Join us in May as we celebrate wine and roses all month long. Anne’s heritage rose garden is bursting with fragrant blossoms in a myriad of colors, and the vines will be fully in bloom. The gazebo garden will be open on weekends throughout the merry month of May. Don’t miss this opportunity to stop …
Welcome to April, the month of exuberant spring growth in the vineyards, fields and everywhere you look. We’re celebrating Earth Day all month long here at the schoolhouse, where the vineyard floor is lush and green and filled with wildflowers, the vines are literally exploding with new shoots and the appearance of clusters. Flowering and …
LEAP DAY! We’re reveling in the gift of one extra day this year, as we celebrate Leap Day, February 29, 2016! Perhaps we’ll open a special bottle of wine from our library stash: or, enjoy some of that amazing new 2013 High School Sweethearts, a compelling blend of Merlot and Cabernet Franc that has everyone …
On the heels of the holiday hangovers of January, comes February, packed with fun events for sports fans, romantics and patriots. In all the excitement of the Super Bowl, don’t forget your Sweetheart on Valentine’s Day! Plus, it’s a Leap Year, so there’s one extra day in February to cheer on Mother Nature and whatever …
Welcome to 2016, a new year filled with great promise and opportunity – and hopefully, lots of precipitation in every form needed to refill our depleted reservoirs across the state. From our family to yours, we extend our heartfelt wishes for a year of health, happiness and abundance. We’re thankful that Mother Nature is already …
As we approach the end of 2015, December brings all those time-honored family traditions, including festive gatherings and the much-anticipated arrival of winter: will El Nino finally materialize? So far, the weather has been stellar and perfect for enjoying the splendid out of doors. Come up to our mountains, cut a live holiday tree, …
Happy Halloween and Welcome Daylight Savings Time! Like it or not, we’re into the home stretch of the year, when the leaves in the vineyard begin donning their deeply burnished autumn hues and short days lead to early, often fiery sunsets that match beautifully with Burrell School Cabernet Franc, with its lovely reddish glow. We …
Harvest 2015: Short, Sweet and Over Already Autumn is here, harvest is over and the vines are showing off splendid fall color. “Short and sweet” was our mantra for harvest 2015, which began on August 19th, the earliest ever, and ended on September 26th. From the over-abundant 54.5 tons of harvest 2014, we saw only …
It’s “Back to School” month here at the big red schoolhouse and the vinous students are already showing up for class. First to arrive, and quite early, were Pinot Noir 667 and Pinot Noir 05, on August 19, the earliest matriculation ever. A small cropload, due to the drought and the very protacted bloom that …
August is here and the summer heat is well and truly on, hastening the ripening of our estate grapes. Veraison is in full swing, turning the green grapes to red as the pace of summer quickens and our thoughts turn to impending harvest. Pinot Noir sports netting — we don’t like to share with the …
Burrell School Celebrates 125 Years This Weekend! The iconic red schoolhouse marks another milestone in its illustrious history on July 4th as it celebrates birthday number 125. The schoolhouse was dedicated on July 4th, 1890, with a flag raising ceremony accompanied by trumpet playing and merrymaking. This Saturday, July 4, you are invited to …
The merry month of May leads the way for the glory of June, with its plethora of occasions to celebrate— graduations, Fathers Day, weddings, anniversaries — along with some fantastic and festive wine events. All are grand reasons to celebrate with Burrell School’s fine wines. Come visit us this weekend and stock up on wines …
The Merry Month of May: Wine & Roses at The Schoolhouse May is the month for “Days of Wine and Roses” at Burrell School Vineyards: it’s one of our favorite months, because the roses are brimming over with color and perfume, turning this place into a floral paradise. You’re invited to stroll in our gorgeous …
April is a busy month in the vineyard and in the cellar. The vines are exploding with growth and we have started our organic spray program to guard against powdery mildew, always a concern in our normally cool-climate mountains. The Petit Verdot looks mighty healthy and the Chardonnay looks abundant. There’s talk of showers coming …
March signals a shift in seasons as we move from winter into spring, even though we haven’t had much of a winter at all. We continue to pray for rain, hopefully before flowering occurs. Last year’s Pinot Noir bud break occurred during the first week of March and this year is on the same track …
Though February is the shortest month of the year, it is jam-packed with holidays and special occasions, all well-suited to sipping some fine Burrell School wines. February 3rd is the full moon known as the Snow Moon or Hunger Moon, followed by Winemaker Dave’s birthday, and then Valentine’s Day on the 14th,with Presidents’ Day right …