Oku akusiyo iNapa Valley. Kwiminyaka elishumi elinesihlanu kamva, ndisawava amazwi omphathi wenye yezona veni zibalaseleyo zaseOregon.

Ndibuze, ndimsulwa ngokwaneleyo, kutheni engavumeli iindwendwe. Impendulo yakhe yayimfutshane kuzo zonke iindlela apho i-Willamette Valley, indawo eyintsimi yeefama eziqengqelekayo eziqala malunga neekhilomitha ezili-100 kumzantsi-ntshona wePortland, zifuna ukuzihlukanisa nommandla wewayini ophumeleleyo eMelika. INapa izinikele kukhenketho lwewayini, isitshixo, isitokhwe kunye nemigqomo emitsha ye-oki, kodwa iidiliya zezinye nje zezityalo ezingama-225 zemali eWillamette. Apha, ukudibanisa kunye nabavuni kuninzi kakhulu kuneebhasi zokutyelela. Izidiliya azinkulu kodwa zincinci kwaye zenziwe ngendlela engaqhelekanga, zifakwe phakathi kweetrawberry patches kunye namasimi eryegrass. Ii-Wineries zezamafama amatsha omdiliya kunye nee-enologist ezifundisayo ezize apha zifuna ubomi obuzolileyo, obutofotofo. Kubo, iNapa yayiligama elinobumba abane. Ngokubhekisele kukhenketho, bebengakhathali ngokwenene ukuba uze kubabona okanye awubenzanga. Ngokuqinisekileyo bebengafuni ukuthengisela isikebhe sakhokho.

Kodwa ndandikhathala. Ndandifuna ukusela iwayini, kwaye ezo ndandizithanda kakhulu zazingathengiswa kwiivenkile zewayini zasekuhlaleni, okanye naphi na apho ndandihamba khona. I-Willamette Valley yayingenaye umvelisi omnye onokuthiwa mkhulu. (Nanamhlanje, umndilili wesiphumo sewayini eOregon yi-4,600 iibhotile ezili-12, nto leyo ethetha ukuba iGallo yaseCarlifonia, umzekelo, ithengisa ngaphezu kombuso wonke.) izixa ezincinci ezingafane zibonwe ngaphandle korhulumente. Ngokwenyani, kuya kufuneka undwendwele ukuze uzifumane.

Ndiqhubekile ke nokuza. Bendidla kwindawo efanayo yokutyela ixesha ngalinye kwaye ndithatha uhambo olude ngezidiliya ngaphandle kokubona omnye umphefumlo. Khange ndiyifumane ihotele okanye i-B & B ekufanele ukuba ndihlale kuyo ngaphezu kwesihlandlo esinye, ndiye ndaye ndagqiba kwelokuba ndihlale ePortland eHeathman Hotel, nebiyakuba yeyona nto inqwenelekayo ukuba ibingekuko ukuhamba iyure.

Iwayini ziyenze yaxabiseka yonke. I-Burgundy ibhentshi lePinot Noir, kodwa ndiyifumene iPinots kaWillamette ngokungqinelanayo. Izinto endizithandayo azivuselelanga incasa yam kuphela kodwa kunye nengcinga yam, njengezihlobo ezingaphezulu kakhulu kwenkampani emnandi. Njengoko ixesha lihamba, ndiye ndayixabisa yonke into eyenza uWillamette wahluke kuzo zonke iindawo. Imimandla yewayini engakumbi nangaphezulu yayiba ziimilo zeNapa, kwaye ngamanye amaxesha ukubakhenketha bekuziva ngathi batyelele ipaki yemixholo, enamagumbi okunambitha endaweni yokukhwela. Ubunyani beWillamette njengendawo yezolimo babhenela kum. Kukwanjalo nokuzimisela kwayo ukuba kungachithwa yonke into eyenze ukuba ikhetheke ngokulandela into enkulu, enkulu ngakumbi, enenzuzo ngakumbi. Hayi iNapa? Oko kundifanele.

Kwiminyaka embalwa edlulileyo, kanye njengokuba isizukulwane sokuqala sabanini bewayini eWillamette saqala ukugqithisela ulawulo koonyana neentombi zabo, ndaqala ukuva ingxolo yotshintsho. Abaphuhlisi babefake izicelo zamaphepha mvume kwaye becela umngeni kwimithetho engqongqo yokusetyenziswa komhlaba, ndaxelelwa. Kwakukho intetho yotyalo-mali lwenkampani kwiivenkile zewayini, nkqu nakwiphepha leehotele eziphambili. Kwaye xa enye yezo zinto, iAllison Inn & Spa, yaphuka umhlaba, ndandisoyika eyona nto imbi kakhulu.

Kodwa ke ndaye ndanomdla-ngakumbi emva kokuba ndifundile, yakuba ivuliwe i-Allison, ukuba uninzi lwabanini bexesha elidala le-winery ababelichasa ngokuvakalayo oko babeqhelekile. Babesela iwayini ebharini, bafumane ukuphululwa kwispa, batye isidlo sangokuhlwa apho veki nganye. Okumangalisa ngakumbi kukuba, abahlobo banokuyincoma impembelelo ebenayo ebomini entlanjeni.

Ke ndabhabha ndaya kuphanda. Ndiqhubile ndadlula kwiigadi ezizilungisileyo kwaye ndangena kwigumbi elisekungeneni kwelanga. Kwakungekho mntu ungaziwayo, kwakubukelwa iindwendwe ngaphantsi. Ndisenemibono yeWillamette eqala ngendlela eya kwindlela eya kwenye indawo yelizwe lewayini. Kodwa andizukuphoswa yile drive indala ibuyela eHeathman.

I-Allison yihotele yokuqala kwimbali yeWillamette apho kudlalwa khona ukubalwa komtya webinzana. Kukho indawo yokubasa umlilo kunye neetyiwa zokuhlamba iitangerine kumagumbi eendwendwe, amanzi acocekileyo kunye noomatshini beekinesis kwiziko lokuzilolonga, iboutique Steven Smith iti kwindawo yokwamkela iindwendwe. Inqanaba lenkonzo liyamangalisa, ngakumbi kwindawo yezolimo apho inkcubeko yokubuka iindwendwe yayifuna ukwenziwa kwangoko. Shiya imvulophu kwaye ipasile yakho yokubhoda isiwe kwigumbi lakho. Buza ukutyelelwa kwewayini kwaye uza kufumana uhambo olulungiselelwe wena.

Emva kokuqala kwamanga amabini, ukutya kwindawo yokutyela ehotele, uJory, kugxilwe ezandleni zikaSunny Jin, oyinzalelwane yaseMzantsi Korea onembali yobugcisa emfutshane kodwa enomtsalane ibandakanya iNapa's French Laundry, iTetsuya's yaseSydney, kunye ne-El Bulli yaseSpain, Ngokuqinisekileyo iindawo zokutyela ezinempembelelo kwilizwekazi ngalinye kwezintathu.

Emva kokuchitha iintsuku ezimbalwa entlanjeni, kwafuneka ndivume ukuba umphumo wehotele unzulu. Ayisiyiyo kuphela amaqela amakhulu anokuthi ngoku acwangcise ukuphuma aye kule ndawo-ukuhlala nje kwabaqokeleli baseTexas kukhokelele ekuthengweni kweebhotile ezingama-650 kwiindawo zewayini - kodwa nabani na otyelele le ngingqi uya kuvuna izibonelelo ezithile, nokuba abayinyatheli ipropathi. Mhlawumbi bazakutya isonka sePearl Bakery esaziwayo ePortland, esala ngokuqinileyo ukuthunyelwa kwelinye ilizwe kwiWillamette de kube licandelo elipheleleyo lenkundla ngabaphetheyo baka-Allison, kwaye ngoku bathumela ilori rhoqo kusasa. Okanye bayokonwabela iintlanzi ezisandul 'ukuvela kunxweme lwase-Oregon ezazingekangeniswa entlanjeni kude kube kutshanje. U-Allison ufanelwe lulo lonke uzuko, utshilo uPaul Bachand, ohambisa isonka kunye nentlanzi kwi-bistro yakhe yaseMelika eneenyanga ezintandathu, iresiphi.

Uninzi lwazo zonke, iAllison itsale uhlobo lomhambi olibonwa nguWillamette njengekamva lakhe. Ayisiyo yokuhamba ngebhasi, ukukhwela iwayini, umbhali u-Rex Pickett wenze umlinganiso kwi-Vertical, ukulandela indlela esecaleni awayekuyo eWillamette, kodwa lowo uyayixabisayo imisebenzi yobulali ekhethwe ngokungxamisekileyo kwiindonga zehotele. Andihlali ndivulelekile kubakhenkethi ngaphandle kokuba bakuluhlu lwethu lokuposa, utshilo uMaggie Harrison, owenza iwayini kwaye aqhube ishishini kwiAntica Terra encinci, indawo yewayini kumantla ntshona e-Eola-Amity Hills ephuhlise inkolo elandelayo. Kodwa ukuba uAllison ubiza kwaye athi, 'ndinabantu abane,' ndithi, 'Ngokuqinisekileyo.' Baye kanye kanye endibafunayo.

Kodwa iHarrison yiNew Wave, i-emigré yaseCalifornia engenazingcambu kuloo mmandla kunye ne-winery exhaswa ziibhanki zotyalo-mali. Ngenye imvakwemini ndahamba ngemoto ukuya kubona uMerrilee Buchanan Benson eTyee Wine Cellars, indawo ephantsi kwe-radar eyasekwa ngabazali bakhe, abaqala ukutyala iidiliya entlanjeni emva phaya ngo-1974. Sahlala phantsi kom-oki oneminyaka engama-400, satya ipikniki. isidlo sasemini, kwaye ndasela iPinot Noir ka-1999. Yayingumbala we-salmon, iqhelekile kwii-Pinots ezinomzimba okhanyayo ngeminyaka ethile, kwaye ingabonakali. Nangona kunjalo ngalo lonke ixesha ndithatha isiselo, ibifumene ubutyebi kunye nomzimba kunye nomlinganiswa, njengoko iiBurgundies ezinkulu zisenza njalo. Ndiyabazi abantu abebebhabha ngaphesheya kweAtlantic ukunambitha nje iwayini, kodwa bayayijonga iWillamette kuba iibhotile ezinje ngezo azide zifike emnyango. Ngaphandle kweengcali zewayini, okuphela komntu endimaziyo owakhe wandwendwela iTyee, imizuzu eyi-20 elungileyo ukusuka kubuninzi beevenkile zentlambo, ngu ... mna.

Ngoku engama-37, uBuchanan Benson waba ngumenzi wewayini ngo-2006, emva kwamashumi amabini eminyaka yokuphumelela ngokuthobekileyo kuTyee. Waye wafunda i-enology kwaye wayenemibono yakhe, ke wayeka ukusebenzisa i-oki yeChardonnay ukunceda isiqhamo sikhanye, kwaye waqala ukuvuna iPinot Noir kwiipasi ezintathu ukuqinisekisa ukuba onke amaqunube avuthiwe. Usike imveliso phantse kwisiqingatha kuba ebengafuni naziphi iidiliya ezingakhuliswanga kwipropati yosapho lwakhe. Ndivela kule fama, utshilo, kwaye ndonwabile ukuba nabantu banamava.

Kodwa amava anokuwanika awabhalwanga ngokuqinileyo. Iindawo zokutyela ezikwisiza, ezinceda ukwenza ivenkile enenzuzo ukusuka ePauillac ukuya ePerth, zonke zithintelwe yimithetho yocando. Igumbi lakhe lokungcamla liyindlu. Kwaye ukwenza iibhotile ezili-18,000 ngonyaka akunazinzo ngokwezemali. Ixesha elide, wonke umntu olapha wayezama ukusithintela ekubeni sibe yi-California elandelayo, uBuchanan Benson wandixelela. Kusishiye njengoluhlobo lwe-backwoods, ukulala, indawo yasemaphandleni, kwaye ndiyayithanda loo nto. Ndifuna ukuyigcina-singazuza ngokwenene ngokugcina eso santya njengenxalenye yenkcubeko yethu. Kodwa kufuneka siyiqonde indlela yokwenza imali.

Njengoko sigqibile isidlo sasemini, ndacinga ukuba ingavakalelwa njani xa iqela labakhenkethi lihamba lidlula kuthi. Emva koko ndiye ndaziyeka ukuba ndicinge ukuba kuzokwenzekani ukuba usapho lakwa-Buchanan, olwalunefama ukusukela ngo-1885, lwanyanzelwa ukuba luyithengise, kwaye ndiziva njani ukuba andinakuphinda ndisele ibhotile yeTyee kwakhona. Ndandi ngaqinisekanga ukuba ndiziva njani ngombono wokuqala, kodwa ndandisazi ukuba andiwuthandi owesibini.

Olunye utshintsho olwandle luziswe liqela labapheki abancinci, abakhokelwa nguRecipe's Bachand kunye no-Thistle uEric Bechard, abagqibe kwelokuba iWillamette Valley yeyona ndawo intsha yokuvula irestyu. Kuyanceda ukuba le ndawo ikwi-orbit yasePortland, enye yezona zixeko zokutya zibalaseleyo eMelika, kwaye intabalala yesivuno sayo incede ekutsaleni iingcali ezizinikeleyo zeetafile ezifuna ukuba kufutshane neefama. Awunakukwenza oku kwimimandla yewayini emininzi, utshilo u-Bechard ngendawo yakhe engapheliyo, indawo yokutyela enezihlalo ezingama-45. Yiipesenti ezi-1.4 kuphela zezityalo ezilinywe apha ziidiliya. Oko kushiya okuninzi ukusebenza.

Uluhlu lwemithambo ludwelisa imenyu etshintsha-tshintsha ebhodini, kunye namagama abaxhasi bayo. Ixesha layo lonyaka lingqine kangangokuba alinakukhonza i-Bloody Marys de iitumato zibe ngexesha lonyaka, njengoko uBechard esandula ukuxelela undwendwe. KwiFama ukuya kwimfoloko, e-Inn eRed Hills, eDundee, imenyu igxininisa ukutya okuthuthuzelayo kwesiFrentshi: iiterrines kunye neerillette ezibalwe ukuze zifanise umhlaba wePinots wasekhaya. Nditsho neNick's Café yase-Italiya, eMcMinnville, etye uluntu lwe wayini amashumi amabini eminyaka, iyavela.

Kulapho ndadibana khona noBen Casteel, owathi kwiminyaka eliqela eyadlulayo wangena ezihlangwini zikayise njengomenzi wewayini eBethel Heights. UBen, oneminyaka engama-34 ubudala, uyayiqonda into yokuba i-Willamette ebuntwaneni bakhe ayinakugcinwa. Andinguye uqoqosho, utshilo, kodwa ndiyazi ukuba utshintsho luza. Ngokwenyani, wavuma, ilapha. Behleli etafileni kwaNick, uCasteel wajonga ukhetho. Eli lixesha lokuqala ndibona urchin wolwandle kwimenyu kaNick, utshilo.

Iikhosi zavela ekhitshini njengewotshi kwaye zazintsonkothile, zinamabhongo, kwaye zilungile ngokumangalisayo-i-halibut crudo enee-orenji, ii-microgreens, kunye ne-baby radish; isuphu yeembotyi eziqholiweyo kunye neskwidi. Sisele enye yePinots yesidiliya esinye, esenziwe ngendlela eyahlukileyo kuneyeTyee, ngamagxa abanzi kunye neencasa ezinzulu: i-basso profundo kune-tenor. Indenze ndaphinda ndabuxabisa ubuchule bommandla onokuthi uvelise iwayini ezahlukeneyo kuhlobo olunye lomdiliya, nganye iyaziwa njenge-Oregonian.

Emile ke indoda ibhengeza ukuba umfazi wayo ubhiyozela usuku lokuzalwa. Ngokukhawuleza, ukuzola kwaphulwa. Uguquko olomeleleyo loSuku lokuzalwa oluhle lwaqala, bathatha umphunga, bagcwalisa igumbi. Kwakungathi uNick omdala ubuyile ebomini ukubuyisa okwethutyana indawo. Ndonwabile xa ndafumanisa ukuba uNick uselulo uhlobo lwendawo apho igumbi lokutya lizakubeka bucala ii-microgreen zabo ukuphawula usuku lokuzalwa lwedinala engahleliyo iitafile ezimbalwa kude. Kwaye ndonwaba ngakumbi xa isidlo saphela, kwaye ndenyuka ngendlela eya ebhedini yam yokulinda, ejonge isidiliya.

UBruce Schoenfeld ngumhleli we-T + L kunye nomhleli wemimoya.

Indlela Yokukuthetha

NguWillamette, dammit! izikipa ziyabhengeza. Ukubiza igama ngokuchanekileyo (wil-lam-it) linyathelo lokuqala lokufumana ukuthembela kunye noxabiso ngabantu balapha.

Nini ukuya

Ixesha lemvula laseNtshona Oregon lidla ngokuqala ngo-Okthobha kwaye liqhubeke ukuya kuJuni. Intili ingamangalisa emafini, kodwa uninzi lwabahambi luya kukhetha ukukhanya kwelanga entwasahlobo nasehlotyeni. Esinye seziganeko zewayini ezindala nezizezona ziqhutywa kakuhle eMelika, I-Pinot Noir yamazwe ngamazwe yenzeka qho ngoJulayi.

Hlala

I-Allison Inn kunye ne-Spa 2525 uAllison Lane, eNewberg; 503 / 554-2525; theallison.com ; iphindwe kabini kwiidola ezingama-310; isidlo sangokuhlwa ngeedola ezili-125.

Ixabiso elikhulu I-Inn eRed Hills Ihotele yokuqala ye-boutique yaseWillamette ivulwe ngo-2009 phakathi kwendlela exakekileyo nendawo yokupaka. Kodwa amagumbi mahle, kwaye iFama eya kwiFolokhwe inokutya okona kutya kulommandla. 1410 N.W. Hwy. 99W, eDundee; 503 / 538-7666; lngokungcngu.com ; iphindwe kabini kwi-139 yeedola; isidlo sangokuhlwa ngeedola ezingama-75.

Yitya

Ikhefu likaNick laseNtaliyane 521 N.E. Okwesithathu St., McMinnville; 503 / 434-4471; isidlo sangokuhlwa ngeedola ezingama-80.

Indlela yokupheka 115 N. Washington, eNewberg; 503 / 487-6853; isidlo sangokuhlwa ngeedola ezingama-50.

Inkunzane 228 N.E. Evans St., McMinnville; 503 / 472-9623; isidlo sangokuhlwa ngeedola ezingama-70.

Ngcamla

IBethel Heights Isidiliya 6060 iBethel Heights Rd. INW, iSalem; 503 / 581-2262; webokhels.net .

Elk Cove Izidiliya 27751 NW Olson Rd., Gaston; 503 / 985-7760; elcove.com .

Izisele zewayini zetayi 26335 iGreenberry Rd., ECorvallis; 541 / 753-8754; xhlani.com .

Isidiliya iAdelsheim 2009 Quarter Mile Lane Pinot Noir Inkoliso ye wayini isesidiliya esineminyaka engama-37 ikhethelwe i-Adelsheim’s Elizabeth’s Reserve, kodwa umenzi wewayini uDave Paige ukhupha amatyala aphakathi kwama-50 ukuya kwali-100 aze azibhotile njengecuvée eyahlukileyo. Inguqulelo ka -09 ilinganisa ukuvuthwa kunye notywala obuphezulu belo vini ishushu kunye nesiqholo esinxilisayo, kunye ne-bramble-in-a-thicket complexes that is defest description. 503 / 538-3652; adelsheim.com ; $ 105 yeedola.

I-Antica Terra Estate ePinot Noir Eola-Amity Hills ngo-2009 Ityalwe ngonyawo okanye ngomhlaba ongaphezulu ohleli kwiphepha langaphambili lelitye, imidiliya kule nduli ibethwe ngumoya yenza iwayini engaqhelekanga. Olu khululo, impumelelo yomenzi we-wingie uMaggie Harrison ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, inamandla aqhubela phambili ubungqongqo kunye neziqhamo ezimnyama eziluhlaza ukuya esiphelweni. 503 / 244-1748; anticaterra.com ; $ 100.

Ixabiso elikhulu I-Seufert Winery ka-2009 uJohan Isidiliya sasePinot Noir I-winery eyaziwayo edolophini iDayton inegumbi elincinci elinemigqomo, izixhobo, kunye netafile yokunambitha eqhelekileyo, kodwa iwayini zayo ezinamaxabiso athobekileyo zifezekiswa rhoqo ngonyaka. I-understated '09 Johan, eyenziwe ngeediliya ezikhuliswe kwisidiliya esiqinisekisiweyo se-biodynamic, ine-freshness emnandi enyanzelisa isiphu elandelayo kunye nolwakhiwo lokuqhubeka luphucuka ngokuguga. 503 / 864-2946; seufunce ; $ 30.

Ixabiso elikhulu I-Trisaetum Ribbon Ridge Isidiliya esomileyo seRiesling 2010 UJames Frey, owayekade eyintengiso kwezempilo kwaye ngoku engumzobi ophumeleleyo kunye nowenza iwayini, uphumelele kwindawo engalindelekanga yeOregon Riesling. I-10 Ribbon Ridge, yonke ikalika e-tangy kunye ne-grapefruit, ibristles ngamandla ombane aya kwenza ukuba uzibuze ukuba kutheni uninzi lwabenzi bewayini bakarhulumente bengakhange bayamkele iidiliya kwiindawo zabo ezinemozulu epholileyo. 503 / 538-9898; trisaetum.com ; $ 24.

Ixabiso elikhulu Ngo-2008 iWinderlea Ana Pinot Noir Ukusuka kwi-stellar vintage kwiWillamette, le wayini inemveliso encinci iphakamisa i-candied, i-cherry-red flavour efana neDundee Hills ukuya kwinqanaba elilandelayo ngobumnandi bayo nobabalo. Ivakala ngathi yiBurgundy emlonyeni, kodwa ayikuthandeki ngaphandle kweOregon. ifamily.com ; 503 / 554-5900; $ 48.