When winery and event venue Via Vecchia announced an expanded space at a new location in November, co-owners Michael Elmer and Paolo Rosi said they hoped the space would help revitalize The Fort, as well as the South Side.
Construction is still well underway. The winery is currently booking hard hat tours and tastings in its temporary production space, but already has several events booked for May and June.
Elmer said an important addition to Via Vecchia’s new space is the guest nursing room, which gives every parent access to baby-changing stations. “It’s not required with event spaces, but I think it should be,” he said.
A previous version of this article incorrectly stated the space shown in the fifth picture would be Via Vecchia’s temporary production space. It is actually Via Vecchia’s future production space. Additionally, the door and window shown in photo 7 will be converted into a glass garage door, not a large window, and the event space shown in photo 9 has an overall occupancy of 325 people, not 350. It will have a table-seated occupancy of 225 people.
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