Fumana ubutyebi beentlobo ezahlukeneyo zamaGrike kunye neGaia Wines

Yasekwa ngo-1994 nguYiannis Paraskevopoulos, ingcali yezolimo enePh.D. kwi-Enology evela kwiYunivesithi yaseBordeaux II, kunye noLeon Karatsalos, i-Agriculturalist, Iiwayini zeGaia ifaka umoya obalulekileyo wamaGrike wokufuna ukwazi kunye nemfundo.

Le ethos ibonakaliswa ekwenzeni kwabo iwayini, njengoko bezama ukubonisa abathanda iwayini kwihlabathi jikelele ngokugqwesa okungenakulinganiswa nanto.

Okwangoku, Iiwayini zeGaia ngokuzingca iqhuba iindawo ezimbini zewayini ezikumgangatho ophezulu ezime phakathi kweendawo ezimbini zePDO ezithembisayo zaseGreece (uLungelo oluKhuselweyo lweMvelaphi).

Kulo lonke uhambo lwayo, eyona njongo kaGaia ibikukwandiswa kunye nokubhiyozelwa kweempawu ezikhethekileyo ezifumaneka kwiindidi zeediliya zamaGrike ezifana neAgiorgitiko kunye neAssyrtiko.

Oku kuzinikezela kujoliswe ekuphumezeni ukuqondwa kwehlabathi.

Ikhampasi ekhokelela kwindlela ye-Gaia ibisoloko igxininisekile kunye nokuzinikela okungagungqiyo kumgangatho.

Iwayini zabo, ezibambelela kweyona migangatho iphezulu, zihombisa iishelufu zamazwe angama-25 ehlabathini lonke—ukususela eJapan ukuya eUnited States, nokugubungela imimandla yaseScandinavia ukuya kutsho eOstreliya.

Kusuku ngalunye oludlulayo, ukubalwa kwempahla ethunyelwa ngaphandle kunye namawonga ayaqhubeka nokukhula, ubungqina bokwandiswa kweminqweno yeGaia Wines.

Umnqweno ongapheliyo wokufunda kunye nokwamkela amava amatsha uphembelela uhambo lokufumanisa, oluqhubekayo.

U-Yiannis Paraskevopoulos ugxininisa umbono wabo osisiseko, "Sibeke ngabom iindawo zethu zewayini kwezona ndawo zibalulekileyo ze-viticultural landscape zaseGreece, ngenjongo yokwenza iwayini ezingahlali nje kumhlaba jikelele kodwa eziphakamisa umgangatho ongayekeleliyo."

Ebethelela le mvakalelo, uLeon Karatsalos uyacacisa, “Injongo yethu yayikukuba abo badibana neelebhile zeGaia Wines bakhawuleze bayibambe inkuthazo yethu yokuqhuba, eye yahlala iqinile—ukuphengulula kwiindidi ezahlukeneyo zesiGrike, kugxilwe ngokukhethekileyo kwiAgiorgitiko neAssyrtiko, ukuqinisekisa ukuduma kwabo kwihlabathi liphela. ”

Ngaphakathi kweNemea, iGaia Wines ikhethe ukusebenza, ivelisa iwayini ezihlelwe phantsi kweNemea PDO kunye nePeloponnese PGI.

Ngoncedo lwale mihla lwemizi-mveliso eyakhiwa ngo-1997 phakathi kwembonakalo entle yesidiliya sabo sabucala e-Koutsi, esimi kuma-550 eemitha ngaphezu komphakamo wolwandle, le ndawo yewayini inomtsalane wangoku.

Ukwakheka komhlaba wezidiliya—uchaki kwaye ovuza kakuhle—kunye nemozulu epholileyo idibana ukuze ivelise izixa ezisezantsi zeediliya ezikumgangatho ophezulu xa kuthelekiswa nezinye izidiliya zengingqi. Le meko ixhobisa iqela le-Gaia elenza iwayini ukuba lijonge ngocoselelo inqanaba ngalinye lenkqubo yevinification, okukhokelela kwipotfoliyo ekhethekileyo yeewayini zeprimiyamu.

Gaia Estate, Nemea PDO

UYiannis Paraskevopoulos uhlabela mgama ecacisa esithi: “Simi phezu kwethambeka elikumazantsi-ntshona eKoutsi, sityekela ngokucokisekileyo kwimidiliya yethu yeAgiorgitiko, sicinga ngokuyilwa kwewayini ebomvu ephawulwa ngobuntu bayo obungaqhelekanga nokwaluphala okukhulu. Injongo yethu kukukhupha zonke iikhompawundi ezibalulekileyo kumyinge omncinci wemidiliya.

“Inkqubo yethu yokwenza iwayini ilungelelaniswe ukuze igqume ubutyebi bendalo beediliya kwiwayini ephumayo, igcina incindi yayo ikwimo yayo esulungekileyo. Inqanaba lokuqala elibalulekileyo lijikeleze ukutsalwa okubanzi kwasemva kokuvutshelwa. Emva koko, iwayini esandula ukuvuthwa ivuthwa ubuncinci beenyanga ezili-12 kwimiphanda ye-oki yaseFransi eyi-225-litre.

“Inkalo nganye entsonkothileyo, ukususela kumthombo wehlathi ukusa kumlinganiselo wokutsha, indlela yokukhethwa kweenkuni, nomzuzu ngamnye, ihlolisiswa ize ikhethwe ukuze ifikelele incopho yewayini entsonkothileyo.

“Ekufikeleleni kwincopho yayo, iGaia Estate ifakwe ibhotile ngokuthe ngqo kwi-cask, ityeshela naluphi na unyango lwangaphambili olunjengokugodola okanye ukuhluzwa. Le ndlela icokisekileyo ikhusela eyona nto ibalulekileyo yewayini yethu.

“Ngokubona ubunzulu obubomvu krwe, iGaia Estate inenkangeleko entsonkothileyo kunye nevumba elimnandi elidityaniswe namanqaku eziqhamo, oki, ivanilla kunye neecloves. Umlomo wayo ophuphumayo, umzimba oqaqambileyo, ubume obuqinileyo, kunye neencasa ezileleko ziyahambelana ukuchaza umlingiswa walo mnikelo ungaqhelekanga weNemea.

“Ngokungathandabuzekiyo, le yiwayini elungiselelwe ukuhamba kwexesha. Xa igcinwe ngokufanelekileyo kwindawo ephantsi kwegumbi eliphantsi kobushushu obuphakathi kwe-12°C ne-14°C, iqhubeka nohambo lwayo lokuguqula, ikhule ibe yeyona nto iphucukileyo nelungeleleneyo ngakumbi kwiminyaka engamashumi amabini ezayo.”

Njengoko usenza, khumbula ukwabela ixesha lokunqunyulwa kwe GAIA ESTATE, eyivumela ukuba iphefumle ubuncinane isiqingatha seyure. Oku kutyhilwa kwemilinganiselo yayo emitsha ngokungathandabuzekiyo kuya kukutsalela kwaye konwabele iimvakalelo zakho.