Durst Winery & Estate

There’s always something special about the last weekend of July. The excitement of summer is still in full swing, but if you look closely, you can see the season beginning to shift. The orchard is bursting with ripe peaches, the gardens are alive with butterflies and busy pollinators, and each morning seems to bring another small discovery around the estate. It's a reminder that life at Durst isn't measured only by the wines we pour or the events on the calendar. It's measured by the changing...

If you were to peek through the gates of the estate on a quiet Thursday morning, you would find a very different kind of energy than the lively hum of our weekend afternoons. Thursday is the day the estate catches its breath and begins to build. There is a beautiful, rhythmic soundtrack to prep day. It’s the steady snip-snip of shears in the herb garden, the heavy thud of seasoned oak logs being stacked by the wood-fired oven, and the fragrant, sweet steam rising from the kitchen as the team...

There's something special about the week after a big celebration. The decorations have been packed away, the lawn has grown quiet again, and the estate settles back into the rhythm that makes summer here feel so familiar. The laughter hasn't disappeared—it simply becomes more personal. Instead of hundreds gathering for one evening, we return to couples sharing a bottle beneath the oaks, families spreading out on the lawn, and friends lingering over pizza long after the last slice has...