(GWHatchet) - For your next “Wine Wednesday,” you could pick up some bottles from Trader Joe’s or go straight to the source with a trip to District Winery.

District Winery is the city’s first urban winery, housing every part of the winemaking process from crushing grapes to bottling the product. The 17,000-square-foot space opened last week on the Southeast waterfront at 385 Water St. SE.

The winery includes a private event space, an outdoor terrace that looks onto the Anacostia River, a restaurant and a bridal suite with barrels and bottling equipment visible throughout the modern glass paneled space. A collection of portraits of each president – shown in vibrant colors and styles along the back wall of the restaurant – adds a fun and welcoming vibe to the elegant space.

“The winery is a glass jewel box within a glass jewel box,” co-founder Brian Leventhal said. “It’s all about seeing it and feeling like you can touch it, make it palpable and not making anything behind closed walls.”