When the seas are calm and the boats can get out there’s plenty of reason to be excited about what’s coming in – Dungeness Crab! We’ve been enjoying the fine pairing of our Burrell School Chardonnay with this local delicacy. Add some lemons, kale, avocados, persimmons and sourdough bread and you’ve got yourself a winter …
The vines up here at Burrell School Vineyards are fast asleep, storing nutrients for the growing season ahead. Our vineyard team is not sleeping though! They’re busy tending the vines being sure they are ready to grow when the weather warms and the days get longer. Our tasting room is also open Thursday thru Sunday …
October is here and it’s time to fall for our mountains. There’s nothing like the beautiful colors that begin to appear in the vineyards once the grapes have been plucked. Come see the changes of the seasons, and pick up your special Fall Caramels – get a custom logo’d 2-pack with every two bottle purchase, …
September is officially Wine Month in California, and to celebrate, we decided to pick grapes! Actually, our class of 2012 Pinot Noir students were so eager to begin their higher education at Burrell School, that they matriculated on the last day of August, just before Labor Day! It’s been a busy time on the crushpad, …
It’s Count Down to Harvest in the Santa Cruz Mountains! It’s August, and that means harvest is imminent. We’ve netted the Pinot Noir and Chardonnay, and we’ll be bottling some of the 2010 and 2011 vintages, emptying barrels and freeing them up for vintage 2012. It looks like we’re in for a serious heat wave …
Wine and Roses at Burrell School May brings much-anticipated blooms to Anne’s glorious heritage roses, and guests are invited to spend some quiet time in the gazebo garden all month long. Stroll amongst the roses, enjoy the flowers and foliage of the garden and watch the vines growing by leaps and bounds. They’ll be blossoming …
February Brings Lots of Sweet Things to Love at Burrell School Winery New Vintage Releases! Fall in Love with the New Kids on the Block The New Year brings some new vintages to the tasting room. Welcome 2008 Chardonnay, 2007 Pinot Noir and 2009 Old School Cabernet. Taste, evaluate and take home your favorites. Special …
December is the month to follow the Christmas Tree Wine Trail up to Burrell School Vineyards. Cut a live tree for your holiday celebration and then visit Burrell School to stock up on wines to keep the good times flowing. We’ll have special holiday pricing on some of our most popular wines. And don’t forget …
At Burrell School Vineyards, there’s the sound of corks popping in celebration of the end of harvest. There’s also the quiet sighs of relief after what has been a nail-biting season, with overall reduced yields. Anne and Dave are very grateful to their Santa Clara vineyard partners for supplying them with Cabernet a-plenty for the …
Harvest 2011 Update!! The Burrell School Estate “Principal’s Choice” Pinot is all safely pressed off into barrels, and resting comfortably, while the wood goes to work. There was a wee bit of a break with the cooler weather of the past weekend, but things are amping up in the heat index, and the grapes on …
July is off to a sizzling start at Burrell School and the vines are growing inches a day, a welcome sight! The fruit set looks terrific: we dodged a bullet in the Santa Cruz Mountains, as our clusters look more even and filled out than in other places with dicier climates. We have to deal …
Calling all Burrell School Library Reserve Club, Double Sippers and Sippers Club Members! Celebrate the 4th of July with A Barrell of Fun and the Best Prices of the Season! Priority tasting of Barrel samples and Futures purchases begin for our Reserve Club Members this Friday thru Sunday. Monday, July 4th, all Sippers are invited …
It’s time to celebrate the official holiday of Red, White and Blue at Burrell School’s historic red schoolhouse on the hill, where Old Glory looks brilliant against a sapphire sky on a sweet summer’s day in July! Burrell School is open the entire Fourth of July weekend, including Monday, July 4th! Come up to the …
We’re ever the optimists at Burrell School, and despite the fact that this schizophrenic spring weather has slowed down growth in the vineyard, we’re hoping for the summer sun to make an appearance and heat things up. Help us chase the June Gloom away! Come visit for Vintner’s Festival, Sunday June 5, and next weekend, …
Who would expect two years in a row of grouchy, gloomy, completely ornery and unpredictable weather? The vineyards seem to be handling it all with a better sense of humor than we humans. It appears we are being acclimated to a new version of “normal” for the month of May. With any luck, though, the …
April Passport Hops Into Spring at the Schoolhouse April is the perfect time for “A Spring Fling:” Pinot Noir and Chardonnay vines are budding out in the warm sunshine, and spring bulbs in Anne’s gorgeous garden are bursting forth with an abundance of exuberant blossoms just in time for Spring Passport. It’s coming up this …