Chapter 277 [Acquisition of the Winery] (II) The Second Update
Zhou Yi's words not only did not make David, the current chief winemaker, blush, but he was happy: "Yes, Mr. Sean, I said that Mrs. Mary is the most talented winemaker, but it's a pity."
To Mary, David also sighed, obviously missing the mistress of the manor.
"Zhou, tell me your reasons, okay?"
"Then Mr. Sean, please answer me first, this bottle of wine from your wife should be completely handmade, right?"
After getting an affirmative reply, Zhou Yi laughed: "At least in the past ten years, you have a group of good planters, although the quality of the bottle of third-grade regional table wine just now is average, in fact, the grapes used are medium-to-high-quality Cabernet Sauvignon, and even better than this bottle of excellent regional table wine that has been cellared for ten years, but unfortunately, when your wife was making this batch of wine, there should have been more rain in Bordeaux that year, which led to poor quality of grapes, otherwise this bottle of second-grade red wine is very likely to become a first-class wine." ”
"Mr. Zhou, is this the benefit of pure handmade brewing?"
Davy's face flushed. According to Zhou Yi, Madame Mary was only able to make second-quality red wine with poor-quality grapes, while he had a lot of high-quality grapes that had been improved in his hands, but he could only make third-grade regional table wine, which was really a bit unreasonable, even if Madame Mary was his most admired idol, he could not be ashamed of himself.
"Benefits?"
Zhou Yi shook his head with a smile: "Pure handmade wine has high requirements for winemakers. From material selection, destemming, granulation, juice fermentation and the first precipitation and sulfur addition, the whole process must be attentive. There should be no negligence, especially in the granulation process. It's a great test for the winemaker, and it's a make-or-break move. If I'm not mistaken, even for giant wineries like Lafite and Mouton, most of their three major environments of destemming, granulation and juicing are done by machines, and the winemaker's experience is used in the selection and fermentation process, but this is the wine. That is, the first-class table wine of the assembly line, not the pure hand-brewed red wine of 45-year-old Mouton and 82-year-old Lafite."
With the insight of the contemporary god of wine, although Zhou Yi has not been to these two major wineries, he has guessed that he is not far from ten. The reason why Mouton 45 and Lafite 82 are famous is because the sun and rain in the Bordeaux region reached a perfect degree in those two years, and the grapes were also rare and perfect, in this context, only large wineries like Mouton and Lafite can hire a large number of experienced winemakers to make a large number of red wines by hand, and then hide them in the cellar, and then change the barrel every three years, and maintain it for a long time without selling, so people have a reason why this wine is expensive. In addition to the early brewing cost, just after decades of maintenance, the maintenance cost is enough to build a few small wineries.
However, since it is purely handmade, there will be a difference, after all, not every winemaker is the top master of the industry, and the decades-long cellaring process can weaken the difference, but it cannot completely eliminate it, so anyone who really understands wine knows that even if it is 45 years old Mouton. In fact, there are also high and low, and the price at the auction house is often several times different, which is why.
"Madame Marie is indeed a genius, and although we have been able to drink grapes that have not even reached the middle and upper quality after ten years, she has relied on her unparalleled talent to make a second class red wine, which is really admirable. However, for ordinary winemakers, if there is no talent like her, it is likely that the quality of the wine will be reduced by hand-brewing, and although the machine has no talent, it is better to be stable, isn't it?
Looking at the bright red wine in the wine glass, Zhou Yi sighed leisurely: "Mr. Sean, let me make a bold guess, not long after brewing this wine, Lady Mary died in a car accident, right?"
"Zhou, how do you know?"
Many people know the time of Lady Mary's death, but no one knows that this is the last batch of wine she brewed during her lifetime, listening to Zhou Yi's speculation, old Sean trembled all over his body, and looked at Zhou Yi incredulously.
"Wine, this glass of wine told me, tasting red wine, in fact, is not the taste of the wine itself, but communicating with the winemaker and feeling his amazing beauty"
Zhou Yi said slowly: "Your wife should be a beautiful, kind, generous and lovely woman, although she was born in a commoner, she is more educated than the nobles, although she was born in the countryside, she has a far-sighted vision, she is a genius"
Liu Wu and Zhou Jingjing looked at Zhou Yi blankly, and couldn't tell whether he was sincere or foolish for a while, but these two women who had a different relationship with Zhou Yi finally chose to believe in their 'own' man, of course, in the eyes of the eldest sister, Zhou Yi is a good man of the Zhou family, and in the eyes of Liu Wu, it is more private
Cheng Dong was stunned, his admiration for the Zhou family is no longer something that can be described by the surging river, it is a whole Pacific Ocean, the second boss is too powerful, this public relations level is really first-class, you see that old Sean is moved, this is looking forward to it sooner or later, looking forward to relatives coming to the mountains.
Old Sean's eyes have long been blurred, and his eyes have long changed when he looks at Zhou Yi, this child is so cute!
Everyone on the winery knows that when old Shaun uses the word 'child' to describe a young man, it is completely ruined, because he has already regarded this person as a relative, flesh and blood, and this old widower, who has no children and no daughters under his knees, has never been stingy with 'children'.
"From this wine, I can feel the amazing brilliance of your lady, and I can also feel that she was at her peak at that time, but it is a pity that the quality of the grapes that year is not good, otherwise this should be a treasure that surpasses the top red wine!"
Zhou Yizhen is not a sycophant, a mere winery worth 100,000 euros is not in his eyes, how can he pat the horse for the sake of profit? He just wondered for this deceased genius winemaker, if she could have reached the peak a few years earlier, if she had not suffered that car accident, Château Marie could have been among the first-class wineries even if it could not compete with such big wineries as Lafite and Mouton, and Marie's name might even be recorded in the history of French wine and become a generation of masters praised by everyone
Everything is fate, not at all, and he has always been a jealous talent, no matter which country he goes to, how can Zhou Yi not sigh and remember this lady?
"Zhou, My Child"
Old Sean cried whining, regardless of whether he was familiar with others or not, threw away the rabbit leg in his hand, opened his greasy big hands and hugged Zhou Yi into his arms, just like seeing a long-lost private ~ child.
With Zhou Yi's speed reaction, it is not impossible to avoid this old man's pair of oily hands, but he did not dodge, but let old Sean embrace him into his arms; No matter what the reason, old Sean is quite pitiful, for many years he has only pinned his feelings on Octavian, the little beagle, and now after listening to his own words, it is estimated that he has shifted the target of his affection, and if he dodges, this old man may not be so sad.
Phew, how can you compare yourself to a dog, what do you say? Zhou Yi smiled bitterly, it is undeniable that he was also moved in the arms of the extremely excited old Sean, otherwise his thoughts would not be so confused
"Zhou, my child!"
Old Sean seemed to be very uneasy, and reluctantly let go of Zhou Yi, and did not forget to involve the relationship between the two sides to the younger generations, and at the same time naturally avoided the suspicion of backing the mountain: "I waited for a whole ten years, originally I just wanted to find a genius who really knew how to make wine, just like Mary, to restore the glory of Mary's Winery, but I didn't expect me to wait for you, you not only understand wine, but also understand Mary Oh, I know that you must be a little angel sent by Mary to help me"
"Ugh"
The din drop in the restaurant was suddenly quiet, and even Yezi, Jin Yangyang and Octavian, who were playing happily, stopped, and looked at old Sean in amazement, Ye Zi is a smart child, Jin Yangyang has surpassed the world of pigs, and even Octavian is not a simple dog, with a high IQ.
Even children and pigs and dogs felt it, and they could see it clearly, old Sean wanted to recognize his godson and compete with the old Zhou family for a 'good man'?
David looked at Zhou Yi more enthusiastically, he has lived with old Sean for so many years, of course he knows and understands the character of old Sean, it seems that this young man from China is not, the genius winemaker from China is about to enter Mary's Manor, for him, a winemaker who is diligent enough, but has not been able to enter, this is a great opportunity.
There is no doubt about Zhou Yi's level, even Joseph, the top winemaker of Château Mouton and El of Château Lafite, can't say such insightful words, Château Marie, there is hope
"Zhou, my child, if you want, I want to give you this winery, are you willing to accept it?"
After a few heavy breaths, old Sean finally made a decision, Zhou Jingjing's eyes widened when she heard it, and the queen felt that the gap between herself and her brother was too big.
"No, never!"
Zhou Yi shook his head: "I'm very interested in Mary's Winery, but I can't ask for it in vain, Mr. Sean, you should make a price." ”
Although Old Sean is from a noble family, he is not a rich family, and Zhou Yi is not so greedy.
"Kid, are you insulting me?"
Old Sean was very determined to give a sword to a strong man, and he was very unhappy with Zhou Yi's prevarication
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