Cov poj niam hauv Wine: Texan Torch Carriers

Nws yog qhwv rau poj niam lub hli keeb kwm thiab kev lees paub ntawm cov poj niam hauv cawv, ntawm no yog ib feem ob ntawm Texas Wine Women (vim txhua tus paub txhua yam loj hauv Texas, yog li txhua yam kev ua koob tsheej tsis tuaj yeem haum hauv ib zaj dab neeg xwb). Nag hmo koj tau ntsib qee tus (tab sis tsis yog tag nrho!) ntawm cov poj niam pioneering uas tau pab muab Texas rau hauv daim ntawv qhia cawv thiab hnub no, ntawm no yog ob peb (dua, tsis yog tag nrho!) uas nqa lub teeb rau pem hauv ntej.

Karen Bonarrigo: koj puas xav tau ntau tus thwjtim? Messina Hof Wine Cellars. Kev sib yuav rau hauv tsev neeg cawv, txhais tau hais tias yuav mus ua lag luam, ib yam nkaus, lub luag haujlwm uas Karen Bonarrigo tau ua thawj coj thaum nws thiab nws tus txiv tsiv mus rau Texas los hloov tsev neeg ua lag luam mus rau tiam tam sim no. Pib los ua tus thawj tswj hwm tib neeg, Karen tam sim no saib xyuas tag nrho HR, tus thawj tswj hwm thiab kev lag luam raws li tus thawj coj tswj hwm thiab tus tswv cuab. Nws tus kheej mob siab rau yog khoom noj khoom haus thiab cawv ua ke, thiab rau qhov kawg, nws tau ua haujlwm ntawm kev pib ua kom muaj cov winery nyob rau pem hauv ntej ntawm qhov chaw ua noj.

Nyob rau hauv nws 14 xyoo ua ib tug thawj coj winery. Karen tau raus nws tus kheej hauv kev lag luam, ua haujlwm hauv ntau txoj haujlwm: tus lwm thawj, tus thawj tswj hwm, tus thawj tswj hwm yav dhau los thiab tus thawj coj ntawm pawg neeg tsim cai lij choj ntawm Texas Hill Country Wineries (2016-19); Region 3 tus thawj coj hauv lub hauv paus rau Texas Wine Foundation (yav tas los Texas Wine thiab Grape Growers Foundation, 2014-20); Tus tuav ntaub ntawv / tus tuav nyiaj txiag ntawm Pawg Thawj Coj ntawm Kev Ua Haujlwm Bryan-College Chaw Nres Tsheb (yav tas los yog Bryan-College Chaw Nres Tsheb Convention thiab Cov Neeg Tuaj Saib Xyuas Chaw Haujlwm). Tam sim no nws tab tom ua tus thawj coj ntawm Texas Hill Country Wineries 'kev lag luam pawg thawj coj saib xyuas thiab tus tuav ntaub ntawv ntawm Texas Wine thiab Grape Growers Association (TWGGA). Karen tau raug hu ua Master Lady of the Vine nrog cov kwv tij uas muaj koob muaj npe ntawm Knights of the Vine hauv 2017. Nws kuj tuav Wine thiab Spirit Education Trust (WSET) qib II, thiab dhau qib pib nrog Tsev Hais Plaub ntawm Master Sommeliers.

Julie Kuhlken, Pedernales Cellars. Julie Kuhlken, PhD nyob rau hauv lub tswv yim thiab WSET III, yog co-founder thiab CEO ntawm Pedernales Cellars, feem ntau cov poj niam-muaj rau xyoo winery. Julie yog lub luag haujlwm rau tag nrho cov chav ua haujlwm tasting, kev tos txais qhua, thiab kev lag luam rau Pedernales Cellars hom nrog rau Kos Npe Series thiab Kuhlken-Osterberg hom. Nws tau ua tus thawj tswj hwm ntawm Texas Hill Lub Tebchaws Winery Association thiab tam sim no yog tus thawj coj ntawm nws pawg neeg ua lag luam, pab tsim lub koob npe nrov rau Texas Wine Country raws li qhov tshwj xeeb cawv txiv hmab. Nws yog nyob rau ntawm Pawg Neeg Saib Xyuas Kev Txhim Kho Kev Lag Luam ntawm Lub Nroog Gillespie, qhov chaw tswj kev loj hlob ntawm kev lag luam cawv yog ib qho kev txhawj xeeb tseem ceeb thiab tau ua haujlwm rau pawg thawj coj ntawm TWGGA, lub koom haum kev lag luam thoob plaws hauv lub xeev. Nws yog ib tug tswv cuab ntawm Les Dames d'Escoffier-Austin.

Ib tug thawj coj ntev hauv Texas kev lag luam cawv, Julie yog tus neeg txhawb siab tsis yog rau Texas wines xwb, tab sis kuj yog kev kos duab thiab kev pab nyiaj txiag. Los ntawm nws txoj kev coj noj coj ua, Pedernales Cellars tau koom tes nrog Hill Country Film Festival los pab txhim kho cov yeeb yaj kiab hauv nruab nrab Texas, thiab sau ob qho khoom plig ua koob tsheej.

Roxanne Myers, Poob Oak Winery. Myers tau txais nws daim bachelor's degree hauv pharmacology / toxicology ntawm University of Wisconsin-Madison, uas qhia nws txoj haujlwm thoob ntiaj teb hauv kev lag luam tshuaj. Tab sis nyob rau hauv xeev, nws muaj ntau tshaj 17 xyoo ntawm kev paub nyob rau hauv lub wine kev lag luam, ua hauj lwm los ntawm tasting chav tsev mus rau tus thawj tswj hwm ntawm tsev neeg-khiav Lost Oak Winery, qhov uas nws loj hlob kev muag khoom los ntawm 600% nyob rau hauv 13 xyoo dhau los. Raws li nws saib, Lost Oak Winery tau txais txiaj ntsig zoo tshaj plaws Kev Lag Luam Me ntawm Lub Xyoo los ntawm lub nroog Burleson hauv 2017 - tib lub xyoo Myers tau raug xaiv los ua tus neeg ua haujlwm kawg ua "Tus Neeg Ua Lag Luam Zoo Tshaj Plaws" los ntawm Fort Tsim magazine. Lub winery twb paub nyob rau hauv Cov kab cawv haus magazine raws li "Top 10 Winery Wedding Destination."

Roxanne cov kev ua pej xeem thiab zej zog muaj xws li tam sim no ua tus thawj coj ntawm Burleson Cheeb Tsam Chamber of Commerce pawg thawj coj saib xyuas. Nws kuj tau coj lub koom haum Tourism Alliance rau Burleson-cheeb tsam kev lag luam, tsim kom muaj lub tswv yim nyiaj txiag rau kev txhawb nqa nyiaj txiag uas ua rau tsim lub chaw ua haujlwm tsom mus rau lub nroog Burleson. Los ntawm 2013 txog 2015, Myers tau ua tus thawj coj rau Texas Wine thiab Grape Growers Foundation qhov chaw uas nws tau ua tus thawj coj ntawm kev hloov kho cov cai lij choj, ua rau qee qhov $ 400,000 ntawm cov nyiaj tsim nyog hauv xeev tau rov qab mus rau Texas wineries. Nws tau ua tus thawj tswj hwm ntawm TWGGA xyoo 2021.

UP THIAB COMING: Susan Johnson, tus tswv, Texas cuab yeej cuab tam Vineyard. Yug nyob rau Texas Gulf ntug dej hiav txwv, Texas Heritage Vineyard tswv thiab co-winemaker, Susan Johnson thiab nws tus txiv tau tsiv tawm ntawm Austin mus rau Fredericksburg, lub plawv ntawm Texas Hill Country, nyob rau hauv 2002. qhov chaw lawv cog ib tug peb-acre teb ntawm lavender. . Xyoo 2013, Susan tau pauv txoj haujlwm hauv kev pov hwm kev lag luam rau cov tub ntxhais kawm lub neej, tso npe rau hauv Texas Tech viticulture program. Nws thiab nws tus txiv tau cog lawv thawj vines hauv xyoo 2015, thiab loj hlob lub vaj txiv hmab rau 12.5 ev kawj thiab ntau hom Iberian thiab Mediterranean. Johnsons tau tsim lawv qhov chaw ua haujlwm hauv xyoo 2017 thiab qhib chav tasting ib xyoos tom qab, koom nrog tsev neeg thoob plaws hauv kev ua haujlwm. Txawm hais tias Susan thiab nws tus txiv tau mus txog peb tiam nyob rau hauv winery, Texas cuab yeej cuab tam Vineyard, tsuas yog rau xyoo, yog ib tug pheej thiab tuaj.

Tau qhov twg los: https://www.forbes.com/sites/lanabortolot/2023/03/30/women-in-wine-the-texan-torch-carriers/