What you notice when you first step onto the Mobile Wine Line is that it is loud. There’s the whirr of the equipment that shuttles hundreds of bottles down the line, that drowns out conversations.

In the ambiently lit headquarters of Barrister Winery, towering machines and voluminous storage totes lay behind the brick walls. After harvest, this is where the winemaking process begins. While the ...

Deep green wine bottles whir along in a neat row. They twist and twirl through the mechanical line as if they were practicing a perfectly timed dance. Their audience: safety-goggled college students.