At Primrose, a natural wine bar and bistro in Brookland, Covid-19 has brought money problems - but also a closer connection to diners.

Poundstone is a women-run winery honoring the family's multiple generations of Northern California farmers. Poundstone was inspired by proprietor Melody Meckfessel's grandmothers.

Being in a region with a grape-growing history that stretches back to the 18th century, when Franciscans at Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa produced some of California's first wines of distinction, planting wine grapes was a natural choice.