Harvest Update! With the cooler Spring we experienced this season, it calls for a later harvest date. The Pinot Noir is looking great along with the Chardonnay, and should be ready to be picked later this month. Come and check out the beautiful clusters for yourself! We are hoping for a warm early Fall to help ripen the …
Come and join us for a special Mother’s Day Tasting! Enjoy the amazing specials on our new Rosé as we pass out beautiful roses to the Mothers and take Polaroids for you to take home. And take a stroll through the rose garden, over 100 rose bushes, as they are all starting to bloom! Open …
Hello Wine Enthusiasts ~ The sun is finally showing itself and we are expecting bud break anytime now! Come and see for yourself while enjoying some warm weather and estate grown wine on our veranda overlooking the Santa Cruz Mountains! We are open Friday through Sunday from 12pm to 5pm. Spring 3 Pack only $79! 2020 Chardonnay “Teacher’s Pet” – This dry, medium bodied wine has moderate acidity. …
Hello Wine Enthusiasts ~ Finally Springtime in the Vineyard! The grapevines, roses and winemakers are all enjoying this sunshine. Pruning is complete and bud break should be just around the corner. All signs are pointing to an amazing growing season. Come and enjoy some sunshine and estate grown wine on our veranda overlooking the Santa Cruz Mountains! We are open Friday …
Burrell School Vineyards Newsletter – October 5th, 2022 Fall in the vineyard is a special time of year. The vineyard pops with colorful grapevines, huge leaves and delightful tastings during the season. The grape harvest crush winds down as the leaf pageant begins its debut. Fall color in the Santa Cruz Mountains isn’t limited to just the trees. …
Burrell School Vineyards Newsletter – March 17, 2022 Hello Wine Enthusiasts ~ Hello again and happy spring to our family, friends, and wine enthusiasts! We’re so grateful to our community, whether you are new to tastings or a lifelong wine club member. We toast to you, and invite you to join us in this season’s happenings. Join us …
Passport Saturday, Barrels for Bulbs, Cellar Treasures! This Saturday brings Passport! Don’t miss our special guests, Mary Bormann of Stella+Dot Jewelry, and Bev of Sweet Bevy’s Shortbread, who will be sampling and selling her amazing buttery creations – get some for your Easter baskets! If you haven’t participated in one of our special Cellar Treasures tastings yet, …
August heat is bringing veraison to all the red varieties in the vineyards at the Schoolhouse. This is the time when Chardonnay begins to turn from bright green to a muted shade of yellow, then gold, as it ripens in the California sunshine, and the reds begin to take on their violet grapeness. …
Here at the schoolhouse, we’ve always looked forward to May, when Anne’s heritage rose garden bursts forth with fragrant, multi-hued blossoms. Each year, it gets more spectacular, and with the winter rains, we anticipate a glorious display all month long. Plus, with the warm weather, the vines will be fully in bloom. The gazebo garden …
Welcome to April, the month of exuberant spring growth in the vineyards, fields and everywhere you look. The vineyard floor is lush with green grass and yellow clover and the vines are literally exploding with new growth. It looks like all that rain has given the vines additional vigor. We celebrate “April in Paris” all …
Merlot always tastes great during the month of March, and lucky for us Merlot lovers, the 2012 vintage can be had for $27 per bottle, so come indulge in the madness. And this just in!! We discovered a secret stash of the 2008 when preparing for our Library Reserve Club tasting this weekend, March 4 …
Wishing You All A Bountiful New Year From Your Friends at Burrell School We ring in 2017 to the sounds of rain on the roof, and are thankful that the vines are getting a good soaking. Lack of water has been such a concern: it definitely impacted our yields over the last few years, so …
Happy Halloween! And praise the rain on the pumpkins: we’ll take it as Mother Nature’s very best treat. We’re on the cusp of November, which means we’re into the home stretch of the year. The vineyard began turning beautiful fall colors early in October, and the rains are giving the vines a much-needed drink after …
Many of you are asking about the impact of the #LomaFire on the wineries up here in the Summit area. Thankfully, our Summit wineries have had little or no impact: we at Burrell School are fine. Our neighbors at Loma Prieta Winery have had a scarily close bird’s eye view of the fire since it …
Summer accelerates into full swing as we head into August, the month of full veraison, pushed along by the intense stretch of heat we had the third week of July. Now is the time when the grapes flesh out, when Chardonnay becomes golden and the reds take on their darker hues. Thankfully, temperatures have moderated …
July is here and the heat is most definitely on. Our vines are directing their energy towards the ripening of the grape clusters – and the crop looks quite robust and healthy. Individual grape berries are plumping up rapidly, and the red varieties will soon take on color, aka veraison, where they will go from …