A Pinot Noir Tasting from the Santa Cruz Mountains.  If you love Pinot Noir, you owe it to yourself to attend Pinot Paradise, the 8th annual celebration of Pinot Noir exclusively grown and produced in the Santa Cruz Mountains.

Learn more About why the Santa Cruz Mountains is a Great Pinot Noir Region:.

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        Each year the Grand Cruz event will feature over 30 local wineries pouring their best Pinots, accompanied by food from a dozen local gourmet restaurants. The 2013 Pinot Paradise Grand Cruz tasting will be held Sunday, March 24, at the beautifully appointed Villa Ragusa ballroom in historic downtown Campbell, in the heart of Silicon Valley.

This is a once a year opportunity to taste some of the finest Pinot Noirs being made in California today, all in one accessible place. Several vintages will be represented and the variety of styles is truly a delight to explore. There's something for everyone here.

Accompanying the tasting will be a silent auction and raffle featuring local wines, artisan foods, arts & crafts, winery tours and exotic get-aways. The live auction at the conclusion features heated bidding over double magnums from each winery, plus a sensational one-of-kind Paradise Cuveé, a 5-liter blend of all the best Pinots being poured at the event. Now this is a party in a bottle! 

This years technical session topic: "The Flavor Journey-Faults and Triumphs"...Flavors in the Vineyard and Wine.
 

  2013 Wineries/Restaurants: TBD

 

2012 Participating Wineries: 

Alfaro Family Vineyards

Bargetto Winery

Beauregard Vineyards

Big Basin Vineyards

Black Ridge Vineyards

Burrell School Vineyards & Winery

Clos LaChance

Clos Tita

Dancing Creek

Domenico Winery

Hallcrest Vineyards

Heart O'the Mountain

House Family Winery

Hunter Hill Winery

Kings Mountain Winery

Mount Eden Vineyards

Muccigrosso

Muns Vineyard

Nicholson Vineyards

Odonata

Pelican Ranch Winery

Pleasant Valley Vineyards

Poetic Cellars

Santa Cruz Mountain Vineyard

Sarah's Vineyard

Savannah Chanelle Vineyards

Silver Mountain Vineyards

Silvertip Vineyards

Sonnet Soquel Vineyards

Storrs Winery

The Mountain Winery

Thomas Fogarty

Villa Del Monte Winery

Vine Hill Winery

Vino Tabi

Woodside Vineyards

 

         2012Participating Restaurants:
Cabrillo Culinary Arts Pino Alto Restaurant
California Cafe
Chocolate Vision
Cin-Cin Wine Bar & Lounge
Grapevine Wine & Cheese Shop
Stonehouse Bar & Grill at Hilton Santa Cruz 
Monterey Chocolate Company
Nonno's Italian Cafe
Paradise Beach Grille
Rio Adobe Southwest Cafe

 

The Art Institue of California
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Award-Winning Santa Cruz Mountains Pinot Noir

More Information About Pinot Noir in the Santa Cruz Mountains

AppellationAmerica.com's Best of Appellation Awards and Evaluation of Santa Cruz Mountains Pinot Noirs: find out more about our Pinot subregions

The Renaissance Grape:
Pinot Noir Raises the Stature of the Santa Cruz Mountains

Appellation America by Laura Ness

Fun Fact: Did you know that because of the nearby rail tracks, Campbell became a hub in the Valley for shipping fruit, "and within a short period of time, the drying grounds and canneries made Campbell an important rail center. The Campbell Fruit Growers' Union became a well known cooperative with its 17-acre drying yard," and the city had three major canneries. So there's a connection with agriculture and fruit growing, although it's mostly been paved over now.