Birichino Wine Tasting Room

Bright and spacious tasting room bar in the downtown santa cruz.

Birichino wine tasting room.

I loved the decor of the tasting room and it seems like a perfect spot to just pop in for a glass after shopping or having lunch downtown. Sourcing from a number of carefully farmed family owned own rooted 19th and early 20th century. Although tasting rooms are closed wine is still available for pickup at most places. And if you aren t an adventurous wine drinker you just might be after a visit to this santa cruz wine tasting spot.

Alex krause and john locke founded birichino in santa cruz in 2008. Their new tasting room is in a high ceilinged mid century building in the downtown area of santa cruz. With a custom made pewter bar and tin type ceiling birichino tells you right away that it s no ordinary tasting toom. Located in the heart of downtown santa cruz and a few minutes from the santa cruz beach boardwalk.

Drawing on a combined four decades making wine in california france italy and beyond they are focused on attaining the perfect balance of perfume poise and puckishness. Drawing on a combined four decades making wine in california france italy and beyond they are focused on attaining the perfect balance of perfume poise and puckishness. Our space is quite small ideal for corporate events like team building which include tasting our wines and for a social mixer type of event but it s not really set up for a long formal conference. The birichino name is all the more appropriate since the tasting room was once home to the adult store pure pleasure shop which has since moved closer to abbott square.

Parking is on the street but so is everything downtown. Plus gorgeous heart shaped persimmons ready for the picking in santa cruz. Your custom text here. Birichino s tasting room is smack in the center of downtown santa cruz so when you re picking up your dinner to go from one of the many downtown restaurants you might as well stop at birichino for some good wine to pair with it.

Alex krause and john locke founded birichino in santa cruz in 2008. Five minutes to the beach. Birichino winery tasting room. In keeping with the ambiance of the building they have a zinc covered tasting bar with period lighting.

Alex krause l and john locke co owners of birichino winery on church street pause in the midst of their final renovations which will continue through the month.