by Laura Ness - HerVineNess on August 18, 2010
Opening Day for the new Big Basin Vineyards Tasting Room in downtown Saratoga on Big Basin Way is Thursday, August 19th at 11am. A ribbon cutting ceremony is scheduled for 4pm, followed by a reception at Sent Sovi. The tasting room will remain open til 6pm.

Big Basin Vineyards Tasting Room
14598 Big Basin Way, Suite B
Saratoga, CA 95070
Summer Hours, May – September:
Open 11am-5pm, Thursdays, Sundays and Mondays
Open 11am til 7pm, Fridays & Saturdays
October – April Hours:
Friday-Monday 11am-5pm
Big Basin Vineyards has been producing highly acclaimed Rhone wines since its first vintage in 2003. It was named one of the top 100 wineries in 2008 by Robert Parker Jr., who enthusiastically noted the “Impressive Syrahs.” Wine Spectator Magazine cited Big Basin as one of ten “Promising new producers” of Syrah in California. With the 2006 harvest, proprietor and winemaker Bradley Brown began producing single vineyard Santa Cruz Mountains Pinot Noirs, again, to critical acclaim. The Estate vineyard is located in Boulder Creek, on the way to Big Basin State Park, on the site of a vineyard originally planted in the 1880s. Today, the organically farmed vineyard is planted to Grenache, Syrah and Roussanne. Winemaker Bradley Brown sources premium fruit from select vineyards in Monterey and the Santa Cruz Mountains.
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by Laura Ness - HerVineNess on June 25, 2010
Pinot is the grape goddess that shuns pedestrian techniques of any kind, and demands to be taken to The Ball in a super-stretch limo with Ricardo Montalban-sanctioned Corinthian leather seats. If you’re craving a Pro Am-sized dose of pinot right about now, head north to the 5th annual Pinot Days celebration at Fort Mason in [...]
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by guestblogger on April 30, 2010
As I swirled the wine around inside my mouth and took the first swallow, I turned to owner/winemaker, Bradley Brown, and said, “Wow!” If I was one of those wine writers who wax poetic with strings of words to describe wine, I would do it here, but I’m not one of those wine writers. [...]
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by Cheryl Wolhar - MyVineSpace on April 12, 2010
by Cheryl Wolhar - MyVineSpace on March 1, 2010
I had the opportunity to pour wine out at Big Basin Vineyards on Sunday and had a really great time meeting and chatting with everyone. Everyone that visited us at the winery on Sunday got the chance to try the 09 Lester Family Vineyard Pinot, the 09 Alfaro Family Vineyard Pinot and the 08 Coastview [...]
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