Know Your Winemaker

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Ask the winemaker

Here at Noble Hill we’ve been asked, and often wondered ourselves, if wine tasting requires a certain type of clothing. Many of these questions come from out-of-town visitors who’ve packed some neutrals for safari and a lot of sunscreen to protect themselves while hiking around Cape Point or swimming in Camp’s Bay! We know that wine tasting doesn’t require the technical gear that safaris do, but we weren’t sure what to recommend until we discovered Canopy New York.
Canopy creates fashionable women’s apparel & accessories from sun protective fabrics. Their designs not only block 98% of UV rays, they’re also made from a soft cotton blend that’s perfect for packing. What’s more, the ladies on the farm confirm that these styles are functional and highly fashionable too! Now you can sip wine in style without worrying about a sunburn or spilling a cabernet on your safari clothes.
Canopy is pre-selling their collection through Kickstarter, running until June 2nd.  If you like to spend time sipping wine outdoors but want to avoid the burns, discomfort, and premature aging that comes along with sun exposure, be sure to check them out, or toast their concept by connecting with them on FacebookTwitter, and Tumblr.

@famousbutchersgrill. Ribs. Tomatoes. Repeat.

Lazy dogs.

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SIGNS OF SPRING! 

2012 Rosés are starting to trickle in, which tells us that warmer days are just around the corner!  

NEW THIS WEEEK:

Wolffer Estate Rosé Table wine, Long Island $16

Robert Sinskey Vin Gris of Pinot Noir, Los Carneros $35

Noble Hill Mourvedre Rosé, South Africa $14

While you might be excused for thinking we are sending our wines to outer space, this is actually a container bound for the United States with a foil liner for temperature control. Maybe you will be enjoying one of these bottles at some swanky place in New York city in a month?!

Close call last week as there was a brush fire on the mountain behind the farm. I hauled up there to catch some Apocolypse-now style helicopter flyovers by the Winelands municipality fire service. Fortunately the fire was under control within a few hours.

Delicious Mission olives waiting to be turned into extra-virgin olive oil.

I planted some sunflower seeds in the garden this spring… A nice result!

Christmas tomatillos… First of the season from our garden.

The duck family on our small reservoir is finally grown up enough not to be terrified and let me snap a photo. There are eight mini-ducks all together. Or maybe they are geese, I’m not sure I even know the difference!

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