Growing grapes is a complex process, with variety, soil, sunlight, air, water quality, and planting techniques all affecting the final quality of the grapes, and even under the same conditions, there are subtle reasons that produce inappropriate results. Old Sean's winery has a good geographical location, and the grapes produced are also considered to be of the upper grade, but in recent years, with the expansion and development of giant wineries such as Mouton and Lafite, many excellent winemakers have been attracted to these first-class or second-class wineries, and have lost these real experts.

But the sluggish prospects of the winery were not the last thing that made him sell the winery, just listen to the name of the winery. It's just that next year is the golden wedding anniversary of old Sean, who has always been indisputable, and compared with winemaking, old Sean seems to be interested in picking grass and beating rabbits, and wants to toss a little in the wine industry, not so much to sell the winery, but to find a strong partner.

Zhou Yi's first impression of him was not bad, this young Chinese man seems to be very famous recently, he seems to be able to make egg fried rice and oily noodles, and he is accompanied by a beautiful girl, quiet like his wife when he was young, which fits his eyes very well. But Zhou Jingjing's words made him very unhappy, how much money did he pay for selling the winery? Even if the earl's descendants were short of money, they would not be so miserable as to sell their ancestral property, right? Who is this woman, just like a guy with a desire for profit.

Zhou Jingjing didn't expect that the old Sean, who was smiling all the way, would turn his face when he said it. She was a shrewd businesswoman, not a quarrelsome shrew, blushing and not talking.

Cheng Dong smiled and started the round: "Misunderstanding, it must be a misunderstanding, Mr. Sean, it's almost lunchtime." Should you, the host, bring out the wine and serve the guests?"

Although dressed like an authentic French peasant, old Sean still has aristocratic pride in his bones, and this pride is also manifested in etiquette, although he does not like Zhou Jingjing, who bargains as soon as he comes up. But he still nodded: "Come with me, if you don't dislike the 'regional table wine' level red wine, then drink more." Onion soup and roast rabbit meat today"

The French Revolution was very thorough, so the so-called descendants of the nobility are no different from ordinary people, of course, in terms of economy, they still have capital beyond ordinary people, such as the old Sean, according to Cheng Dong, he is already a relatively declining descendant of the aristocracy, but even so, his 18-hectare winery is still worth a lot, even if it is according to the price of 30,000 euros per acre in the Bordeaux region. It will also be sold for more than a million euros, tens of millions of soft sister coins.

In the old Sean's estate, there are more than a dozen farming families attached to him, forming a large family, among these people are winemakers, workers in planting, picking and other links. They depend on old Sean to survive, but they are not in a relationship of squeezing and being squeezed, exploiting and being exploited, they live a leisurely and slow-paced life, living more freely than city people, and the girl they saw pulling a hare before is the youngest daughter of the Rousseau family. It is said that he will be marrying the son of winemaker David this summer

This kind of manor composition structure makes Zhou Yi very satisfied, compared with this kind of warm manor life, it doesn't matter whether he finally buys this manor or reaches a cooperation agreement with old Sean, Zhou Yi pursues this kind of lifestyle, what he values is the living environment here, it doesn't matter if he is a big boss or not, now he is more interested in the red wine produced in the manor.

Old Sean's ancestral house is still handed down from the nineteenth century, the standard Gothic building, from the outside looks like a small castle, the exterior wall is made of long bluestone, the interior is divided into two floors, the height of each floor has reached four meters five, the floor-to-ceiling curved windows, floors, and stairs are all wooden, and very well maintained, and there are no traces of termite corrosion.

Under the leadership of old Sean, everyone first visited his private wine cellar, this private wine cellar is separate from the large wine cellar of the estate, the area is not large, it only stores the best quality red wine of the estate every year, stroking these oak barrels and bottles of red wine, old Sean's expression is both excited and a little lonely, these wines have been handed down from the time of his ancestors first-class' The status of the legal regional table wine is equivalent to that of Mouton and Lafite today, and there are also second-class excellent regional table wines produced after he inherited this winery, and there are 'failed products' that can barely squeeze into the third-level regional table wine at any time

The red wine stored in these oak barrels and bottles, which recorded the glory of the Sean family in the past and the loneliness of today, made the old Sean a little gloomy, and Octavian seemed to see his master's thoughts, whined twice, and rubbed his head against his ankle

The pine wood burning in the fireplace made a crackling sound from time to time, and a few hares on the grill had been charred brown, and old Sean was obviously a middle-aged man, still smearing butter and cheese, and he was very attentive in his roasting appearance, not at all a nobleman, but like an old hunter.

Octavian lay on the edge of the fireplace, whining, and kept drooling, in stark contrast to the Jin Daguan who was lying next to him with an indifferent face, Jin Yangyang looked at the roast rabbit meat, and even a little disdainful, this old man's craftsmanship is much worse than the master, and he can see people on it?

"I was originally the most particular about eating and drinking, drinking first-class red wine, eating top French food, but she likes to roast rabbit meat, and this method of roasting meat is what she taught me."

Old Sean turned his back to Zhou Yi and them, and did not mention the winery, but looked at the fireplace affectionately, as if his wife was there: "She is a commoner's daughter, but she brews good wine and roasted rabbit meat, and finally conquers my parents, and agrees that we live together excitedly and happily, do you know? ”

"She was only forty years old when she went to heaven, and it was the car accident that took her life, and since then, I have never been able to eat her roasted rabbit meat again, so I began to study until I could roast her delicious rabbit meat, and I know that every time I eat these rabbit meats, she will be silently with me in heaven, watching me, but unfortunately I lack talent in winemaking, in my hands, this winery is about to be reduced to the first class of daily table wine"

Women are emotional animals, Zhou Jingjing and Liu Wu's eyes began to turn red, old Sean is too sensational, more poet than a poet, Mary's life is worth it?

"Alright, it's time to open the wine, David. ”

Red wine with red meat is the most reliable, old Sean divided one of the fingers of roast rabbit into two slices, gave them to Jin Yangyang and Octavian, took the rest of the rabbit to the table, cut off the rabbit legs, and put them on the plate in front of everyone, David is the happy guy who is about to please his daughter-in-law, and is also the chief winemaker of the manor, grinning and opening a bottle of chilled third-class regional table wine, and pouring a glass for each guest.

Of course, pouring wine for people is not a matter for the winemaker, he is also a guest invited by old Sean today, although old Sean has a good impression of Zhou Yi, but he still has to test this young man to see how much he knows about red wine, which requires the presence of David, a real expert.

David follows the drinking method of first light and then strong, first new and then old, so the first thing to open is a bottle of red wine that has just come out of the cellar this year, the level is between the daily table wine and the regional table wine, which has fallen below the third level of wine, so he only poured a little bit for each person, and it is a little difficult to even cover the bottom of the glass, which is used to 'speak', but not really used to entertain guests.

In fact, in addition to professional sommeliers, those guys who come into the restaurant and call them 45-year-old Mouton and top Lafite are either really in stock, or they are purely pretending, because this gradual process is discarded.

"Please," said old Sean, who didn't say much, raised his glass and took a sip, letting the drink roll slightly on his tongue. Zhou Yi and they are not laymen, except for the catkins who follow Zhou Yi's example, Xiao Yezi can't drink and take a rabbit leg to find Jin Yangyang and Octavian, everyone just spoke.

"Very good rabbit meat, it tastes very good. ”

After opening his mouth, Zhou Yi took a bite of roast rabbit meat and nodded slightly, Old Sean's roasting method is also unique, the delicate rabbit meat is wrapped in milky fragrance, the original fishy smell has been knocked out, and it tastes quite evocative.

"Eat more if it's delicious, you're welcome. ”

Old Sean could see that Zhou Yi really wanted to praise, so he was very satisfied, and after letting David remove the new wine, he personally opened another bottle of red wine, which was a bottle of excellent regional table wine that had been stored for more than ten years, which belonged to the second class wine, and was made from the grapes produced by Mary Manor just now.

"Zhou, how about tasting this bottle of wine, I want to hear your opinion. ”

Old Sean listened to Cheng Dong's introduction and knew that it was this young man who was really interested in the manor, so he hoped that this was a person who understood and loved wine, and he would never be like himself, although his drinking skills were first-class, but he had no talent for winemaking at all, and the owner of a red wine manor turned out to rely on excellent winemakers, which is a tragedy in itself.

"Well, this bottle of wine is very powerful."

After shaking the glass and letting the wine fully contact with the air, Zhou Yi took a sip lightly, nodded slightly, and said: "It's a good wine, at least from this bottle of wine, the winemaker who made this bottle of wine ten years ago is a real good hand." ”

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