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August – A Month to Hide Inside! Grab a Corkscrew.

by Crystal Basin | Aug 6, 2026 | Cellar Events

August – A Month to Hide Inside! Grab a Corkscrew

Fear and Loathing in Barrel Room | Crystal Basin Wine Tasting in Placerville

Take some good advice and Do the Barrel Room Thing instead of going to Vegas this August. August 29th is Official Look Like Hunter S Thompson Day at Crystal Basin Cellars on Cold Springs Road in Placerville. You can hang out with us too.

But First!

Here’s the Big Bamboozle for this month: Grill and Chill with the Swingmasters 8/15!

Imagine an Afternoon with an Honest-to-Golly

18 Piece Swing Band in a Cool Indoor Space!

CBC Presents – The SwingMasters!

Schwanky Date Night in Placerville | Crystal Basin Wine Tasting in Placerville

A Schwanky Date to Bring a Date to CBC

August is a busy month! Renegade Club members can now pick up their Third Quarter wine release anytime at either of our locations. The Club features great summer wines just in time for BBQ and patio time.

What’s the funnest wine special ever? This month – when you pick up your wine club shipment(s), add on a bottle of our 2019 Campione for only $20!

We want to toss out a Big Thank You to our members and new friends who have found us at our new Placerville location. One tour of our new spot will give you a great visual on the opportunities that we’ve got in our new space!

Hot Tips

Paint and Sip!

Thursday August 20th!

Limited to 20 people!

$40 – tix here.

At The Winery:

The Rest of August?

Our Thirsty Thursday Speakeasy Series Line up for August looks like this:

At our Placerville Tasting Room and Winery –

5:30 to 8pm each Thursday:

Thursday 8/6 – Tanner Forrest – Cool Kid Energy on the Guitar + Hot Dawgs by Mike

Thursday 8/13 – Mike is pouring wine at Coachman Hotel in South Lake Tahoe! Gratis!

Thursday 8/20 – Paint and Sip with Victor Falls – $40

Thursday 8/27 – Flower Arranging with Kristin from Armonia Farms – $35

Road Trips

Ski Run Farmers Market in South Lake Tahoe

South Lake Tahoe – You’re getting a whole lot of love in August!

Every Friday in August – Join us at Ski Run Boulevard Farmers Market

3 to 8pm! Say Hi to Kestrel and try some CBC wines at the Market!

Saturday 8/8 – Taste of Gold – Lake Tahoe Community College –

The Fete of the year in SLT, come out and hang with the Glitteratti!

Thursday 8/13 – Coachman Hotel – freebie tasting for all 4 to 7pm!

The hippest hotel in SLT with the coolest casual bar

Wednesday 8/26 – Kit Carson Lodge – 5 to 7pm

Celebrate 100 years of Kit Carson’s cool mountain hideout with a CBC wine tasting!

Saturday 8/29 – Tahoe Brewfest –

Hang with us at the VIP area and try our Apple Happy – just in time for Fall.

We look forward to your next Trip to Crystal Basin!

Cheers, the Crystal Basin Team

Fear of Missing Out on Tacos!

by Crystal Basin | Jul 30, 2026 | Cellar Events

New Health Risk! Beware!

It’s Called FoMOT folks.

And it’s Among Us…

Fear of Missing Out on Tacos!

Brambilla’s Taco Truck Thursday Eve! Brambilla’s rolls out their flavas this Thursday night during Bobby’s musical fun!

*Bobby Dickson will be playing his guitar with a Cash-like gravitas. 5:30 to 8pm.

*Find Out the Most Interesting Taco Pairing with Classic Rock.

*Spicy or Mild – all are welcome!

Tacos and Bobby Dickson | Wine Tasting in Placerville

Sit, Nibble & Listen Creekside at Crystal Basin!

…next Week ~ Baked Potato Bar!

SLT Summer Highlights?

Ski Run Market-SLT- Fridays
Kit Carson Lodge – Wed 7/29
Amador Co Fair – Friday 7/31
Coachman Hotel – Thurs 8/13

More Reasons to Hang Out at CBC…

Seriously Cool Hats – Customize Your Own at the Station – Sunday August 2nd at 4pm

Purchase Tickets

Hungry?

*Saturday 10/3 – Ol’ Time Shrimp Boil! $35. Get tix at rsvp@crystalbasin.com.

Pick Up Your Gold Medal Wines!

Concerts in the Plaza at Old Folsom | Wine Tasting in Folsom

What is the Station Up To at 813 Sutter Street?

Never one to sit on her hands, Melissa is cooking up fun and interesting stuff for the CB Station in Folsom. Ready?

*Thursday Concerts in the Plaza! Pre-game for dancing at the Station before the concerts at the Zittel Amphitheater.

*Make the Coolest Hat You’ve Ever Seen! this workshop is on August 2nd. $99 for a custom hat to take home.

Details at: https://crystalbasin.com/crystal-basin-station-events/

Summer Guidelines for Tasty Juice and Cool Happenings

by Crystal Basin | Jun 22, 2026 | Cellar Events

Plan Your Summer Fun Stuff With Us!

Whether it’s a private barrel tasting, something tasty on the grill, choosing your favorite Gold Medal wines, a combo parade and cattle drive or a High-Brow history lesson – CBC has it cranked up this summer!

Book a Tasting With Us

Crystal Basin Station Folsom | Wine Tasting Folsom copy 2

Wine Tasting Placerville _ Best wines in El Dorado County

*Vendor Days and BBQ – June 27th and July 18th – Fresh Sourdough, Fresh Cut Flowers and Tasty Wines. Pick up your Ascendance and White shipments in Placerville on the 27th!

*Patriotic Hometown Parade and Cattle Drive in Folsom – 6pm July 1st! Join us on the Patio for music and parade fun!

*July 4th – come by our Placerville location and have a Hot Dog for ‘Merica!

*July 11th – Taste ALL of the current Gold Medal wines in Placerville. Make your selection from your favorite three and Fill your Case! Brambilla’s Taco Truck will be on site to get your spice on!

*July 15th – Mike gives his ‘Taste California Wine History’ talk at the Folsom Historic Museum. Starts at 5:30pm. Get you some tix at: https://www.folsomhistory.org/event-details/revealing-folsom-californias-rich-wine-history-2

*Learn how to make tasty and appealing Charcuterie Boards with Melissa at the Folsom location on July 19th!

*If you can bear the heat – Friday July 31st, CBC will be pouring at the Amador County Fair just to make our neighbors slightly uncomfortable.

Remember to Be Cool When It’s Hot!

All the Best from your Friends at Crystal Basin Cellars and Station!

Things That YouR Mom Will Like – Besides Wine!

by Crystal Basin | May 2, 2026 | Cellar Events

Things That Your Mom Will Like – Besides Wine!

Friends! Crystal Basin Fans Everywhere!

It’s Not Too Late! You can still put something together for Mom and look good doing it!

You Can Pick from May 8th or May 10th to Honor Your Mom!

Mother's Day Make Your Own Bouquet | Crystal Basin Cellars in Placerville

Spend a nice day in the cellar and make a bouquet with Mom!

Mother’s Day is on Sunday May 10th and we’re hosting something fun and a bit special at the winery in Placerville. Your Mom and a guest will enjoy wine tasting and a cheese plate whilst creating a custom bouquet from a selection of cut flowers. Plus, mom gets to select a bottle of wine to take home! All for $60 – less than the cost of a single bouquet of flowers! 😊 Extra kids/dad are $10 each. Hey – we’re trying to make you look good here!

Get Tix Here:

Mother’s Day Make Your Own Bouquet

Big Idea: Mom Needs Pasta!

The first is aptly entitled The Mother of All Spaghetti Feeds. You read that right!

This fun event will be held at the Rescue Community Center on Green Valley Road next Friday the 8th of May from 5 to 8pm. True to the billing, this will be a Classic Ol’ Time Spaghetti feed including garlic bread and salad. Bobby Dickson will be playing classic 60s and 70s tunes and we’ll have a dessert auction. All for the purpose of honoring the moms and gathering some funds for the EDC Farm Trails Scholarship program. Better yet – Mike is cooking the sauce! Yum. Sounds fun? $60 per couple, $35 for singles, $240 per table..

Buy Tickets Here!

We wish you all the best of the Spring season!

The Crystal Basin Team

We Moved! Crystal Basin 2.0

by Crystal Basin | Apr 15, 2026 | Cellar Events

Well, here we are. April 2026. We hope and trust you are well.

It’s a time of transition at Crystal Basin. We ended our run at our ancestral home on 3/31 and are arranging a great space for winemaking and hospitality at our new digs in Placerville .

Now comes a revamp/revisit/rewiring of our business –
Crystal Basin 2.0 !

Our new location is very near to both DMV and Home Depot in Placerville. There are some amazing upgrades about our new space that you will enjoy when you visit:

Our parking lot will not destroy the springs on your car.
Our tasting room will feature a limited amount of comfortable seating.
There will be snacks and soft drinks available for purchase.
There are 3 less stoplights & 1 less roundabout required to visit the winery.
No Snow!
No Fire Evacuations!

There will be some things that will be comforting and familiar:

Our talented and knowledgeable staff will remain the same (with a couple of added gray hairs).
We will still feature barrel room tastings of new vintages.
We’ll continue to feature Really Good Wines at Great Prices.

Crystal Basin 2.0 | Wine Tasting Placerville

You can pick up your wine at our Folsom location, during our normal operating hours. However, there will be a bit of a pause in wine tasting at our new Placerville location whilst we get all of our licenses and permits and approvals, and, and, and… But know that we’ll come back in force! (Mid-April is our current estimate).

I can’t say enough about the efforts of KZ (visible) and Erich, Marshall and Todd (mostly invisible) in getting all the complexities of our move handled. CBC has always been about executing to a plan and we’ve shown again that our team excels at getting it done. Kudos to all.

We encourage you to plan to visit our new location and stay tuned as we pull the pieces together to get to our goal of providing the best tasting and hospitality experience in our region.

We Moved Crystal Basin 2.0 | Wine Tasting in Placerville

Cheers! – Mike & Melissa