BIG BASIN IN THE PRESS

Antonio Galloni's reviews of Central Coast wines were recently published in Robert Parker's Wine Advocate and Big Basin was featured prominently. Antonio had this to say, "Bradley Brown crafts gorgeous artisan wines from his vineyards in the Santa Cruz Mountains and Monterey County....As good as these wines are – and they are often outstanding – my feeling is that Brown has just scratched the surface of his potential." Josh Raynolds of Tanzer's International Wine Cellar also just posted reviews of Central Coast wines where all of the Big Basin wines received 90+ scores. And most recently, our new Rhone wines were given some very nice reviews by Jeb Dunnuck in The Rhone Report. Read the reviews...
Big Basin winemaker Bradley Brown was recently featured on KCBX - Listen to the radio interview.

SPRING RELEASE OFFERING NOW AVAILABLE...

Our Spring Release wines are now available at pre-release prices on our website. Read the newsletter for winemaker Bradley Brown's take on Natural Winemaking. The new wines include several estate wines and two beautiful Santa Cruz Mountain Pinots from the stellar 2009 vintage. The wines include: 2008 Rattlesnake Rock Syrah, 2008 Grizzly Grenache/Syrah, 2008 Frenchies Ranch Syrah, 2009 Alfaro Family Vineyard Pinot Noir, and the 2009 Woodruff Family Vineyard Pinot Noir. Additionally, we are offering our 2011 GSM Rosé. Many of these wines are available only in very limited quantities and will not be available elsewhere, so be sure to order soon and you will also receive pre-release pricing.

2011 HARVEST IN BARREL

A wet and cold Spring that featured record breaking rainfall in June delayed bud break and resulted in significant 'shatter' (poor fruit set). Flowering finally finished around July 12 in our estate vineyard - a week behind last year which was a late ripening year as well. Rain at the beginning of October created a tenuous situation at the grapes were not yet ripe. However, warm sunny weather followed for three weeks and allowed the grapes to get ripe before a November 3 rain. Follow Big Basin winemaker Bradley Brown on Twitter and get the latest...

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