Giving Thanks for December’s Gifts

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 for Holiday Cheer

Here at Burrell School, the tasting room sports a festive new look with barrel staves on the tasting bar, original school-themed art on the walls, twinkling lights and a fragrant holiday tree. Pay us a visit and remember that wine makes a perfect holiday gift.

EVENTS

December 5^th, 1 to 4pm. Festive Friday Wine Tasting with Burrell School Vineyards at Patchen Tree Farm on Old Santa Cruz Highway. Sample our “wines in the pines” and bring home a fresh cut tree or wreath for your holiday celebration. www.patchencalifornia.com

December 6^th and 7^th, a Mountain Holiday with The Summit Wineries. Here at the school, we’re featuring special wine packages, wine-infused chocolates and live music. www.thesummitwineries.com

December 2^nd, 9^th, 16^{th &} 23rd: Santana Row Holiday Wine Strolls. Shop, enjoy and give to benefit the Second Harvest Food Bank from 6- 8 p.m. www.santanarow.com/events

HOLIDAY HOURS FOR TASTING ROOM

Open December 22^nd-24^th, closing at 3pm on Christmas Eve.

Closed December 25^th—Merry Christmas to you and yours!

Open December 26-28 —   Stock up for your New Year’s Eve celebrations early!

Closed December 29^th – January 1^st— Happy New Year!

WINE SPECIALS FOR CHRISTMAS GIFTING

Frosty’s Four Pack, with 1 bottle each of Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Syrah, Zinfandel for $79. Purchase four of our finest before this offering melts away.

Rudolph’s Deluxe Reds with 1 bottle each Magna cum Laude, Salutatorian, PTA for just $139. Let Rudolph be your guide to a deluxe selection of our best red wines.

Santa’s Sweet Trio with 1 bottle each of “Chaperone,” “Probation” and “Deportment” for $59. Santa’s selection for the sweetest of holiday treats for those with a sweet tooth.

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT

We wrap up the celebration of Burrell School Vineyards’ 20^th anniversary in the wine business this year. We received our federal bond on October 6^th, 1994. And, after 20 years of growing, harvesting, wine making, bottling, tasting, selling and meeting the best people in the world, we’re still having fun.

DECEMBER HISTORY LESSON

Q: Our grape growing heritage here at Burrell School spans three centuries. When did Lyman Burrell plant the first grapes here on the Summit?

A: 1856, and in 1859 Lyman’s grapes were awarded premium quality at the Santa Clara County Fair.