Rock Wall Art & Wine Experience

The greatest thing about attending Rock Wall Winery’s Art & Wine Experience is learning about the existence of Rock Wall Winery. If you make it out there you’ll see what I’m saying. Driving to the place is an adventure: Through a tunnel, past new home tracts, past old military housing, beyond an original deco government administration building, through a wide, ruined parking lot and suddenly you’re there and it looks like you’ve come to the end of the Earth: Huge, old, water-​side airplane hangars with new business inhabitants. Hangar One Vodka is on one end, Rock Wall is on another. Something good and alcoholic is abrew out here. It’s an incredible location/​space.
The event that brought me here cost $ 20 for most folks (less for Rock Wall wine club members or those who purchased a Living Social deal). The $ 20 entrance fee gets you one free glass of wine (otherwise $ 6) and the glass it’s served in along with the musical entertainment that’s happening throughout the space, access to purchase more wine/​flights, a wide variety of food truck offerings, and art/​craft items from about 60 different (meh) vendors. If not for that steep admission fee (which I didn’t have to pay), I’d have added another star to my rating. Most of this stuff can be enjoyed sans admission-​fee at OTG, fairs, and festivals around the Bay Area.
There’s a lot of space to fill here and they made good use of it. Moving from one area to another, the surroundings changed as well as the music. Out on a patio a quirky acoustic band played, near the food trucks and artists a big oompah party band jammed, and inside one hangar on an elevated Devo-​esque platform a conga-​accompanied DJ spun some tunes inspiring imbibers to dance. When taken together — the bayfront, wine, food, and music — a pretty ideal hangout environment was created.
The wine was okay, not epic, but it’s clear these guys can host a fun party. Be on the lookout for future events here. You’ve gotta see that site.
Parent alert: Several little kids were spotted here, enjoying the live music and the vast open space. With the food trucks present, this is a kid-​friendly event.