The Punchdown wine bar + bottle shop

06/05/2026

Bringing back some old faves to the kitchen menu beginning today! Including all the boards the BONE MARROW & a new panino w/ Fra'mani salame rosa (smoked mortadella)!!! Thanks for the $$ shot !

05/31/2026

Pouring these natural beauties today while supplies last!!! Chef Manny is making lamb stew, dumplings, & cheesy bread, we're getting ancient tonight bby!!! Special tasting flight + BTG + NO CORKAGE we love you Oakland!!!

05/21/2026

Calling all entrepreneurs... BE OUR NEIGHBOR!!! We want something cool to go in next door, it would make for a perfect retail / book store / café / art space / bar / resto. Let's do it Oakland!!! The landlord is cool, they'll prob give a good rate, it's pretty turnkey. DM us and we'll connect ya! Opportunity knocks!!!!

05/16/2026

May wine club released into the wild!!! This one is a palate-expanding smasher curated for outdoor adventures!!! Featuring the ethereal beauties of Japan & Cali Sign-up link in bio to get in on this one, it's a good one!!!

05/15/2026

3 YEAR BDAY party tonight! Vermouth tasting tomorrow () -

We are excited for our 3 year party tonight, it's shaping up to be a fun one! Please join us tonight in Sebastopol to welcome a very special guest visiting all the way from Piemonte, Italy, Vitoria Bera. We'll do a special tasting of her family's wines and to make this a proper celebration, Jér....

05/14/2026

3 YEAR BDAY party! Popups! -

Who's ready for a glass of wine?!  Tomorrow (Thurs 5/14) in Oakland, we are really excited to welcome back Jin of Fins & Feathers to present a new menu of her Singaporian drinking food! The last one had a great reception and it has been really fun pairing her umami cuisine with some funky inter...

05/07/2026

Persian Food / Duck Rillettes!!! -

The weather should be nice and we're giving out hugs!!! Tomorrow (Friday 5/8) in Oakland, this one is kindof bittersweet as this is Jehan's going away weekend (he's headed to Spain, we're soo jelly!).. so what better way to celebrate than by letting him create that Persian Popup that we've been dr...

05/07/2026

Tomorrow (Friday 5/8)  Oakland, this one is kindof bittersweet as this is Jehan's going away weekend (he's headed to Spain, we're soo jelly!).. so what better way to celebrate than by letting him create that Persian Popup that we've been dreaming up for 10 years: "Straight outta Hormuz!" Check out that menu! We're waiving corkage on bottles to share, and will let Jehan curate a special flight with his own wine, Los Chuchaquis , and probably some Georgian selections. This one will be fun, let's send Jehan off in style!!! He'll also be behind the bar for the last time on Saturday, so if you can't make it tomorrow come by to give him a hug and help us convince him to stay :)

05/01/2026

Thanks for the Uptown Oakland LOVE !!! "Don’t believe the big media alligators out there: Oakland is as vibrant and wonderful for dining as it’s ever been. If you take a few of those behemoths at their word, it’s actually never been a better time." We couldn't agree more!!!