Revolution Wines is coming out of the cellar, so to speak. Sacramento's first urban winery is trading its back-door warehouse location at 2116 P St. for a Midtown corner at 29th and S streets, next to the new Temple coffeehouse. The relocation to 2831 S St. will increase the winery's visibility and allow for the expansion of its wine-tasting and production facilities, said Gina Genshlea and Craig Haarmeyer, managing partners along with Genshlea's husband, Joe Jr. "I think we always knew we'd outgrow that space. That was just a starting point," Gina Genshlea said Tuesday at the new location. Revolution Wines is the only urban winery in the grid. The business started in a garage in 2004

Pop culture has power - enough power to affect the wine industry. In 2004, the feature film Sideways came out, and according to Sonoma filmmaker Rudolf N. McClain, merlot sales in the United States dropped. Of those well-studied in wine statistics, McClain is among them, having just completed his first documentary on merlot in 2008. The dramatic effects of Sideways boil down to one pivotal scene, he explained at the Sacramento premiere screening of Merlove Saturday night. It’s the scene where protagonist Miles Raymond, the oenologist in the film, says, “I’m not drinking any f***ing merlot.” That one statement statistically curbed the sales of merlot, and pinot sales went up by 30 perce