Summerhill Farm Blog

We have Scott booked for the upcoming wine tastings.  Mark your calendars!

Friday May 21st
Friday June 18th
Friday July 23rd
Friday August 27th

Hope to see you there!

Still working on new wines for this season and last week Scott sent up more samples to test out.  We made a huge batch of jambalaya and invited our friends over to become a part of the “tasting crew”!  We had a great mix of wine to try, here are some you might see in the Summerhill Cellar this season:

Novecento Sparkling Wine from Argentina - we started with this and it was a surprise how bone dry it was.  Kristi who is a bubble fanatic, warmed up to it after it warmed up a bit. 
La Vieille Ferme Blanc - A great non-thinking white.  This went great with Jon’s bacon scallop dish and we used it to deglaze and make a great finishing sauce!
Hakutsuru Sayuri Nigori Sake - This is a sweet sake and was fun to try.  Would be great with a spicy Asian fish appetizer!  There wasn’t any middle ground, Ann lead the half that liked it and the other half said no way.
Don Rodolfo Tannat - This was the big hit of the night!  This red was liked by everyone but was the favorites of Eileen, Clarice, and Dave.  It held up well to the jambalaya with lots for bright black fruits and nice smokiness.

Those were the hightlights.  I will keep everyone posted as I try to find more great wines for the season!

Any wines people would like to see this year please share, I am always looking for new ideas.

Thanks!
Jeff

I don’t know if it’s because winter has already been long and cold, but going to market and seeing all that beautiful, colorful clothing is so exiting! Looking at it, I can picture all the spring and summer occasions coming up and how much fun it will be to wear these new styles!

One of the new trends I love is the long, unconstructed vest/cardigan look. They come in lots of fabulous colors and prints, are great for layering with tanks or tees and can give so many good looks. Put a tank under a vest with skinny pants and get a hip, sexy look. Put a tank under a cardigan and get a hip, sexy, yet forgiving look (for those of us who want to expose selectively). Either look will pop with some long funky necklaces.

I’ve very excited to announce we’re going to be carrying Tribal this year. For those who aren’t familiar with it, they are known for great fitting pants and a good price, and just really beautiful, well made styles. Some other new lines we’re bring in are Petit Pois (gorgeous mesh solid and print tops), PBJ (colorful casual wear and sweaters), Splendor (unique summer sweaters) and Teez-her (pretty shapers at a great price).

Can’t wait to see more…..

Well, the official Labor Day Sale is over and the tent is down, but we have even better deals! Right now almost everything is at least 60 percent off, with the exception of fall clothing and wine. We are serving lunch for 2 more days and then we will be open only Fridays and Saturdays thru the end of the month. We’ll have all our sale merchandise in the Treehouse and have BBQ dinners from 5:30 - 8:30.

Wow, another great crowd and a fun wine tasting!  Thank you to everyone who came out and made this season a great success and loads of fun.

Here is the recap of what we tasted:

White wines:
La Vieille Ferme Rose
Cono Sur Bicycle Chardonnay
Angeline Sauv Blanc

Red Wines:
A to Z Pinot Noir
Cline Cashmere
Dona Paula Estate Malbec

Thanks and see you next season!

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We have a wonderful new item in the Cottage this year - a kid’s personalized cd.  Each CD is all about a certain child’s name - with their name on the cd and their name mentioned 50 times throughout.  Songs like ‘It’s all about Sam’ or ‘Jake has manners and that’s what matters’.  They’re pretty catchy  (my son walks around the house singing them) and I really like the positive messages.  We have a big rack with over 200 names and the vendor has even more that we can ship right to you.  Think Christmas and birthday gifts……on our website soon or call for more info.

Eileen

Thanks to everyone for making this another great wine tasting!  It was great to have Scott back, even if he wasn’t as mobile as usual…

Here is a recap of what we tasted.

White wines:
Ecker Gruner Veltiner
Elsa Torrontes
Ato Z Pinot Gris

Red Wines:
Ecker Zweigelt
Altano Duro 
Les Salices Pinot Noir

Our next tasting is August 21st at 4:00.  Hope to see you there!

Another fun tasting, thank you to everyone that came out.  Also, a special thanks to Eileen, Kristi, and Denese for their help.  Great job filling in for Scott!

Our winning wine by vote was AV Temptation Zin, I guess even in the summer we still have more red wine drinkers…

The recap of our wines that we tasted:

White wines:
Cono Sur Sauvignon Blanc
Cabernet de Saumur Rose
Selbach Kabinett “Fish Label” Riesling

Red Wines:
Pedroncelli Pinot Noir
Garnacha del Fuego
AV Temptation Zin

Next tasting is July 24th from 4 to 6.  Hope to see you here!