Brutocao Cellars

At a Glance

• PHONE: 707-744-1066
• ADDRESS: 13500 South Highway 101 • Hopland
• MAX HEADCOUNT: 300
• ALCOHOL: Full Bar/ Licensed Provider
• CATERING:  Preferred List

Fees, Features, & Furnishings

Welcome to Brutocao Cellars tucked away in Hopland, California, where Mendocino wine country quietly flexes its understated elegance. If Napa Valley is all about stilettos and sparkle, Brutocao is barefoot on the lawn—confident, relaxed, and refreshingly unapologetic about its “less is more” aesthetic.

For a high-season Saturday, the facility fee ranges from $6,000 to $8,000, making Brutocao one of the best-value vineyard venues in the region. Rentals typically include 10 hours, giving you room to breathe—imagine that.

Wedding Day Blueprint

Welcome to Brutocao Cellars, where the day unfolds the way wine country intends—unforced, well-paced, and just rustic enough to feel charming rather than themed.

Pre-Ceremony Preparation | Schoolhouse Plaza & Bliss Room

Morning settles into the Schoolhouse Plaza with the soft clink of coffee cups and the rustle of garment bags. Dresses hang against aged wood that has seen things. Makeup mirrors catch nervous smiles, then confident ones. The Bliss Room hums with quiet focus while photographers drift between doorways and vineyards, never asking anyone to move toward better light—because it’s already there.

Ceremony | Contento Vineyard Lawn

Guests make their way to the Contento Vineyard Lawn, instinctively lowering their voices as the vines stretch out ahead of them. Chairs face the view, not each other. The aisle feels earned. When vows begin, nothing competes for attention—not the breeze, not the hills, not the moment.

Appetizers & Cocktails | Bocce Court & Patio

Post-ceremony, everyone spills toward the bocce court and patio like it was planned (it was). Wine finds its way into hands. Bocce balls roll, laughter follows. Conversations restart mid-sentence, already warmer than before.

Dinner | Tent or Rustic Barn

As the light softens, dinner settles in under the tent or inside the barn. Tables glow. Plates arrive composed but generous. Stories stretch. No one checks their watch.

Dancing & Farewell | Party Barn

Music rises. Shoes come off. The barn shifts from polished to playful. Your farewell lingers—easy, satisfied, perfectly timed.

Event Sites

• Schoolhouse Plaza
• Contento Vineyard
• Outdoor Lawn
• Bocce Courts
• Wedding Chapel and Lawn
• Private Patio
• Tented Reception Space
• BBQ Area

Food & Beverage

At Brutocao Cellars, the food story doesn’t arrive pre-written—it shows up carrying a clipboard and asking where you’d like to plug in the espresso machine.

There’s no house caterer waiting in the wings, no preset menu whispering what your wedding should taste like. Instead, Brutocao hands you the keys and steps back. On event day, that looks like a catering truck rolling up early, chefs unloading crates of produce, and the unmistakable hum of a team that knows how to work outside without complaining about it.

Dinner might come from a farm-to-table chef who knows Mendocino dirt by heart. Or a favorite Sonoma caterer who understands that timing matters just as much as flavor. The point is: the food reflects you, not a package.

That freedom comes with a quiet expectation. Your catering team should know how to build a kitchen where there wasn’t one five minutes ago, navigate grass underfoot, and still deliver plates that land warm and composed. Brutocao doesn’t babysit—but it also doesn’t get in the way.

The result feels relaxed, personal, and very wine country. Not curated for everyone. Curated for you.

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