Harvest & History: October Brings Milestones
October 1, 2014
Wow – what a quick harvest this has been! In fact, it’s almost history, as the estate Cab Franc is coming in this week. Even the Petit Verdot beat it
Wow – what a quick harvest this has been! In fact, it’s almost history, as the estate Cab Franc is coming in this week. Even the Petit Verdot beat it
The month long festivities in celebration of the 20th anniversary of Burrell School Vineyards & Wineries kicks off with a very delicious evening at Lago di Como Ristorante in Santa
As kids get back to school all over the region, we’re about to welcome The Class of 2014 to the old Schoolhouse. Harvest is upon us—we’re expecting to pick the
Countdown to Harvest! August is here—and that means our annual “Count Down to Harvest” has begun in earnest. As is the usual at the Schoolhouse, August is the month we’ve
July is here, the heat is on and we at the Schoolhouse are in a very festive mood as we approach our annual confluence of sizzling summer celebrations. This year,
Welcome June! We bid a fond adieu to May, which flew by too rapidly. But June is always a beautiful time here in the vineyards, as the newly formed baby
May brings the long-anticipated celebration of our annual “Wine and Roses” event up here at the red schoolhouse. Due to the warm and non-existent winter, the roses actually started almost
We’re delighted to have real rain, finally!! It’s over an inch so far as we cross into April from a misty March, after a dessicating winter. The vines and all
The rain door has finally opened, and March has come in like a lion with some very welcome precipitation: we’ve had a bit over 5 inches up here in the
February is here and romance is in the air and in the bottle here at everyone’s favorite red schoolhouse in the mountains. Romance your special Valentine with a bottle of
We’re welcoming the beginning of 2014 with open arms, lots of fresh popcorn for the NFL Playoffs (Go 9ers!), and Dave’s favorite wine: Principal’s Choice Pinot Noir! As the warm
December is here and that means holiday get-togethers, family celebrations, dusting off those favorite holiday recipes, tree decorating, gift giving and so very, very much more. Take a break from
Here at Burrell School, we’re busily pressing off the last of the reds after primary fermentation has completed for our most bountiful Harvest 2013. What a year it’s been! Nearly
October is the month of prevalent punchdowns, as the grapes come marching in. And we’re about 80% all in at this point — hooray! in fact, the Estate Merlot will
Here at the Schoolhouse, the aromas of ripening grapes means that Harvest is upon us! Our Estate Pinot Noir is ripe and ready to be picked first with Chardonnay to
Wow! This year’s growing season has been one of high speed and overall high temperatures, so we’re in the final stretches of ripening now, with all the reds entering the