点评:Upington is a major center for grape growing in the Northern Cape, and although the climate is not strictly ideal for wine making, there is a new and flourishing wine trail that one can follow. The leading vineyard in the area is Orange River Cellars, who now have a wide range of wines all very moderately priced and incredibly cheap by US standards. I booked a wine tasting for myself and my wife and our two great friends John and Jen from Johhannesburg--they are serious wine connoisseurs and were slightly snooty about Norhtern Cape wines! But they were very pleasantly surprised by the quality of the wines we tasted! The tasing is cleverly arranged--you pick a number of wines (and spritis) you would like to taste off a list and they are brought out to your table, along with delicious snacks. There is also an inexpensive restaurant there and we stayed for a complete and excellent meal. Altogther a fantastic experience and lots of fun, with many local people and families dining there, not just tourists like us! We ended up buying a few bottles of their excellent gin, their top of the line red wine, some soetwyn, and a box of the finest large succulent and tasty dates I've ever seen! If only these items were in a US supermarket!
翻译:乌平顿是北开普省葡萄种植的主要中心,尽管气候并不完全适合酿酒,但这里有一条新兴的、蓬勃发展的葡萄酒之路可供人们探索。该地区领先的葡萄园是 Orange River Cellars,现在拥有种类繁多的葡萄酒,价格适中,按美国标准来说非常便宜。我为我自己、我的妻子以及我们两位来自约翰内斯堡的好朋友约翰和 Jen 预订了品酒会——他们是严肃的葡萄酒鉴赏家,对北开普省的葡萄酒略显傲慢!但他们对我们品尝的葡萄酒的质量感到非常惊喜!品酒会安排得很巧妙——您可以从一份清单中挑选一些您想品尝的葡萄酒(和烈酒),然后他们会把它们和美味的小吃一起端到您的餐桌上。那里还有一家便宜的餐厅,我们在这里吃了一顿丰盛而美味的饭菜。总之,这是一次奇妙的经历,非常有趣,很多当地人和家庭在那里用餐,而不仅仅是像我们这样的游客!我们最终买了几瓶他们优质的杜松子酒、顶级红酒、一些 soetwyn 和一盒我见过的最美味多汁的枣子!要是这些东西在美国超市里就有就好了!