http://www.nimblehill.com/blog/index.cfm Nimble Hill is a family vineyard started in 2006. We're located in the northeast of Pennsylvania not far from Scranton. en-us Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:59:21 -0600 Sat, 16 May 2009 09:24:00 -0600 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss nimblehill@gmail.com nimblehill@gmail.com http://www.nimblehill.com/blog/index.cfm/2009/5/16/2-New-Wines We will be introducing two new wines to our lineup this year. They are Pinot Grigio and Gewurztraminer (easy for you to say!). We bottled them yesterday (5/15)but are waiting on label approvals. They will be available for sale later in the year. Al... Wines Sat, 16 May 2009 09:24:00 -0600 http://www.nimblehill.com/blog/index.cfm/2009/5/16/2-New-Wines http://www.nimblehill.com/blog/index.cfm/2009/5/13/Names-Changed-Wines-The-Same We have changed the name of our award winning Vidal Blanc/Riesling to just Vidal Blanc. The wine is the same wine as before, a blend of Vidal and Riesling, but we changed the name to reduce the confusion between it and our regular Riesling. This wine... News Wed, 13 May 2009 09:21:00 -0600 http://www.nimblehill.com/blog/index.cfm/2009/5/13/Names-Changed-Wines-The-Same http://www.nimblehill.com/blog/index.cfm/2009/3/21/Getting-Ready-to-Bottle-Innocence We have been working on final filtering of Innocence as well as doing checks to insure the wine is both cold stable and heat stable. Today we will be working on doing a test on our new/used bottling line. This line will fill the bottles and put the c... News Sat, 21 Mar 2009 08:04:00 -0600 http://www.nimblehill.com/blog/index.cfm/2009/3/21/Getting-Ready-to-Bottle-Innocence http://www.nimblehill.com/blog/index.cfm/2009/2/26/Welcome-back I would like to welcome Kevin Durland (our winemaker)back from vacation. He is starting to slowly wake the wines back up from their winter nap. We can not wait to get these wines in the bottle to share with the rest of our great customers. Be patient... Wines Thu, 26 Feb 2009 10:46:00 -0600 http://www.nimblehill.com/blog/index.cfm/2009/2/26/Welcome-back http://www.nimblehill.com/blog/index.cfm/2009/2/26/Vineyard-update Good morning all, 2009 season has started off with a bang. Last weekend Penn State held a pruninig clinic at Nimble Hill. It was hosted by Mark Chien and Bill Pencek both from Penn State. Attendence was around 90. We could not have asked for a bette... Vineyard Thu, 26 Feb 2009 10:34:00 -0600 http://www.nimblehill.com/blog/index.cfm/2009/2/26/Vineyard-update http://www.nimblehill.com/blog/index.cfm/2009/2/10/Vidal-Blanc-Riesling Good morning everyone, sad news the Vidal Blanc/ Riesling will be sold out this week. Good news is that we have 750 gallons waiting to be bottled in April. Also the 2008 vintage will have a new name. Just Vidal Blanc. Same wine just a different name.... Tue, 10 Feb 2009 10:09:00 -0600 http://www.nimblehill.com/blog/index.cfm/2009/2/10/Vidal-Blanc-Riesling http://www.nimblehill.com/blog/index.cfm/2008/12/13/Racking-Day Today is racking day. We will rack the wines and do the first filtering today. Most of the wines have been going through cold stabilization the past month. That is a period where we chill the wines to 30 degrees for several weeks. During that time th... Wines Sat, 13 Dec 2008 08:58:00 -0600 http://www.nimblehill.com/blog/index.cfm/2008/12/13/Racking-Day http://www.nimblehill.com/blog/index.cfm/2008/11/14/Error-in-my-last-blog I meant to use the term "elevage" not delestage to describe the time period that we are now entering into. Delestage is a process that Champagne goes through, sorry about the confusion. News Fri, 14 Nov 2008 10:58:00 -0600 http://www.nimblehill.com/blog/index.cfm/2008/11/14/Error-in-my-last-blog http://www.nimblehill.com/blog/index.cfm/2008/11/14/Harvest-is-finally-over- We have finally finished the 2008 harvest. We figure we processed about 40 tons of grapes at Nimble Hill this year. We have close to 7500 gallons of juice/must/wine in containers. Some wines are finished fermenting and blending has begun. Some of o... News Fri, 14 Nov 2008 10:42:00 -0600 http://www.nimblehill.com/blog/index.cfm/2008/11/14/Harvest-is-finally-over- http://www.nimblehill.com/blog/index.cfm/2008/9/24/Harvest-2008 We are in the midst of the 2008 harvest at Nimble Hill. As I write this, Gary is picking up 3 tons of Cayuga which we will process this afternoon. As soon as we are done crushing and pressing the Cayuga, he will head for Westchester to pick up 2 ton... Vineyard Wed, 24 Sep 2008 09:29:00 -0600 http://www.nimblehill.com/blog/index.cfm/2008/9/24/Harvest-2008 http://www.nimblehill.com/blog/index.cfm/2008/7/30/Merlot-and-Cabernet-Sauvignon-Available We have released the 2007 Merlot and Cabernet Suavignon, they are avaiable for both tasting and purchasing at the tasting room. We now have 13 wines available at the tasting room. Wines Wed, 30 Jul 2008 11:35:00 -0600 http://www.nimblehill.com/blog/index.cfm/2008/7/30/Merlot-and-Cabernet-Sauvignon-Available http://www.nimblehill.com/blog/index.cfm/2008/7/7/All--Wines-are-in-the-Bottle We have finished bottling all of our wines for this year. They are all in the bottle and we are tasting and se11ing 11 of our 13 wines at the tasting room. The only two that have not been released are the Cabernet Sauvignon and the Merlot. These w... Wines Mon, 07 Jul 2008 12:28:00 -0600 http://www.nimblehill.com/blog/index.cfm/2008/7/7/All--Wines-are-in-the-Bottle http://www.nimblehill.com/blog/index.cfm/2008/6/23/Innocence-Released As I mentioned in a blog earlier this year, we were blushing over the anticipated release of our new Blush wine. It is a clean and innocent wine, hence the name; Innocence. We released it at the James Taylor concert last week and then began tasting... News Mon, 23 Jun 2008 11:45:00 -0600 http://www.nimblehill.com/blog/index.cfm/2008/6/23/Innocence-Released http://www.nimblehill.com/blog/index.cfm/2008/5/24/Dry-Wines Some of our visitors have been asking when we will have our dryer wines available. Well the good news is that we are releasing this years Nimble Hill Red this weekend. The wine this year is made from 100% Nimble Hill grown grapes. It is dryer than ... Wines Sat, 24 May 2008 09:18:00 -0600 http://www.nimblehill.com/blog/index.cfm/2008/5/24/Dry-Wines http://www.nimblehill.com/blog/index.cfm/2008/5/21/Whys-the-sign-out-front-say-2007-wines- I was asked a question by my brother about why the sign outside the tasting room says 2007 wines are here. It was a very good question and one that Gary and I just took for granted, as he has been asked the same thing by several people. No we are not... Tasting Room Wed, 21 May 2008 08:03:00 -0600 http://www.nimblehill.com/blog/index.cfm/2008/5/21/Whys-the-sign-out-front-say-2007-wines-