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We will be open Saturday, February 11, 2023

Join us for our pre-Valentine’s Day celebration on February 11. We will be pairing 5 of our wines with chocolate from Nancy’s Candy in Meadows of Dan. We will be open from Noon-4:00pm. It’s going to be tasty!

Rough Pruning

We finished rough pruning in the vineyard a few weeks ago now. In parts of the vineyard, we do rough pruning and come back and do finish pruning later, but some parts we just do the final pruning and skip the middle step. Rough pruning is where we cut the shoots of the vine back down to about 12-15″ above the cordon so that we can pull the long shoots outs without damaging the buds that we leave for the next year’s growth. In some parts, we will just do all of it at one time in case we need to make decisions for new plants or plants that we need newer shoots to lay down for the cordon. We use a Stihl Trimmers with a hedger attachment. This allows us to walk the vineyard and rough prune without having to take pruners and do this by hand. It speeds the process up, but doesn’t allow for plant/shoot-specific decisions, which is why we do some pruning differently depending on the variety and where that plant is in its life cycle.

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158 Conner Dr.
Stuart, VA 24171
276-694-7074

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Join us on February 11 from Noon to 4:00pm for our Join us on February 11 from Noon to 4:00pm for our Wine & Chocolate Pairing! We will have 5 of our wines paired with 5 different chocolates from Nancy's Candy in Meadows of Dan. The cost will be $15 per person. Make your reservations by Noon on Wednesday to make sure we have chocolates for you. Reservations are not required, but those with reservations will get priority and a table saved for you. Just contact us on here or email info@stanburnwinery.com and let us know how many people are coming, what time you plan to arrive, and how long you intend to stay. We won't run anyone off, but we want to try to accommodate you all.
Mark your calendars for February 11 from Noon to 4 Mark your calendars for February 11 from Noon to 4:00pm for our pre-Valentine's Day celebration. We will be pairing chocolates from Nancy's Candy with 5 of our wines. You can do regular wine tastings that day or do our special wine and chocolate flight. The only thing better than wine is chocolate and wine!
Throwback Thursday! It takes a lot of people to st Throwback Thursday! It takes a lot of people to start a vineyard. Because we couldn't start with millions of dollars from an inheritance or some successful other business, we relied on a lot of family and friends. Our list is incredibly long for the people who have helped us. One family that has been with us long before this vineyard is Shannon, Melanie and Austin Gilbert. My (David) life has never not had Shannon in it, and as his family grew, so did our number of friends. Check out these photos of the three of them helping us plant our Cabernet Franc way back in 1999.
We are finishing up our display at the Festival of We are finishing up our display at the Festival of Lights at DeHart Park in Stuart. This is such a great community event and there are some awesome displays. Everyone should come out this week, starting tonight, and help raise money for the park.
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