ʻO ka huahana wainaʻo Southern Arizona -ʻO ka huakaʻi hele a me ka hōʻailona ma ka'āinaʻo Sonoita Elgin

Keʻike nei i nā waina o Arizona

ʻO Patagonia -ʻO kahi kumu waina maikaʻi

I ko mākou nohoʻana ma ka Spirit Tree Inn i Patagonia, i Arizona mākou i kahi kūpono e hoʻomaka ai i kahi huakaʻi hele i ke KaiwaenaʻAinaʻo Arizona. Ua hoʻomākaukau mākou no kekahi lā o ka kiʻi a me kaʻonoʻana.

Loaʻa i laila

ʻO ka waina waina he 55 mau mile mai Tucson, Arizona mai. ʻO nā wahi āu e makemake e kipa aku aiʻo Sonoita lāuaʻo Elgin a me ka nani o ka'āina ma waena.

Laweʻiaʻoe e ke kahakai mai ke ala kiʻekiʻe 82 (e holo ana ma waena o Sierra Vista a me Patagonia) ma ke alaʻo Upper Elgin Road, Elgin Road, a me ke alanui Elgin El. No ka loaʻaʻana o kāu mau bearings, ke'ōlelo aku nei wau i ka pihiʻana i kahi lele "Wineries of Sonoita" ma Patagonia e nānā ana paha i ka Pūnaewele Pūnaeweleʻo Arizona Wine. E kāleka i kēia palapala palapala kiʻi nui.

Ka mea e lawe

Ma muli o ka manawa o ka makahiki, ponoʻoe i kahi pale e pale aku iāʻoe mai ka makani ma nā kula. ʻO kaʻaina awakea pāloka kahi mea maikaʻi e pili ana i kāu kālepa aʻo ka mea hoʻomalamaʻi no kāu kūʻaiʻana i ka waina e'ōleloʻia i ka wā wela. E lawe i kāu palapala'āina meʻoe iʻoleʻoe e haʻalele i kekahi o nā lumi hoʻolāʻau.

No ka Wine Country

Ua hoʻokumuʻia ka pā waina hoʻolālā mua i ka makahiki 1973. Ua loaʻa i ka wainaʻo'Azona kahi kūlana kaulana o ka honua. Aia he mau māla waina he 14. Wahi a ka'Ahazona Wine Grower Association,ʻikeʻia kaʻike honua a me ka lepo e like kēia'āina me Ribera Del Duero, Sepania, Southeastern Australia, Southern France a aneane like me ka mea o Paso Robles, Kaleponi.

ʻO kekahi o nā mea mua āu eʻike ai e pili ana i ke Arizona Wine Country,ʻaʻole ia e like me ka Napa a iʻole Sonoma Valley o Kaleponi. ʻAʻole he lehulehu,ʻaʻoheʻoihana pāʻoihana e pili ana iāʻoe a e holoʻoe i nā paeʻae makani mai ka waiwai kūʻai i ka waiwai. ʻO kekahi o lākou he mea maʻalahiʻole i ka loaʻaʻole o nā hōʻailona ma kahi lumi hoʻonā!

Akā, i kou heleʻana, eʻikeʻoe uaʻikeʻoe i kahi diamona i loko o kaʻeleʻele. Uaʻike nā mea kanu waina ma ia wahi i kā lākouʻoihana a keʻoluʻolu nei lākou i ka maikaʻi o ka pono o ka lehulehu.

No ka 'ōna waina

ʻO ka mea lele,ʻo "Wineries of Sonoita" ke papa inoa nei i nā lumi hoʻolālā e hāʻawi ana i kahi "hōkele liʻiliʻi." Ke hikiʻoe i ka lumiʻaina mua, e hāʻawiʻiaʻoe i kahi hōʻiliʻili no $ 3.00. Hōʻalo kēia me ke aniani. Ināʻoe eʻae i ka aniani hōʻiliʻili pālahalaha, hiki iāʻoe ke lawe ia mea i nā mea lanakila'ē aʻe a kauʻia i kahi kālā no ka hō'ūʻana. ʻO nā meaʻai e komo ana i ka hōʻemi liʻiliʻi:

ʻO ko mākou hopena hōʻailona

Ua holo mākou "ke ala hope" mai Patagonia eʻoliʻoli ana i kaʻike a me ka nui o nā paluhi. ʻOʻApelila aʻo ka mauʻu ka nani o kaʻulaʻula. I ko mākou holoʻana, haʻi maila kuʻu hoaaloha i nā maunaʻo Mexico. Aia mākou i nā palena'āina. Ma hope o ka'ōleloʻana pēlā, uaʻike mākou i kahi kaʻa kaʻa kaʻa wale nō i ka lā a pau a me kekahi mau pahu he nui o nā poʻe malihini kipa e kipakuʻia ana mai ka hale kūʻai i nā mea waiwai.

Nā māla waina Sonoita

ʻO kā mākou papa hana mua ma Sonoita Vineyards,ʻo ka ululāʻau ho'āʻo 1973 i hoʻokumuʻia e A. Blake Brophy aʻo Dr. Gordon Dutt.

Ua maʻalahi ka lumiʻawaʻawa a ua kauʻia ma luna o kahi puʻu e nānā ana i nā lauwai. Heʻelua hale papahana a ua lohe mākou he wahi lumi ma kahi kiʻekiʻe no nāʻahaʻaina mare a me nā hālāwai nui. Aia kekahi wahi e noho ai i waho aʻoluʻolu i kaʻike ma ka lā makani haʻahaʻa. Ua weheweheʻia ka ukuʻai $ 3.00 a ua hele kahi hui iā mākou mai ka poʻeʻulaʻula i ka papa e hoʻokipa nei i nā moʻolelo o ka pūʻali.

ʻOiai, ua loaʻa iā lākou kekahi waina lanakila, akā,ʻo kaʻu mea e hoʻomanaʻo nui ai,ʻo ia nō nā moʻolelo e pili ana i nā waina me nā inoaʻano'ēʻole ... Arizona Sunset, he rose nani, a me Angel Wings, i kohoʻia e like me ka waina pauna. ʻO kaʻu punaheleʻo ia ka Sonora Rossa, he waina'aiani Chianti e hana maikaʻiʻia me kahi pātaʻi maikaʻi me kaʻaila marinara. Uaʻoi aku ka māmā ma mua o ko Chiantis. Pūnaewele Paena

ʻO Callaghan Pāʻena

I ko mākou hoʻokokokeʻana i kahi lumi liʻiliʻi ma Callaghan, manaʻo mākou he wahi kūikawā kēia.

ʻOiaiʻaʻole inoa ma ka lumiʻaina, uaʻikeʻia e nā meaʻona waina me ka loaʻaʻole o ka pilikia. Aia he mau wahi kaʻa iki ma kahi kaʻa kaʻa. Hele nā ​​kānaka i kahi lumiʻaina me nā kaumaha nui o nā waina.

Hele mākou i loko aʻike i kaʻohana Callaghan,ʻo Kent, Lisa a me kā lāua kaikamahine. Ua nininiʻo Kent lāuaʻo Lisa a me kā lāua kaikamahine'ōpiopio i kāleka kāleka kāleka. ʻO ka lewa kekahi o kahi pāʻina aloha ma kahi hale liʻiliʻi.

ʻO nā waina o The Callaghan Vineyards, i hoʻokumuʻia i ka makahiki 1988, ua loaʻa i ka mahalo mai nā mea hōʻaia waina. Hoʻohanaʻia kekahi o kā lākou mau waina i kaʻaina ahiahi hoʻomaha o Sandra Day O'Connor. ʻAʻole he mea kupanaha i hele mai nā kānaka mai kahi kokoke a mamao loa e kipa aku i ka winery.

Ua hele mākou ma waena o kekahi mau waina i'ōleloʻia a ua kū wau .... ʻO ka "Z5" i lilo i hoʻokahi o nā wainaʻulaʻula maikaʻi loa aʻu i hoaʻo ai ... ma kahi! ʻO kēia huiʻana o 56% Zinfandel, 22% Mourvere a 22% Cabernet Sauvignon, ua maʻalahi ka heleʻana. ʻAʻole wau he meaʻona waina a ua kakali wale au i nā waina iʻoi aku ke kūʻai aku, akā, ua hoʻopiʻi au iʻelua mau hue e lawe i nā meaʻai Mexica.

Uaʻike mākou i ka hue ka waina. Ua laweʻo Callaghan i ka pale pl plunge. Manaʻoʻo ia uaʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka waina. Wahi a Kent, "ʻO kaʻoiaʻiʻo, i koʻu manaʻo, hōʻike kaʻimi noiʻi inā makemakeʻoe i ka waina e ulu pono,ʻo nā wili iʻole e hoʻohana i ka waina." A ke kau nei lākou i ka waina.

ʻO ka Rock and Roll Winery

Ua'ōlelo mai koʻu hoaaloha iā ia e lawe ana iaʻu i kahi "pōhaku a'ōwili i ka waiwai" no laila ua hoʻopiʻiʻia koʻu hoihoi. I ko mākou heleʻana i ka Ranco Rossa Vineyards, ua hele mākou i nā pua waina maikaʻi maikaʻi loa. Eia hou, ua komo mākou i kahi lumiʻahaʻaina maʻalahi me kaʻikeʻole. Aia ke kauā ma laila e ninini ana. Ua paʻa loaʻo ia a no laila uaʻike mākou i nā paia me nā kiʻi pōhaku a me nā kiʻi. ʻO ka mea kupaianaha,ʻaʻole iʻoluʻolu ka papa mele a me ke meleʻana i kahi lumiʻaina aʻaʻole i loaʻa i nā waina nā inoa o ka pōhaku a me ka inoa inoa.

Loaʻa nā waina maikaʻi mai kēia māla waina heʻehā. Ua lanakila ko Syra 2004 i ka makana koho a ke Kia'āina o ka makahiki 2005 no ka Best Red Wine ma ka moku'āina. ʻO Rancho Rossa kekahi mauʻona waina a he Hui Wine Buyers. Pūnaewele Vineyards.

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