点评:What an amazing experience at Paloma Vineyard. Out of the 20 wineries we had scheduled, Paloma was one of the ones I was looking forward to the most. Several of the reviews we read prior to booking mentioned having their wine tasting with Sheldon, which we too were fortunate to experience. The goal of my week was to get to know some of the smaller, less known wineries I might not see in a grocery store or out and about. When we pulled in, we were greeted by Sheldon and his beautiful dogs (which sold us immediately). I truly enjoyed spending time on the patio talking about wine and life as a smaller wine maker and the challenges that come with it. I don’t think most people think about what goes into producing a great bottle of wine. I was incredibly fortunate to spend the time talking not only about wine, but family and life with Sheldon. I truly felt how genuinely blessed he feels with the life he has and all of it is based on hard work. It’s not easy doing what wine makers do and I could also tell how important it is to produce a bottle of wine that most people can afford. It’s easy to charge hundreds of dollars for a great bottle of wine, but people like Sheldon don’t want to raise their prices by $3 so the average consumer can afford it. That says it all to me. I recommend Paloma vineyard to everyone who appreciates a great bottle of wine (especially merlot) and an even better wine maker and human being. Thank you for your time hosting us. We appreciate it more than you know. Please give our love to your great dogs as well.
Cheers. Brad and Christine.
翻译:在帕洛玛酒庄的体验真是太棒了!在我们计划参观的20家酒庄中,帕洛玛是我最期待的酒庄之一。预订之前,我们阅读了一些评论,其中提到可以和谢尔顿一起品酒,我们也很幸运地体验到了。我这周的目标是了解一些规模较小、不太知名的酒庄,这些酒庄可能在超市或街上都看不到。当我们到达时,谢尔顿和他可爱的狗狗们热情地迎接了我们(这立刻就打动了我们)。我非常享受在露台上和谢尔顿聊天的时光,我们聊葡萄酒,聊小型酒庄的生活以及面临的挑战。我想大多数人不会去思考酿造一瓶好酒需要付出多少努力。我非常幸运,不仅能和谢尔顿聊葡萄酒,还能聊家庭和生活。我真切地感受到他对现在的生活充满感恩,而这一切都源于他的辛勤付出。酿酒并非易事,我深知酿造出一款大多数人都能负担得起的葡萄酒有多么重要。一瓶好酒卖几百美元很容易,但像谢尔顿这样的人却不愿为了让普通消费者也能买得起而涨价3美元。这足以说明一切。我向所有热爱美酒(尤其是梅洛)以及一位更优秀的酿酒师和一位更优秀的人——我推荐帕洛玛酒庄。感谢您抽出时间接待我们,我们感激不尽。也请代我们向您可爱的狗狗们问好。
祝好!布拉德和克里斯汀。