About Crystal Basin Cellars
Crystal Basin has been making wine in El Dorado County since 2000, and its home tasting room, Crystal Basin Cellars, is in Placerville on Cold Springs Road, a short drive from the orchards and farms of Apple Hill. The winery also runs a second tasting room, Crystal Basin Station, at 813 Sutter Street in historic downtown Folsom (916-673-9440), which is handy if you are coming up from Sacramento.
The Placerville room is open every day: Sunday through Tuesday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Wednesday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. (2026). The Folsom room opens Thursday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Sunday and Monday from noon to 5, and closes Tuesday and Wednesday. You can book a regular wine tasting or a barrel tasting at either location through their website.
Each tasting room keeps its own events calendar, and the winery also takes its wines on the road with a traveling program. Fees, food and pet rules are not posted on the main page, so check their website or call before you go.
Bluestone Meadow, an Apple Hill lavender and apple farm where you can cut your own lavender and walk a labyrinth during its summer season, is about 15 minutes east, which makes an easy summer pairing.
What to do
- Book a wine tasting at the Placerville tasting room, open daily
- Reserve a barrel tasting to try wine before it is bottled
- Visit the Folsom tasting room on historic Sutter Street
- Check each room's events calendar before your trip
Season, hours and prices
- Season
- Placerville tasting room open year-round, daily
- Hours
- 2026: Placerville (Cellars) Sun–Tue 11 a.m.–5 p.m., Wed–Sat 11 a.m.–6 p.m.; Folsom (Station) Thu–Sat 11 a.m.–7 p.m., Sun–Mon noon–5 p.m., closed Tue–Wed
Good to know
- Age
- 21 or older to taste or drink alcohol
Tips for your visit
- Confirm which tasting room you are heading to, since the two keep different days and hours
- The Folsom room is closed Tuesdays and Wednesdays
- Call ahead about fees, kids and dogs, which the main page does not list
- Plan a designated driver before you set out
Pair it with a lavender farm
Bluestone Meadow · about 15 minutes away
Cut lavender at Bluestone Meadow in Apple Hill during its summer season, then head about 15 minutes west for a tasting in Placerville.
Getting there
Questions
Where are Crystal Basin's tasting rooms?
At 2850 Cold Springs Road in Placerville and at 813 Sutter Street in Folsom.
Is the Placerville tasting room open every day?
Yes; it opens at 11 a.m. daily and closes at 5 or 6 p.m. depending on the day (2026).
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