Wine Mechanics can host meetings, conferences, company parties and private dinners for groups from a handful of people up to 180 seated or 300 standing guests. The venue is an urban winery in the Slakthuset area of Gamlestaden, Gothenburg, where the tanks and barrels sit in the same building as the restaurant and wine bar.
Seminars and company events
The winery sells meeting and conference hire on its own events page. It describes the offer as flexible rooms for small workshops as well as larger conferences, for groups of twenty, three hundred or anything in between. The team arranges the technical equipment, food, wine and coffee, so an organiser chooses the room and the format and the venue handles the rest.
Typical uses named on the site are management days, conferences, industry meetings and company celebrations. A private wine tasting can close the day for groups that want one. Basic sound and lighting systems are available in the rooms.
Weddings and receptions
The venue also takes private events. Its events page mentions weddings, staff parties and other celebrations, and invites organisers to call or write with the date and number of guests. Because the site rents the winery as a working space, couples and hosts should expect steel tanks and oak barrels as the backdrop rather than a classic ballroom.
Rooms and capacities
Four options are listed for conferences:
The Tasting Loft is a separate conference room overlooking the wine barrels, for up to 22 people. The restaurant and wine bar is a flexible room next to the winery with space for up to 100 seated guests. The winery itself, in the middle of wine production among tanks and barrels, takes up to 60 people in cinema-style seating. Booking the whole site, meaning the winery, the restaurant and the Tasting Loft, gives room for up to 180 seated or 300 standing guests.
Catering
Food is served by the in-house restaurant and wine bar. The kitchen cooks wine-friendly dishes inspired by the Gothenburg fish harbor, French brasseries, oyster bars and street food, using local seasonal produce when possible. For a conference the venue proposes breakfast, lunch, coffee breaks and a wine dinner. The wines are made on site from grapes sourced at European vineyards, and organic and vegan wines are part of the range.
History and setting
Wine Mechanics presents itself as the first urban winery in the Nordic countries. It sits in the old Slakthuset district of Gamlestaden, a few minutes from the center of Gothenburg. Besides conferences, the winery runs public tastings on Saturdays, wine trips and an annual block party in the area.
Getting there
The address is Lilla Waterloogatan 15, 415 02 Göteborg. From Centralen, tram lines 4, 7, 9 and 11 reach the Gamlestads Torg stop in about six minutes, according to the venue.
To plan an event, state the date, the number of guests and the format you need, and the venue will propose a room and a menu.
