I ka noʻonoʻoʻana i nā māla waina waina nui o ka honua, hikiʻole iā Arizona ke hana i nā luna heʻumi. Akā, e kahaha pahaʻoe i kaʻikeʻana he nui nāʻano waina o ka waina i hana maikaʻi loa ma Arizona,ʻo Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Syrah, Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, a me Sangiovese.
Ua kanu muaʻia nā māla waina ma Arizona i ka kenekulia 17 i nā mikionali Franciscan.
ʻEkolu mau'āpana'āina o Arizona, aʻikeʻoe i kahi hoʻonāuki o nā lumi hoʻonaninina waina ma ia mau wahi. ʻO ka mua / mua ma ka piko ke kahi i ka moku Sonoita / Elgin iʻAmelika Hema. He'āina ia e hoʻomaopopoʻia i ka'āina,ʻo ia hoʻi kahiʻAmelikaʻAlaʻAla'Apau (AVA). ʻO ka lua, a me ka hapanui nui loa o ka moku'āina ma ka moku'āina, aia ma ka hema hikina a me Willcox. ʻO kahi mamao loa ia o ke ala iʻoi aku ma mua o kaʻelua mau'ē aʻe, akā eʻikeʻoe i nā lumi hoʻolimalima ma Arizona a me Northern Arizona e pili ana i nā waina i hanaʻia mai nā hua waina i uluʻia ma Willcox. ʻO ke kolu o ka'āpana ka mea hou loa,ʻo ka mākau waena o ka moku'āina,ʻo ia ka moku waina o ka Verde Valley .
Ma kēia huakaʻi, ua hoʻoholo mākou e kipa aku iʻekolu mau wanaʻi ma Elgin a me Arizona. E lawe pū me kāu mea alakaʻi hoʻokele, a ke kipa aku i kēia mau mea lanakila me aʻu!
ʻO Sonoita Vineyards, Ltd. ko mākou pae mua. Aia ia ma Elgin, kahi o 50 mau mile mai Tucson.
Ua hoʻokumuʻia ka māla waina i ka makahiki 1983 e Dr. Gordon Dutt,ʻo ia hoʻi, no nā mea a pau a me nā hana, ka makuakāne o Arizona viticulture. Hōʻike lākou i ka lepo o ka'āina me he mea like me Burgundy, Farani. Ua hoʻokumuʻo Vineyards i nā waina ikaika i lanakila, ma keʻano o Cabernet Sauvignon.
Loaʻa kaʻona waina i kēlā me kēia lā ma nā Vineyards Sonoita ma nā lā wale nō. Hoʻokipaʻia nā malihini kipa e lawe mai i kaʻaina pāʻina pīpī a hauʻoli i ko lākou waina ma ka pāpale, aiʻole eʻoluʻolu i ka nānāʻana i ka māla waina a me nā mauna e pili ana mai ka pale mai.
Hiki iāʻoe ke lawe i kāuʻona pono'ī, a laila e loaʻa iāʻoe ka uku ma ka ukuʻai. I koʻu wā i kipa ai,ʻaʻohe inu o nā waina e 'ai; ua hoʻoholo lākou iāʻoe, he hui pū me ka keʻokeʻo a me ke kua.
ʻO ka Village of Elgin Winery ka hopena o mākou. Aia ka hopena ma Elgin, ma kahi o 55 mau mile mai Tucson a mai 5 mile mai Sonoita mai. Hoʻohana ka māla waina i nā Claiet varietals a me Syrah. Ke hoʻohana neiʻo Elgin Winery i nāʻano kahiko aʻo ia wale nō ka lanakila i kaomi i nā hua waina a hoʻohana wale i nā mea lāʻau. He hale kūʻai paʻa ia o kaʻohana, a he 120,000 mauʻeke wale nō ka hiki.
ʻO nāʻano waina likeʻole,ʻo Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Colombard, Merlot, Sangiovese, Sauvignon Blanc lāuaʻo Syra. Hoʻohana lākou i nā hua wainaʻo Sonoita AVA, a, mai ka makahiki 2077, ua hoʻopihaʻia nā mea a pau i nā pā.
ʻO kaʻena pūnaewele ka mea nui loa i nā hiʻohiʻona, akāʻo kā lākouʻaoʻao Facebook keʻano mau loa. ʻO ka waiwai pono'ī iho heʻano hauʻoli ia; lawelawe lākou a komo i nā pāʻina ma ka makahiki.
ʻO Callaghan Vineyards kaʻekolu o kā mākou hana. He mau mile wale no ma ka hikina o Elgin Winery. Ua hoʻokumuʻia kēia māla waina i ka makahiki 1990 aʻelua mau māla waina mai ka waina i hele mai ai:ʻo Buena Suerte Vineyard,ʻo ia ka mea hou loa a mākou i kipa aku ai ma Elgin, a me ka Dess Cabezas Vineyard kokoke i Willcox, Arizona.
Ma CallaghanʻO nā māla waina, he kīʻaha waina maikaʻi i hoʻokomoʻia i loko o kaʻaiʻana. Hiki iāʻoe ke lawe mai i kāuʻona pono'ī aʻono i kā lākou waina no ka ho'ēmi. Ke weheʻia ka lumiʻaina i ka Pōʻakolu a hala ka lā Sābati a heʻumikumamākahi mau kau waina e koho ai.
ʻO Patagonia kahi kūlanakauhale liʻiliʻi ma kahi kiʻekiʻe o 4,000 kapuaʻi ma waena o nā maunaʻo Santa Rita a me nā Patagonia Mountains. He mano paha kona heluna. Aia kekahi mau hale kūʻai a me kahi hoʻolāʻau maikaʻi ma ke kūlanakauhale, a me kekahi mau pahu lāʻau a me kahi kula kiʻekiʻe.
ʻOiai ka nani o Patagonia ka liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi, uaʻikeʻiaʻo ia ma ke ao holoʻokoʻa i ka nānāʻana i ka huakaʻi. Ua kū mākou ma ka Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve, ka mea i mālamaʻia a mālamaʻia e The Nature Conservancy. He lāʻau limu-willow ka ulu nahele ulu aʻoi aku i 290 nāʻano manu iʻikeʻia ma ia wahi. Aia nā mākaʻi alakaʻi i ka Patagonia-Sonoita Creek e mālama i nā kakahiaka Sābati kakahiaka. Inā makemakeʻoe i ka nānāʻana i nā manu o Arizona, mai haʻaleleʻoe iā Patagonia!