Gundlach Bundschu ua kev zoo siab rau 160 xyoo ntawm Winemaking, Grape Loj hlob, thiab kev dag ntxias

Xyoo 1858 Jacob Gundlach tau tsiv teb tsaws chaw los ntawm Bavaria thiab yuav 400 acres ntawm thaj av hauv Sonoma Valley, California los cog txiv hmab txiv ntoo thiab pib ua winery. Hnub no, Gundlach Bundschu raug suav hais tias yog California qhov qub tshaj plaws tsis tu ncua tsev neeg muaj winery, nrog 6^th tiam, Jeff Bundschu, tam sim no ntawm tus thawj tswj hwm. Tab sis lub winery tsis yog tsuas yog lub npe hu rau cov puav pheej-winning wines, tab sis kuj rau nws cov kab lis kev cai ntawm kev lom zem, pob zeb 'n' yob tog, thiab lom zem tricks ua si rau cov phooj ywg vintners ntau xyoo. Nws kuj yog nyob rau ib Halloween yav tsaus ntuj nyob rau hauv 1970 hais tias lub winery twb refocused rau ib tug quest rau high-end cia wines ua kev nco txog lawv keeb kwm vineyards.

"Lub xyoo no peb tab tom tso peb 2018 Vintage Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon," said Jeff Bundschu, hauv kev xam phaj online tsis ntev los no. "Nws yog los ntawm cov thoob qhov zoo tshaj plaws ntawm 2018 vintage, uas yog 160th hnub tseem ceeb ntawm xyoo Gundlach Bundschu tau tsim nyob rau hauv 1858."

Nyob rau hauv ib txwm 'GunBun' zam, Bundschu tau tshwm sim rau lub ntsej muag virtual hnav looj tsom iav dub, ncaws pob liab tuav lub hwj txwv, luag thiab hais lus tso dag. Nws tau koom nrog ob tug Gundlach Bundschu winemakers, Keith Emerson thiab Joe Uhr, uas tau sim ua kom tasting ntawm daim ntawv loj dua nrog cov lus piav qhia txog keeb kwm vineyards.

"Lub cabernet sauvignon txiv hmab hauv xyoo 2018 Vintage Reserve yog los ntawm peb lub vaj txiv hmab La Paz," Emerson tau tshaj tawm, "nrog cov av uas muaj Rhyolitic volcanic tshauv. Nws muaj qhov chaw sab qab teb, thiab yog qhov chaw txias dua ze rau San Pablo Bay. "

Cov cawv txiv hmab uas muaj txiaj ntsig zoo yog ntxiv nrog plaub lwm yam Bordeaux sib xyaw txiv hmab txiv ntoo, Malbec, Merlot, Cab Franc thiab Petit Verdot, thiab tau muaj hnub nyoog 20 lub hlis hauv 65% tshiab Fabkis txoj ntoo qhib. Nws saj ntawm currants dub thiab tsaus chocolate, nrog sau ntawv ntawm luam yeeb thiab juniper. Tsuas yog 1300 tus neeg raug tsim tawm, thiab nws muag rau $ 125.

Lub 320 vineyard acres ntawm Gundlach Bundschu ciam teb ntawm ntug Napa Valley raws Mayacamas Roob, thiab ntws mus rau hauv Sonoma Valley thiab Los Carneros AVAs. Lawv tau ntawv pov thawj ruaj khov, nrog lub hom phiaj kom tau ntawv pov thawj organic. "Peb tau txais ib qho loj ntawm cov vaj txiv hmab uas tau lees paub cov organic hauv xyoo 2022," qhia Bundschu, "thiab los ntawm xyoo tom ntej peb yuav yog lub vaj txiv hmab loj tshaj plaws hauv Sonoma County, thiab mus rau cov ntawv pov thawj cov organic. "

Cov trio tau piav qhia txog yuav ua li cas cov wines cia los ntawm Gundlach Bundschu tau nquag saj qhov muag tsis pom kev tawm tsam cov cawv txiv hmab hauv ntiaj teb. Emerson tau tshaj tawm tias "Kuv tsis tuaj yeem qhia koj tias pes tsawg zaus kuv tau ua qhov muag tsis pom ntawm peb lub cab tawm tsam Napa thiab Bordeaux, thiab cov cawv txiv hmab no yeej ib txwm yog tus yeej swb," Emerson tau tshaj tawm.

Jeff Bundschu tau hais txog qhov nws niam nws txiv txhawb nws kom saj cov cawv txiv hmab zoo ntawm Bordeaux txhawm rau txhim kho nws lub siab. "Kuv nco qab ua qhov rov qab saj ntawm Chateau Latour nrog Robert Parker," qhia Bundschu. “Nws zoo li wine porn. Peb tau saj tag nrho txoj kev rov qab mus rau 1961, uas yog Mack Daddy ntawm tag nrho cov vintages hauv Bordeaux. Xyoo 1961… yog qhov zoo tshaj plaws ntawm kuv lub neej. "

Keeb Kwm ntawm Kev Lom Zem Tricks ntawm Gundlach Bundschu

Kev lom zem thiab tso dag tshwm sim yog ib feem ntawm DNA ntawm Gundlach-Bundschu tsev neeg. Tau ntau xyoo lawv tau koom nrog hauv kev ua yeeb yam lom zem, xws li ua ib tus thawj coj ntawm lub nplhaib hauv lub npe tsis zoo. Napa Valley Wine tsheb ciav hlau heist, qhov twg Sonoma Valley vintners, hnav lub ntsej muag dawb thiab lub kaus mom dub tau caij tsheb ciav hlau thiab nchuav Sonoma cawv rau hauv cov iav ntawm cov neeg caij tsheb ciav hlau, hais kom lawv pov lawv cov Napa Valley cawv tawm ntawm lub qhov rais.

Lwm prank koom nrog 'Xij Lauj' ob lub tsheb npav ntawm cov neeg sau ntawv mus ncig ntawm Virgin Airlines ncig xyuas ntawm Napa Valley wineries nrog Richard Branson. Cov kws sau ntawv tau raug coj mus rau Gundlach Bundschu winery qhov twg muaj ib lub rooj noj mov hauv lawv txoj kev hwm. Branson tau tshaj tawm hais tias, “Nws yog ib qho kev xav tsis thoob. Kuv xav tias qhov no yog qhov tseem ceeb ntawm lub hnub. "

Gundlach Bundschu kuj tau nto moo ntau xyoo rau nws 'chaw tsheb npav mus rau Tahoe', qhov chaw uas lawv tau caw cov neeg muag khoom muag cawv saum toj kawg nkaus rau lub caij ski hnub so ua tsaug. Tsis tas li ntawd, lawv Bacchus Club, tau tsim nyob rau xyoo 1896, thiab xav tias yog lub hauv paus ntawm lub ntsiab lus ntawm lub club wine niaj hnub no, tseem ua rau cov tswv cuab zoo siab nrog cov tog neeg, hmo ua yeeb yaj kiab, suab paj nruag, thiab lwm yam xwm txheej thoob plaws hauv lub xyoo.

Hauv kev sim los pab cov neeg siv khoom kawm paub hais lus Gundlach-Bundschu kom raug, lawv tau tsim ib daim ntawv loj loj ntawm ' phom, xauv, pob, thiab khau,' uas tseem dai rau hauv lawv chav tasting niaj hnub no. Lawv kuj paub zoo txog lawv cov yeeb yaj kiab lom zem txog Merlot txiv hmab txiv ntoo thiab yuav ua li cas nws poob siab rau ntau xyoo rau Pinot Noir.

Lwm cov keeb kwm Wineries ntawm Teb Chaws Asmeskas

Txawm hais tias Gundlach Bundschu raug suav hais tias yog California qhov qub tshaj plaws tsis tu ncua tsev neeg muaj cawv, muaj lwm yam wineries nyob USA uas laus lawm. Brotherhood Winery tau tsim nyob rau xyoo 1839 hauv New York, thiab tseem yog qhov qub tshaj plaws txuas ntxiv ua lag luam hauv Asmeskas, niaj hnub no siv cov txiv hmab txiv ntoo Native American thiab European.

Nyob rau hauv Wisconsin, Wollersheim Winery tau tsim nyob rau hauv 1842 los ntawm suav Harazathy los ntawm Hungary, ua ntej nws tsiv mus rau California pib Buena Vista winery nyob rau hauv 1857. Nyob rau hauv Missouri, Stone Hill Winery tau tsim nyob rau hauv 1847, tsim nws lub koob npe nrov ntawm kev ua ib tug complex liab caw los ntawm lub Norton txiv hmab txiv ntoo, uas nws tseem ua li ntawd niaj hnub no - ua rau nws yog ib qho ntawm cov neeg tuaj xyuas ntau tshaj plaws hauv Midwest. Lwm cov npe nrov American qub wineries ntawm East Coast thiab Midwest suav nrog: Meiers Winery hauv Ohio ua rau xyoo 1856; Renault Winery ntawm New Jersey tsim nyob rau hauv 1864; Wiederkehr Wine Cellars thiab Post Famile Vineyards ntawm Arkansas ob qho tib si pib hauv 1880, thiab Val Verde Winery ntawm Texas tau tsim nyob rau hauv 1883. Qhov qub tshaj plaws ua haujlwm tsis tu ncua sparkling winery hauv California yog Korbel Champagne Cellars nrhiav tau hauv 1882.