Isithombe: I-Perle Hop Field eqhakaza

Isithombe sithwebula umzuzwana womkhuba wezolimo ongaphelelwa yisikhathi, lapho ukutshalwa kwamahops kukhushulelwa ohlotsheni lobuciko oludluliselwa ezizukulwaneni ngezizukulwane. Imigqa emide yamabhiyini e-Perle hop inwebeka iye esibhakabhakeni ngokuqondana kahle, umvini ngamunye ugcwele izigaxa eziminyene, ezicwebezelayo ekukhanyeni kwantambama. Izitshalo, ezisekelwa uhlelo oluyinkimbinkimbi lwe-trellis lwezigxobo zokhuni ezinde kanye nezintambo zezintambo ze-taut, zakha isakhiwo esicishe sifane ne-cathedral, amahlamvu azo aminyene adala izindonga ezimile eziluhlaza ezibonakala zinwebeka ngokungapheli emkhathizwe. I-symmetry yama-trellises ithuthukisa umuzwa wokuhleleka nokunemba, kugcizelela ukunakekelwa okucophelelayo okuchaza ukulima kwe-hop ngendlela engcono kakhulu.

Ngaphambili, abalimi ababili, mhlawumbe abahlukaniswe isizukulwane kodwa abahlangene ngenjongo, basebenza ndawonye phakathi kwamabhina. Umdala, onentshebe esiliva nezandla eziqinile, uhlola iqoqo lezigaxa ngeso elizijwayeza lothile osechithe ukuphila kwakhe konke kulo mjikelezo wokukhula nokuvuna. Ukunyakaza kwakhe kuhamba kancane futhi kwenziwa ngamabomu, ukubonakaliswa kokubekezela nokuhlakanipha. Eceleni kwakhe, umlimi osemncane, isigqoko sakhe sifihla indlela azizwa ngayo, ubonisa ukunyakaza komeluleki wakhe kuyilapho enezela amandla nobungqabavu bobusha emsebenzini. Ukuba khona kwazo akukhulumi nje kuphela ngomsebenzi wangaleso sikhathi kodwa futhi nokuqhubeka kwesiko—ukudluliselwa kolwazi kusuka kwesinye isizukulwane kuya kwesinye, ukuqinisekisa ukuthi ukulingana okubucayi kwemvelo nobuciko kuyalondolozwa.

Izigaxa ngokwazo ziyizinkanyezi zendawo, ngayinye igqinswe ngokuqinile futhi igcwele i-lupulin, impushana esagolide ngaphakathi ephethe isithembiso sokubaba, iphunga, kanye nokunambitheka ekushiseni utshwala. Kulo moya ohelezayo, amabhina anyakaza kancane, enze umphumela onyakazayo obambe ukukhanya kwamaza, okwenza yonke insimu ibonakale iphila ngokunyakaza. Lo muzwa wobungqabavu uboniswa endaweni ezungezile. Ngalé kwemigqa yama-hops, amagquma anwebeka ngaphansi kwesibhakabhaka esihlanzekile esiluhlaza, ama-contour awo athambe ngenxa yemibala esagolide yokukhanya kwelanga kwantambama. Ingemuva liyisikhumbuzo sokuthi i-terroir—inhlanganisela eyingqayizivele yenhlabathi, isimo sezulu, nendawo—iyazigxilisa kukho konke ukuvuna, ibumba umehluko ocashile owenza ama-Perle hop abaluleke kangaka kubaphisi botshwala emhlabeni wonke.

I-Perle, inhlobo eyaqala ukutshalwa eJalimane ngeminyaka yawo-1970, iphethe ifa lobuciko kanye nokusungula izinto ezintsha. Yakhuliswa njengendlela ekwazi ukumelana nezifo kuma-hops endabuko, yathola ukuthandwa ngokushesha ngenxa yesimo sayo esithambile kodwa esihlukile. Ngamanothi ezimbali, okubabayo, namakhambi amancane, i-Perle ihlanganisa ibhalansi yobuqili nobunkimbinkimbi, okuyenza ibe yitshe legumbi lakho kokubili ama-lager endabuko kanye nama-ales obuciko besimanje. Lesi sithombe sibonisa lelo gugu, lapho ukunaka kwabalimi ngokucophelela empilweni nokuvuthwa kwe-cone ngayinye kuqinisekisa ukuthi izimfanelo ezichaza i-Perle zigcinwa phezulu.

Ukukhanyisa kwengeza olunye ungqimba lwe-resonance endaweni yesehlakalo. Imisebe esagolide yesihlungi santambama kuyo yonke indawo, isakaza izithunzi ezinde, ezidabukile ezinikeza ukujula nokufudumala ekwakhiweni. Amahembe abalimi, agugile futhi awusizo, anezimpawu zokusebenza ngaphansi kwelanga, kuyilapho uhlaza lwama-hops lubonakala lucishe lukhazimule ngamandla ngokumelene namathoni asemhlabeni enhlabathi nokhuni. Wonke umkhathi udlulisela kokubili ukuzola nokukhuthala—isikhumbuzo sokuthi nakuba imvelo inikeza ubuhle nensada eluhlaza, yizandla zomuntu eziyiqondisa enjongweni.

Okuvelayo kungaphezu komfanekiso wezolimo. Iwukulandisa okubonwayo mayelana nokuxhumana kwabantu, izitshalo, nendawo. Isigcawu sibonisa amagugu nokuqhubeka, sithatha isikhathi esidlulayo emjikelezweni waminyaka yonke, okuphindwaphindwa izikhathi ezingenakubalwa emakhulwini eminyaka, asize ekulolongeni obunye bemisebenzi yezandla emidala kakhulu nethandwa kakhulu ebantwini: ukwenza isiphuzo. Ama-Perle hops ame njengezimpawu zokuqina kanye nesiko, kuyilapho abalimi behlanganisa ukuzinikela nokuphatha. Ndawonye, bakha isithombe sokuzwana phakathi kokutshala nobuciko, imvelo kanye nokunakekela, umlando kanye nekusasa-isikhashana esizwakala kakhulu ngaphesheya kohlaka, sithwele isithembiso sokuguqulwa kusuka kuma-cone aluhlaza ensimini kuya kubhiya wegolide engilazini.

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