown Wine on August 20, 2010

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/08/20/TR6L1EOQC5.DTL

It feels like it took a long while to finally get these tangible, but they are. We’re really excited about our new line of Downtown Wine wear. Come into the tasting room and check them out. If you can’t, we can ship them to you, with wine too if you like. They’re each $20 and come in a lot of different men’s and women’s sizes. The colors are pretty close to what you see here. 

The “Drink Like One” is a reincarnation of a t-shirt that was created for the Hobo Wine Company a few years ago by Lily Amirpour, a friend and artist of ours who lives and makes films in Los Angeles. It won’t be long before you know who she is on your own. The Shirt also has the Downtown Wine logo in the nape of the back of the shirt. The men’s version is on a maroon shirt with pink instead of yellow accents.

 

The “Whaleboat” was created for Downtown Wine by Josh (AKA Rowdy) Rautenberg. He is a local Santa Rosa kid now living in San Francisco and working as a designer. It has been fun to watch his design skills improve during the years we have been working with him and this shirt is really beautiful and creative. Downtown Wine logo in the nape.

 

 

 

Casey Dillon of Bronze Creative in San Francisco created this shirt for Branham Estate Wines. This exact skull hangs from the fence of the Branham Rockpile Vineyard. Casey’s skills can also be seen on a lot of wine labels including, but not limited to Planet Hobo, The Guardian, Shayne Kline Wines, Sandler Wines, Kutch Wines, Small Vines, and AP Vin. The Branham Estate Wines logo is printed on the back Nape

 

 

 

 

Another design created by Casey Dillon for The Hobo Wine Company. Real hobo symbols with the following meanings in order from left to right, top to bottom; Good people live here, Good place for a hand out, May get money here, You can sleep in the hayloft, Two women live here, tell a good story, There is alcohol in this town, and Don’t give up.

 

 

 

 

The Folk Machine motorcycle was whipped up by our old friend and roommate from the San Francisco days, Neal Johnson, who now lives in San Diego. Neal is one of the most gifted artists that I have seen work. When he gets going, the art takes over. Nowadays, he works as a freelance artist and catches waves more than I do. 

 

 

 

Moncho is a new friend. He is from Mexico City, but now lives in Santa Rosa. His home is decorated with Mexican wrestling masks so this shirt was no surprise when he handed it over. Simply put, it is awesome. Totally catches the Folk Machine vibe that anything goes. The Folk Machine logo is printed on the back nape. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Our ever-faithful and dedicated artist, Landon Dowlen who just recently relocated to Portland, Oregon busted out the “Hobo Explosion.” This shirt has received the most discussion and I don’t have the explanations. I am optimistically thinking of the explosion as the economy and the Hobo is walking away unscathed. The Hobo logo is printed on the back nape.