說到葡萄酒莊,一些名字會躍然筆上,波爾多(Bordeaux, France), 托斯卡納(Tuscany, Italy),納帕穀(Napa Vally, USA),等等。大概沒有多少人聽說過波特蘭附近的處於Willamette Valley的Yamhill和Dundee等地。 紅葡萄酒分為多種,其中的一種叫黑皮諾(Pinot Noir)。而俄勒岡已經成為世界一流的黑皮諾紅葡萄酒產地,並且數次被評為世界第一。
據說因為數百萬年前火上爆發導致Yamhill縣一帶的土質以玄武岩(volcano basalt)為主。這種土質分為多層,既能蓄水,又能排水,且含有豐富的礦物質,鈣,鎂,磷等。
我們平時商店裏買的當水果吃的葡萄美國人叫Table Grapes,糖分很大,一般是不能作為生產葡萄酒的原料的。如下麵的圖1,2,3。
1. Vial Family Farm, a.k.a. Scholls Valley Lodge
![_D6A2188](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4728/25272684558_afdb9b5859_o.jpg)
2. 同1
![_D6A2190](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4683/38429653224_60996acdfa_o.jpg)
3. 同1
![_D6A2191](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4637/25272683288_d6668c3459_o.jpg)
4. 記不得名字
![IMG_9925](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4592/27500849999_64476d3eac_o.jpg)
5. Domaine Drouhin (known as French soul, Oregon soil, as the family originally from France)
![_D6A2126](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4637/25272686478_87b1002abd_o.jpg)
6. Near 5.
![_D6A2559](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4732/38429661784_f10d4c9e16_o.jpg)
7. Near 5.
![_D6A2574](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4727/25272691188_cc4d953480_o.jpg)
8. Bella Vida。這家位於很高的山頂,出入的道路極為陡峭。
![_D6A2110](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4645/38429657014_3f5d93a66a_o.jpg)
9. Domaine Serene
![_D6A2623](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4587/25272690218_3f400f728c_o.jpg)
10. 葡萄酒生產有一個發酵過程,就是糖轉化為酒精的過程,從一種分子變為另一種分子。
![_D6A2607](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4640/38429660844_3527c15520_o.jpg)
11. 同9. 意大利托斯卡納風格。
![_D6A2146](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4600/38429655164_0749be76d7_o.jpg)
12. 同9. 品酒室
![_D6A2632](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4588/38429659924_7ba8503c5a_o.jpg)
13. Penner-Ash
![_D6A2378](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4647/38429648304_cd68881915_o.jpg)
14. 同13.
![_D6A2373](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4587/25272679958_72873d2669_o.jpg)
15. 同13.
![_D6A2358](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4730/38429650414_29a6e82782_o.jpg)
16. 同13.
![_D6A2362](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4587/38429649354_3d4d06cf99_o.jpg)
17. 同13.
![_D6A2346](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4734/25272682148_1d036954c1_o.jpg)
18. Sokol Blosser
![_D6A2219 copy](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4601/38429651824_94b895c9dd_o.jpg)
19. 同18.
![_D6A2530](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4645/25272678838_c29aff01b7_o.jpg)
20. 同18.
![_D6A2535](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4646/38257034935_fa6282a6b1_o.jpg)
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