About Burrell School Vineyards
Burrell School Vineyards is a dedicated estate winery in the rugged Santa Cruz Mountains appellation above Silicon Valley, producing wines that reflect the character of marine-influenced soils and significant elevation from 400 to 2,600 feet. Burrell School Vineyards is named for the historic one-room Burrell School — the original 19th-century schoolhouse that . The estate's commitment to quality viticulture and site-specific winemaking has earned Burrell School Vineyards a respected place among the region's most consistent and genuinely food-friendly producers.
The Santa Cruz Mountains growing environment shapes everything Burrell School Vineyards produces. Marine-influenced soils and significant elevation from 400 to 2,600 feet define the estate's vineyard character, contributing the structure, natural acidity, and terroir specificity that distinguish the finest wines from this appellation. Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, and Cabernet Sauvignon form the backbone of the portfolio, with each variety expressing a distinct facet of the estate's unique growing conditions. Winemaking at Burrell School Vineyards prioritizes transparency and balance over extraction, allowing the appellation's natural character to lead rather than winemaker intervention.
Visitors to Burrell School Vineyards can expect a genuine and unhurried tasting experience that reflects the estate's commitment to quality and hospitality. The tasting room provides an authentic introduction to the estate wines and the Santa Cruz Mountains appellation. Whether visiting for a focused flight or a deeper exploration of the estate's vineyard programs, Burrell School Vineyards offers the kind of direct producer experience that wine tourism in California wine country is built on — knowledgeable, welcoming, and genuinely connected to the land and the wines it produces.
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Burrell School VineyardsBurrell School Vineyards is named for the historic one-room Burrell School — the original 19th-century schoolhouse that served the Summit Road farming community in the Santa Cruz Mountains, now preserved on the estate property.
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The schoolhouse namingThe schoolhouse naming declares the estate's connection to the working agricultural community history of the Santa Cruz Mountains, where the one-room school served the children of farming families before rural consolidation.
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Dave and AnneDave and Anne Moulton's estate was established in 1973, making Burrell School one of the Santa Cruz Mountains' historically founding modern wineries.
"The 1973 Santa Cruz Mountains Burrell-School-historic-one-room-schoolhouse-naming Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot estate"
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Burrell School's historic-one-room-schoolhouse-naming Summit Road Cabernet — the 19th-century agricultural community school preserved on the 2,200-foot Santa Cruz Mountains estate.
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Burrell School Vineyards' schoolhouse-history Merlot — the Bordeaux variety at the Summit Road farming-community historical estate.
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Burrell School Summit Appointment
Appointment at the historic-one-room-schoolhouse-named Santa Cruz Mountains founding estate (est. 1973) — Burrell School Vineyards Cabernet and Merlot at 2,200-foot Summit Road elevation above Los Gatos.
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