Host Your Private Event with Big Basin Vineyards

Our Downtown Santa Cruz Tasting Room is conveniently located walking distance to wharf and hotels- perfect for holiday parties, family get togethers, corporate events, anniversaries, and more!

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Vineyards

Mountaintop Farming

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Wines

Inspired by Nature

We believe that each minimal-intervention bottling should emphatically and clearly express the characteristics of each vintage, vineyard and varietal.

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A Family Winery on a Historic Site

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Wine Club

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Our Wine Club members enjoy special events, priority allocations, and exclusive access to our limited-edition releases. Regardless of Club level, members receive price discounts, complimentary tastings at our Tasting Room, and more benefits.

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Musings

Looking at the 2020 Vintage

The story of the Estate vineyard began in 1998 when I first discovered this property that would be Big Basin Vineyards. My passion for Syrah and feeling that it would be ideally suited to these steep hillsides of the coastal Santa Cruz Mountains compelled me to make it our starting point. With help from Rhone Ranger John Alban as our viticultural consultant, I began the process of discovery to begin creating the palette of varietals (colors) that would form the basis of our Estate wines.

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Growth From Ashes

April 2021 This has probably been one of the harder pieces I have had to write. With the wild fires coming on top of the pandemic, survival has taken on an entirely new meaning that permeates our daily existence. That said, we made it through the fires without anyone getting hurt, so we count ourselves […]

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Roussanne clusters on vine

The Evolution of the Winemaker’s Palate and the Estate Vineyard’s Palette

The story of the Estate vineyard began in 1998 when I first discovered this property that would be Big Basin Vineyards. My passion for Syrah and feeling that it would be ideally suited to these steep hillsides of the coastal Santa Cruz Mountains compelled me to make it our starting point. With help from Rhone Ranger John Alban as our viticultural consultant, I began the process of discovery to begin creating the palette of varietals (colors) that would form the basis of our Estate wines.

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Events

Sip & Sun Weekend

Enjoy a Tapas style dinner with the new Summer Release wines!

Mark your calendars for July 12 & 13 and come visit us in Santa Cruz for our first Summer Release preview weekend. Come enjoy a Tapas Style dinner while enjoying entertainment we have planned and tasting the new releases. Additionally, throughout the entire release preview period (July 9-20), we will be offering you $10 off any order of Empanadas or Pinsa Flatbread Pizzas with a glass of wine – just be sure to ask your server for the Sip and Sun special! We hope to see you there!

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Paint & Sip With Sarah Orre

Join us for a special afternoon with local artist Sarah Orre. No painting experience needed.

Taste three wines and receive a complimentary glass of wine to sip while you paint.

Create community, Learn to paint, Enjoy some wine, Make new friends, Do something new, Get creative, Lose yourself in the day, RELAX

“This is super fun— I was surprised, as I’m not a painter— that I enjoyed the process and painted a nice painting… Sarah led us through every step, and my girlfriends and I had a fun, creative afternoon, tasted some wines and even took a special bottle home to share with my husband! I’ll be sure to take the next one”
~ Randie Silverstein

Food and additional wines are available for purchase.

$ 65 pp (gratuity not included)

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Grizzly Grenache Vertical Tasting

Grizzly Grenache Vertical Tasting

Come experience a tasting of ten different vintages of the Grizzly Grenache with Founder Bradley Brown

Embark on a sensory journey through ten vintages of our Estate Grizzly Grenache in a  vertical tasting from 2009 to 2019 with our Founder, Bradley Brown.

This first ever Grizzly vertical tasting represents a rare opportunity to taste through nearly every vintage of Grizzly Grenache we have produced – an event that might only happen once every few years. The library wines in this tasting have up to fifteen years in bottle and will express beautifully aged character that only comes with patience in the cellar. Grenache is a fickle varietal and often needs time in the cellar to really express it’s full beauty.  A limited quantity of these wines will be available for purchase the day of the tasting at a special discounted price for purchases of 3+ bottles.

Our Grizzly Grenache is produced from our Certified Organic estate vineyard. It is planted entirely to an Alban Field Selection of Grenache.

2009 Grizzly Grenache

2010 Grizzly Grenache

2011 Grizzly Grenache

2012 Grizzly Grenache

2013 Grizzly Grenache

2014 Grizzly Grenache

2015 Grizzly Grenache

2016 Grizzly Grenache

2017 Grizzly Grenache

2019 Grizzly Grenache

Palate cleansers will be served.

$ 65 pp (gratuity included)

Complimentary for Collector Club Members

1/2 off for Wine Club Members

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