Restaurant & Wine Photography for Stem Wine Bar, Portland
Since moving to Portland, I’ve been working with a handful of restaurants to create new photography for them. Whether it be for their new delivery sites, to update social media to show social distanced spaces, or to showcase a new seasonal menu. It’s been a wonderful way to get to know the Portland food scene and an excuse to go to new neighborhoods and experience new restaurants. Stem Wine Bar was no exception. Nestled right into Mississippi Ave and the cute shops and delicious restaurants, was this beautiful wine bar. It was really great to come in a create some fresh wine photography, capturing not just their signature flights and bottles, but within the context of their beautiful space.


Stem Wine Bar opened in February, only to close a month later with the pandemic. As a result, they developed an incredible wine program, delivering their curated list all over the Portland, Oregon area. With their amazing wine service, they were able to keep everybody hydrated until Portland opened for Phase One of reopening. With the reopening, came a need for new wine photography. Both to capture their wines, but also to showcase the atmosphere of the bar.


To say their space is beautiful feels a bit like an understatement. The entire space is so carefully crafted and every corner photogenic. It was a huge treat to spend a couple of days with Stem to photograph some of their wine selections for their website as well as their grand re-opening.





Christine Armbruster is a restaurant and food photographer located in Portland, Oregon. To see more of her restaurant photography, please visit her website.
Stem Wine Bar can be found at 3920 N Mississippi Ave, Portland, OR 97227 and online at https://stemwinebarpdx.com/