I-Cult Wine King yaseCalifornia
Ngisho nalabo abanezinzwane zabo ezinkulu emhlabeni wewayini bayazi igama elithi "Ukuklabalaza kwe-Eagle." Kubonakala kalula ukuthi idumela layo liyinja ephezulu kaNapa Valley kumbuthano weCult Cab.
Ehlelwe enhliziyweni yezwe lase-Oakville, eCalifornia, i-acre Screaming Eagle Estate yaqalwa yi-real estate broker, uJean Phillips futhi ihlelwe yi-winemaker owaziwayo, uHeidi Barrett. Isivuno sokuqala se-Screaming Eagle safika ngo-1992 futhi sakhishwa ngo-1996.
Ngaphandle kwesibhamu, Ukumemeza kwe-Eagle kuhlanganiswe emaphuzu okuthandwa nguRobert Parker (99 ukuba kube okuqondile). Njengobe iwayini lezinkolelo zewayini nezindaba ezidingekayo, inani lalinganiselwe futhi amanani ahamba esibhakabhakeni futhi aqhubeke enza njalo namhlanje.
Eyakhelwe engxenyeni yaseBordeaux, Ukukhwabanisa kwe-Eagle kuthwala izingxenye eziphawulekayo ze-Cab eceleni komdanso onempilo we-Merlot kanye ne-Cab of Franc.
Ukumemeza uhlu lwe-Eagle Wine Waiting
Ukumemeza ukukhiqizwa kwamanje kwe-Eagle okwamanje kugibela amacala angu-500 kuya kwangu-850 ngonyaka. Uhlu lwamakhodi weposi lukhawulwa ngamabhodlela amathathu umuntu kanye nohlu olude lokulinda oluthatha amandla angaphezu kuka-5,000. Ngokukhiqizwa okulinganiselwe futhi ambalwa amachashaza atholakalayo ukuthenga iwayini kusukela ekudleni, ukuklabalaza kwe-Eagle kuvuthiwe ekuthengiseni izindlu zendalini kanye nezinqolobane zokudlela eziphezulu.
Izitolo ze-intanethi noma ezingosizeni zindawo lapho khona iningi lalabo abanenzuzo yokuqaphela ukuguqulwa kwesimo sokudumisa isikhwama se-Eagle sithola izandla zabo ebhodleleni.
Yize inani lentengo ye-vintages yamuva ivele kusuka ku-$ 1300 kuya ku-2500 ibhodlela, akusizwakala ukuthi ibhodlela lifinyelele ku-$ 7000 uma lishaya imakethe ye-auction.
Uma ucabangela konke lokhu, kungase kube nzima ukuthola ibhodlela, ungazishiyi icala.
Shakin 'isidleke se-Eagle
Ngemva kweminyaka engaphezu kwengu-20 yokuhlala, i-Screaming Eagle Estate yadlulisela ubunikazi ngo-2006 futhi yathengiswa kubalingani bebhizinisi uStan Kroenke noCharles Banks.
Ngaloko-ke, balethe u-winemaker odumile, u-Andy Erickson, ukuthatha u-David Abreu nomphathi wokuphatha izivini.
Izinguquko zaqhubeka ne-Kroenke zithatha ubunikazi obugcwele ngo-2009 kanti u-Andy Erickson ushiye umqhubi ngonyaka ka-2010 ukuphishekela imisebenzi entsha ye-viticulture. Ngalesi sikhathi, uNick Gislason walethwa futhi isivuno sokuqala sakwa-winemaker saqala ukukhiqizwa ngo-2011.
Ngenkathi leyo mininingwane yaziwa, iningi lokusebenza kwangaphakathi kwe-winery ayikho. Kubonakala sengathi le mfihlakalo iyanezela ekukhoneni iwayini ngokwayo.
Ngokwesibonelo, izintatheli embonini yewayini azivami ukuthola ithuba lokuxoxa nomnikazi noma i-winemaker futhi le ndawo ayivulekile ukuvakasha, ngisho nasecindezini. Iwebhusayithi ye-Screaming Eagle ayi-barebones, ngaphandle kokushiwo yiwayini noma ubuntu obuyilandelayo, imibuzo embalwa nje elula mayelana nokubhalisela uhlu lwamakheli nokuqinisekisa amabhodlela.
Konke lokhu kuye kwabangela imibuzo eminingi eshiywe ingaphenduliwe. Kubonakala sengathi kuthinta intengo yewayini futhi kungase kube omunye wezinhlelo zokukhangisa ezithakazelisayo emhlabeni wewayini: zigcine ziqagela futhi zizofuna ngaphezulu.
UJonata: Ukumemeza uMninimandla oDadewabo we-Eagle
Labo abakwaziyo ukuthi abafuni ukuhlukanisa ngemali engathà sina ku-Eagle, ungathola umdlalo omuhle ekwakhekeni kukaDonald's Ekhanda, uJonata.
UJonata unomuntu ofanayo obizwa ngokuthi u-Screaming Eagle futhi unenani lentengo engxenyeni yelebula likadadewabo omkhulu. Iwayini likaJonata lihlelwe ngokucophelela ngu-winemaker Matt Dees ukukhulisa isakhiwo se-tanin ngenkathi eqhubeka nokugxila ekuhlanganiseni kweBordeaux neRhone.
I-Jonata Winery yenza ikhaya layo eSanta Ynez Valley engaphezu kuka-600 acres. Ukukhululwa kwesivuno se-Jonata ka-2013 kuhlanganisa iLa Sangre de Jonata (i-Syrah dominates), i- El Desafio (i- Cabernet Sauvignon enzima e-oak entsha yesiFulentshi), ne- El Alma (i-Cab Franc). Zonke lezi zihle kakhulu futhi zifanele ukuzama.
Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi uphupha ibhola le-Screaming Eagle ngosuku oluthile noma nje ujabulele ukuphuza ingane yakhe uJonata, kunokuningi okungazithokozisa ngokuqala kokuqala komqhubi kanye nokuziphendukela kwemvelo okuqhubekayo. Kuqinisekile ukuthi ikusasa lakhe aliphelile.