美国葡萄酒文化的诞生

The French have it, the Italians have it, but does America really have a wine culture all its own? You bet we do. It took awhile for this to develop, but in 2010, for the first time ever, we Americans drank more wine than the French. Quite an accomplishment.
法国拥有它，意大利拥有它，但是美国真的有自己的葡萄酒文化吗？我们当然有.这需要一段时间来发展，但是在2010年，我们美国人第一次喝的葡萄酒比法国人多。实在是一项成就。

How did we get here? How has wine become a part of our culture? That's the focus of How Wine Became Modern: Design + Wine 1976 to Now, a current exhibit at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
我们如何做到呢？葡萄酒如何成为我们文化的一部分？这正是旧金山现代艺术博物馆最近的一个展览——“葡萄酒如何发展成现代：1976年至今的设计+葡萄酒”所关注的焦点。

The premise is our wine culture was born in 1976. That's when what's now called the Judgment of Paris took place, and two American wines, a Chardonnay from Chateau Montelena and a Cabernet Sauvignon from Stag's Leap Wine Cellars bested the best of French wines. It was the shot heard round the world so to speak, and literally put California, and ultimately American wine country on the map.
前提是我们的葡萄酒文化在1976年就诞生。那时正是现在所谓的巴黎品酒会举办的时侯，美国两种葡萄酒，蒙特雷纳酒庄的夏敦埃酒和鹿跃酒庄的卡白内红葡萄酒击败了法国最好的葡萄酒。可以说全世界都听到那一击，事实上，这使加利福利亚，最后全美国的葡萄酒文化更加出名。

While the Paris tasting did wonders for our wine culture, I believe America's wine culture started in 1966, when Robert Mondavi opened his namesake winery in Napa Valley. Mondavi's mission was to prove to the world that Americans could make wines as good as, even better than the classic French wines. Without Mondavi paving the way, I wonder if the founders of Stag's Leap and Chateau Montelena would have reached for the stars.
尽管巴黎品酒会为我们的葡萄酒文化创造了奇迹，但是我相信，美国的葡萄酒文化从1966年就诞生了，那时Robert Mondavi在纳帕谷建立了他的同名酿酒厂。Mondavi的任务就是要向全世界证明美国可以制作跟古老的法国红酒一样甚至更好的红酒。如果没有Mondavi为美国葡萄酒文化铺平道路，我不知道鹿跃酒庄和蒙特雷纳酒庄的创始人是否会达到那个成就。

 He also built a winery in the California Mission architectural style, and was one of the first to invite visitors to come and taste his wines. They hosted events with chefs, outdoor music concerts, and filled the winery and its grounds with art. I think Mondavi led the way in how we see art and architecture, music and culture blending so naturally with wine.
他还在加州建立了使馆建筑风格的酒厂，第一个邀请客人参观并品尝他的葡萄酒。他们主办的活动，有大厨，户外音乐会，整个酒厂都充满艺术气息。我想Mondavi带领我们该如何看待艺术和建筑，音乐和文化如何跟葡萄酒自然地融合在一起。

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