Broc Cellars — Russian River Valley Winery & Tasting Room

Sonoma County / Russian River Valley · Mendocino AVA
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Hours
Daily 12pm–6pm
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Phone
(510) 526-3300
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Tasting Fee
From $15
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Reservations
Walk-ins welcome
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Est.
2007

About Broc Cellars

Broc Cellars is a dedicated estate winery in the diverse Mendocino County wine region in Northern California, producing wines that reflect the character of diverse soils across coastal and inland growing districts. Broc Cellars is named for Chris Brockway's nickname — the familiar shortening of his surname into a personal handle that. The estate's commitment to quality viticulture and site-specific winemaking has earned Broc Cellars a respected place among the region's most consistent and genuinely food-friendly producers.

The Mendocino growing environment shapes everything Broc Cellars produces. Diverse soils across coastal and inland growing districts define the estate's vineyard character, contributing the structure, natural acidity, and terroir specificity that distinguish the finest wines from this appellation. Zinfandel, Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, and Rhône varieties form the backbone of the portfolio, with each variety expressing a distinct facet of the estate's unique growing conditions. Winemaking at Broc Cellars prioritizes transparency and balance over extraction, allowing the appellation's natural character to lead rather than winemaker intervention.

Visitors to Broc Cellars can expect a genuine and unhurried tasting experience that reflects the estate's commitment to quality and hospitality. The tasting room provides an authentic introduction to the estate wines and the Mendocino appellation. Whether visiting for a focused flight or a deeper exploration of the estate's vineyard programs, Broc Cellars offers the kind of direct producer experience that wine tourism in California wine country is built on — knowledgeable, welcoming, and genuinely connected to the land and the wines it produces.

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Broc Cellars isBroc Cellars is named for Chris Brockway's nickname — the familiar shortening of his surname into a personal handle that captures the approachable identity of his Berkeley urban winery.
Operating from aOperating from a warehouse in Berkeley's industrial Gilman district, Broc Cellars sources from unusual and undervalued California varieties — Valdiguié, Carignan, Trousseau — and makes them with minimal intervention natural winemaking techniques.
The urban tastingThe urban tasting room setting in Berkeley's food culture epicenter makes Broc one of California's most intellectually engaged wine drinking destinations.
"The 2007 Berkeley California Broc-English-heritage-winemaker-nickname Valdiguié and Chardonnay urban natural wine boutiq"
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Featured Wines

Valdiguié
California Valdiguié
Mendocino County / Broc Estate
Broc's English-heritage-nickname Berkeley Valdiguié — the rare French variety resurrected by Chris Brockway's natural minimum-intervention philosophy in an urban Berkeley warehouse.
Estate
★★★★☆
Chardonnay
Chardonnay
Russian River Valley / Broc Estate
Broc Cellars' urban-natural-winemaker-nickname Chardonnay — the Burgundian white through Brockway's minimum-intervention Berkeley natural wine approach.
Estate
★★★★☆

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Broc Berkeley Urban Walk-In
Daily walk-in at the English-heritage-nickname Berkeley urban natural wine warehouse — Broc Cellars Valdiguié and Chardonnay. Dog-friendly.
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