Another guest blog

It's amazing how quickly the weeks are flying by, no sooner have I posted a blog entry on the Good Taste Magazine's site and another one is due!

If you are following them, the fourth one is now live, you can read it my following the link: http://www.goodtaste.co.za/Harvest-Time/A-Second-Chance

Guest Blog with Good Taste

For the new couple of months I've committed to writing a guest blog on the Good Taste site, I promise to keep it short, fun and hopefully interesting. If you are interested, there will be at least two posts a week and you can follow them here http://www.goodtaste.co.za/Harvest-Time/

Cheers

Sean

Harvest 2012 is coming!

We are generally a bit slow on the uptake here in Elgin, well at least as far as harvesting goes! The generally cooler weather means our vineyards take a little longer to ripen their crop, which is not a bad thing as it gives the grapes a chance for their flavours to develop before the sugar (and consequently alcohols go through the roof).

I have just started sampling our earliest ripening variety, Pinot Noir and the second variety, Chardonnay, is coming along nicely.

The bulk of these two blocks will be sold off for sparkling wine, which is always harvested fairly green so it won't be long now before the team moves in!

I have been asked to contribute to Good Taste's guest blogger section so over the next few weeks I will be updating it regularly (at least twice a week) with my news and harvest antics.

As soon as it is up, I'll post the link here.

Cheers

Sean

Rain on the way?

Those threatening clouds are back, but it's still sunny down in our end of the valley. On average we get one third of the rain that falls on the Steenbras Dam side (that is the part that is dark grey in the picture).

Open Gardens and Sheena Ridley

For the first time South Hill's magnificent gardens will officially be participating in the annual Open Gardens weekends here in Elgin! If our contemporary indigenous gardens, great wine and fantastic food aren't enough to tempt you to come and visit, we are also thrilled to announce that renowned artist, and former local of the valley, Sheena Ridley will be hosting her exhibition of paintings and sculptures at South Hill, this year from tomorrow the 28th October until Sunday the 6th of November.

Photographs hardly do these whimsical sculptures justice, so come and visit either this weekend or next.