Home of Closed Landfill Now Aims for Smell of Fine Wine(1/2)

For years, most of the household waste collected in America's largest city went to a landfill on Staten Island. Staten Island is one of the five boroughs that form the city of New York. The others are the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan and Queens.

The landfill closed in two thousand one. Now, local leaders hope Staten Island will become known for something else: fine wines. Officials expect to break ground before summer for the Tuscan Garden Vineyard Project. Wine grapes will be planted on most of one hectare in the Staten Island Botanical Garden.

Borough President James Molinaro has set aside one and one-half millions dollars for the vineyard. Officials say the project will be educational and nonprofit. It will demonstrate the process of growing grapes and making wine. It could bring visitors who now ride the Staten Island ferry from Manhattan just to see the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor.

Organizers say the climate is similar to other winemaking areas of New York State, like the Finger Lakes area and Long Island. For years, people have suggested that Staten Island should have a vineyard.

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多年来，美国最大城市的多数生活废物都被收集填埋于史泰登岛。 史泰登岛是组成纽约市的五个区之一。其余的区分别为：布朗克斯区、布鲁克林区、曼哈顿和皇后区。

垃圾填埋场于2001年关闭。现在，地方行政官希望史泰登岛因其他而出名：美酒。 官方希望Tuscan葡萄果园项目在夏天来临前就能破土动工。酿酒葡萄将种植在史泰登岛植物园的每寸土地上。

区长詹姆斯.莫里纳诺已为葡萄园拨款150万美金。官方称此项目是非盈利且有教育意义的。它将展示从葡萄生长和酿制葡萄酒的全过程。这将吸引那些乘坐史泰登岛渡轮从曼哈顿来，仅为参观纽约港自由女神像的游客。

组织者称史泰登岛与纽约其它葡萄酒生产区如手指湖区、长岛等地的气候相似。多年来，人们就认为史泰登岛应该有一个葡萄园。

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