Big Bottom Market Winemaker Thursdays Series: Broc Cellars September 8, 2011

Big Bottom Market proudly presents Winemaker Thursday!

Please join Big Bottom Market for the next installment of the Winemaker Thursday Series: Chris Brockway of Broc Cellars on September 8, 2011, 6-8 PM.

Broc Cellars was nothing more than an idea not that long ago, about making wines that were "site specific". Where the wines true character came from using only sustainably, organically, or biodynamically grown grapes from areas that most would consider marginal climates. Believing that vineyards develop 'true' character and complexity when they have to struggle to survive.
This can come from many different aspects: poor nutrient and water holding capacity, steep slopes, cool temperatures, or from old vines that are dry farmed. In the cellar Broc tries to continue this practice using minimal intervention, in an effort to let the grapes speak for themselves.
Broc is a 'low wattage' winery in the sense that they have very little modern equipment. Grapes are pitchforked whole-cluster into the fermenters, fermentation is allowed to happen spontaneously, all wines are basket pressed, with little/no sulphur used in our wines until bottling. True asphalt winemaking, in an urban winery.

Enjoy chatting with and tasting wine from the Broc Cellars @ Big Bottom Market, Thursday, September 8, 2011.

Every Thursday, from 6 - 8 PM, Big Bottom Market invites artisanal winemakers to showcase their wines, share their story as well as discuss food and wine pairings. For more information or to order wines contact Michael Volpatt or Hollie Schulze at 707-604-7295.