Chapter 205 Play
Considering that his sister-in-law is rare, Li Anran did not rush to return to the Tang Dynasty. Anyway, someone was going to take care of the matter there, and he, a manager, ascended to the upper realm from time to time, which could also play a good deterrent role.
There are about 1,400 wineries in California, almost every county, and even the city of San Francisco. But half of them are located in the Napa Valley and Sonoma Valley areas.
Anyone who knows wine knows that the world's famous wine production areas are all in the "golden latitude zone" at 35-45 degrees. Bordeaux in France and Napa Sonoma in California are both near 44 degrees north latitude, while Italy, Spain, Australia, South America, Chile, and Xinjiang, which are at the same latitude, also produce good wines.
The unique soil, terrain, climatic conditions and exquisite brewing technology have made Napa a place with the highest international standards of brewing industry. The development of the winery industry has also driven the local tourism industry. According to what Smith and the others learned from Swords, a major entertainment event for people living near San Francisco to relax on weekends is to drive to Napa or Sonoma to visit the winery.
Although Li Anran and Hu Jing are both owners of a winery, they do not prevent them from searching for fine wine, beautiful scenery, and even beauties in the Napa Valley with a playful mentality.
The Mediterranean climate in the Napa Valley makes the temperature in early spring in Napa not very low. In addition, the scenery here is good, so Li Anran and Hu Jing, who are two people in a car, soon fell in love with this leisurely trip.
How to visit this Napa winery, it is actually very simple. Just drive the car and go forward along Highway 29. As long as you see a winery appearing on the side of the road, you can go in directly.
In Napa, almost every winery is completely different. Whether it is the architectural shape, environmental scenery, or the interior decoration style, it can be said that each has its own characteristics.
For tourists who come here, visiting the winery is not just for wine tasting. To a large extent, it is to enjoy the beautiful countryside scenery and experience the different winery culture. Therefore, many people drive here by themselves.
According to the so-called "internal news" revealed by Smith and others, since the winery is a local tourism pillar industry in Napa, there is almost no news that there will be police here who will stop cars on the side of the road to check for drunk driving. Of course, there is also a saying that foreigners are more able to drink red wine. In addition, the key to tasting is the word "tasting". If you don't drink much, you will naturally not get drunk.
However, there are also special situations. For example, in the domestic actor Ge You and Ge, who once starred in the phone "Seeking Away" directed by Feng Xiaogang, the male and female protagonists are very flawless in the plot of Napa's visit to the winery, and tasting wine is like drinking soda. It would be strange if you can't get drunk.
Another situation is that you visit too many wineries in a day, and you taste wine in almost every winery, and you will still get drunk if you don’t have a good alcohol tolerance. Fortunately, in response to this situation, Napa has already provided supporting services, that is, you can hire a car or a driver to visit the winery.
Considering that although his alcohol tolerance is very good, Hu Jing is obviously hard to say. In addition, he is just a fun thing to do, and he is not short of money. So, Anran Lee asked Smith to choose a company with the best reputation and book a set of the most outstanding service items.
Since Napa is currently in the off-season for tourism, there is no need to wait in line. The next morning, I saw an extended Rolls-Royce parked outside the villa.
According to Smith, this kind of service company generally provides this kind of car, and of course, it is divided into several levels. Usually, it is a lengthened Lincoln, many tourists who are a little rich and come for wine tasting will choose this kind of service.
Anran surprised that the driver who got off this Rolls-Royce was quite professional. He was not like the kind of casual clothes that came to drive for you to your neighbors. Instead, he wore sunglasses and Bluetooth headphones. He wore the professional driver's outfits in American movies, that is, a black suit and a hat. When he suddenly looked like a bodyguard, he looked more like a driver than a bodyguard.
When Li Anran and Hu Jing made some fun today, they both changed into casual outfits and walked to the front of the car, they looked like the driver in the movie "Men in Black". They skillfully opened the car door and blocked their hands on the upper part of the door frame to avoid hitting their heads.
After getting into the car, Li Anran had to admit that this Rolls-Royce not only has a large interior space, but is also very luxurious. Of course, no matter whether it is the car or the driver who serves him, it costs money, and there is still a lot of enjoyment.
In fact, according to Smith and his introduction, there are two more special ways to visit a winery in Napa. One is to take the WineTrain, which is the so-called tourist train. However, if you think it is just a simple fire train to enjoy the scenery, you are very wrong.
The WineTrain is actually an antique train restaurant running in the heart of the Napa Valley, with a total trip of about twenty-five miles. The train has two locomotives, three on-kitchen and a series of rare early 20th-century antique cars.
Sitting in the old-fashioned train compartment full of exquisitely decorated aristocratic style, enjoying Napa’s fine wine and food, walking through the Napa Valley, enjoying the beautiful pastoral scenery, how romantic it is, of course, there will be no less flowers in terms of money.
In addition, there is another alternative way to ride a hot air balloon. Once the balloon reaches a high altitude, you can look down at the entire Napa Valley from top to bottom, provided that you have no fear of heights, and you can't enjoy the wine from different wineries again.
It is precisely because WineTrain and hot air balloons cannot let themselves taste the fine wines brewed by their peers that Lee Anran did not choose these two ways to visit.
After getting on the bus, the first place they arrived was the Napa Museum. This place was on a hill in the Youngville area. It looked very inconspicuous from the outside, and after entering it, Li Anran and Hu Jing regretted it.
There is actually nothing in the so-called museum, and there are not many introductions to the field of wine culture. On the contrary, there are many related photos. In Li Anran's opinion, it is more appropriate to call this place a museum than a photography exhibition.
The only unexpected gain was that the reception work in this museum was a middle-aged woman from Hong Kong. Since there were no other people in this place, Lee Anran and Hu Jing chatted with each other for a while before leaving.
After leaving the Napa Museum, the extended-brand Rolls-Royce Phantom drove directly to "ROBERTMOND" A---V"I, one of the three leading wineries in Napa. The wine produced by this winery can be bought in supermarkets across the United States, and the price is also medium and high. It is said that it can be purchased in China.
The price of wine tasting is twenty dollars per person, and you can taste about three or four kinds of wine. According to the driver, if it is a smaller winery, you can taste more at this price, or there will be some discounts in terms of price.
Considering that we have to go to many wineries next, no matter whether it is Li Anran who has a good alcohol tolerance or Hu Jing who has a bad alcohol tolerance but is not bad, he did not do anything like the two male and female protagonists in "Seeking Away", but just tried it briefly.
It has to be admitted that although the winery is famous for its winery, in Li Anran's opinion, the scenery of this winery is actually more attractive to him than the wine itself. For this reason, the two of them can take many photos in the winery. The staff, who have long been used to this, have no intention of stopping such behavior.
After leaving the winery with two bottles of medium and high-end red wine, at Hu Jing's suggestion, the car did not rush towards the two major dragon head wineries, but followed Highway 29 and saw the winery in Heyanyuan and drove in and around.
For outsiders, this way of driving on Highway 29 and walking in when you see the winery is obviously not very efficient. Generally speaking, you will find some winery information in hotels or on the Internet in advance.
Then look at the local magazines, which basically introduce special wineries and some tourism projects. This way, you can save the time wasted on less famous wineries.
But for Li Anran and Hu Jing, although those famous big wineries are also going to, the stupid way to visit the wineries hidden on both sides of the road is largely more fun to explore.
Chapter completed!