Joie Farm

Joie Farm
2825 Naramata Rd. Site 5 Comp 4
Naramata, British Columbia
Canada V0H 1N0
Phone: 250-496-0073
http://www.joiefarm.com

Contact: Heidi Noble
Email: [email protected]

In the fall of 2002 we purchased a beautiful 5 acre farm on the Naramata Bench in the Okanagan Valley and we named it “Joie”. Joie has been a constantly evolving concept that began as a guesthouse and critically acclaimed cooking school, located outdoors, formerly in our orchard.
In 2007 the orchard was planted over to grape vines and a new winery building was built on the property. The story and of the cooking school and guesthouse have been captured in Heidi's award winning book Menus from an Orchard Table (Whitecap, 2007). With the addition of our
own estate grown fruit in 2009, we have changed our name to JoieFarm to reflect our deeper connection to the place we call home.

Heidi is a professionally trained chef and sommelier, winemaker, farmer and author. After graduating at the top of her class with a B.A. in Philosophy and Western Literature from the University of Western Ontario, she embarked on a culinary career attending the esteemed Stratford Chef's School. Her restaurant career was spent at some of Canada's best restaurants including Montreal's Tôqué and Toronto's Art Gallery of Ontario.

In 2000, Heidi moved out of the kitchen and trained with the Canadian Sommelier Guild in Vancouver. She then worked in Vancouver's wine trade with a small, niche wine importer, The Seacove Group. Heidi's winemaking skills have been self-taught, and guided by mentors including Paul Gardner at Pentâge Winery, the sage advice of Oregon's Jean-Paul Cameron and countless hours of research, reading, travel and endless (and most importantly) wine drinking.

Heidi is interested in the exploration of a new viticultural area while simultaneously participating in the Okanagan’s development of its own identity within the spectrum of BC’s regional cuisines. Her wish is that these cuisines will ultimately be bound together by the world-class wines of the Okanagan Valley as both traditions mature and influence one another.

Heidi heads up the day to day winemaking and production side of things at JoieFarm, as well as running the vineyard.

Winemaker: Heidi Noble

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Distribution: Online sales, select British Columbia restaurants and wine shops

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