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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Welcome to 2015, a brand new year! Hope you all had great holidays, and that Burrell School wines helped make them even more special! This 2005 Estate Reserve Principal’s Choice Pinot Noir is drinking beautifullly – uncork some if you’ve got any in your stash. At ten years old, it’s brilliant! We wish you all …
After giving thanks for a bountiful harvest and for our multitude of family blessings, we are doubly thankful that our long-parched mountains are receiving some much-needed and most-welcome rain as an early holiday gift. Keep those rain dances going and those rain gauges filling up! We welcome a wet December! It’s the Time of Year …
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 Estate Pinot Noir very, very soon, right after Labor Day. Then it’s all hands on deck as the tons (and tons) of primo grapes start …
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 been busy bottling: this year, a whopping 2300 cases of wine! Wow. Meanwhile, in the vineyards, the Chardonnay couldn’t look more plump or inviting, and …
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, we wish a very happy 124th birthday to Burrell School and a very happy Independence Day to the USA! Celebrate with us over the Fourth …
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 berries become clusters and begin to swell. To welcome a new month, we will be holding a New Release Party on both May 31st and …
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 heritage roses will be celebrating the wet! We love the old saying, “April Showers Bring May Flowers!” Rain on!! EASTER & PASSPORT April also …