Bravuro Cellars

We (Steve and Luci) are partners in life and business. We met in 2005 and spent most of our time in the San Francisco Bay Area. When we met, one of our shared interests was hot-climate, full-bodied, distinctive red wines. During the 2006 harvest, we helped a Lodi, California grape grower and winemaker crush and press his estate-grown Cabernet Sauvignon grapes and other varietals. It was our first time on the front lines of winemaking, and we thoroughly enjoyed the experience. Each subsequent year, we got more involved in the winemaking process. Eventually, we picked, crushed, pressed, punched, tested, topped, analyzed, oaked, racked, blended, filtered, bottled, corked, capped, labelled, packed, shipped, poured, inventoried, marketed and tasted lots of wines. We’ve visited countless wineries and tasting rooms throughout California, Oregon, Washington, Arizona and Texas; maintained an extensive wine cellar; developed sophisticated palates; belonged to 30+ wine clubs; attended countless wine club events, public wine festivals and private events; hosted many wine tasting evaluations for the Wine Tasting Institute; worked in vineyards, tasting rooms, barrel rooms, laboratories, crash pads and warehouses; and learned what we like and don’t like about wines and tasting rooms. We made wine under our Saxton-Serrato (our last names) label starting in 2009. From 2011-2015, I (Steve) was president of the Wine Tasting Institute – ‘The People’s Choice’ of wine tasting services. My mission was to help boutique wineries market their wines and educate wine consumers.