Panis Winery is located along the Sidedo Trail in Napa Valley, along Highway 29, about a mile to the east, you can see a large winery with a very large area and a European-style castle building.

"Wow, this place is so beautiful, the villa in the ranch is like a thatched hut in the countryside compared to this ancient castle......" Looking inside from the old iron gate, the castle with a white dome was presented more clearly, Yan'er couldn't help but compare it with the villa on his own ranch, and soon regretted it, because this was not comparable at all.

The villas on the ranch are modern, big and big, and at first glance they look pretty beautiful, but there are no less than they should be, and even the flowers in the small garden are a little more than in this winery.

However, it lacks money, a precipitation, and a heritage, just like the difference between modern handicrafts and treasures and antiques.

Perhaps some modern handicrafts are made vividly, and there is no lack of surprises in the unique shape, but the discerning person knows at a glance that it is a current handicraft, and perhaps the cost price is not more than ten yuan, one hundred yuan......

Because they are the product of industrialization and mass production, they are inherently missing something, something called "time", something called "culture", and something called "inheritance".

The real antique, on the other hand, may not even look good at first glance, and some may not be gray, not much better than the broken pots used to feed dogs in the countryside.

But when you really see it and slowly understand it, you can draw the nutrients you need from the cultural heritage that is deeply contained in their hearts.

Antiques, many times, lie in the traces left by time on its body, as well as its own profound connotation......

In contrast, the winery in front of you, this castle, its full atmosphere is all intoxicating.

From every grass and tree, a brick, and even a small and inconspicuous corner, you can slowly learn everything about this ancient winery.

They are part of the place, they are the guardians of it, and the information they contain gives a glimpse into the history of the winery.

How did it grow from a barren land to the world-famous old winery it is today......

Through a long corridor of red maple trees, you will come to a slightly low-slung building with pavilions and things like dining tables, like a seating area.

"Jin, Yang, you see, this is the winery's wine tasting area, not far in front of it is a wine cellar located in the winery, where a large number of wineries of various vintages made by the winery are stored......" Old Panis pointed to this rest area, and then focused on the wine cellar not far away, and looked very proud in his words, as if the red wine there was the best red wine in the world.

"It's so beautiful here...... Jin Yang praised a few words, and his voice changed, "Old Panis, is there only this one wine cellar in the winery? So how big is it? How many red wines can be stored in general? I'm really a little curious, a winery as large as Guizhuang should be able to produce a lot of wine bars every year?"

"Of course!" said Old Panis with a fluttering eyebrow, his mustache curled, "Our Panis Winery is one of the largest and oldest wineries in Napa Valley, with three large wine cellars, which can store millions of bottles of red wine at one time, and the wine cellar in front of us is the No. 1 wine cellar, and it is also the largest wine cellar, which used to store the winery's best red wine, as many as hundreds of thousands of bottles......"

Speaking of this, his expression suddenly dimmed, and his voice was very low, "It's just a pity that the vines are too old later, and there are some other reasons, the winery produces fewer and fewer good wines, and the wine stored here is never full......"

Although Old Panis still explained the reasons in detail, Jinyang still vaguely guessed something, it was nothing more than that some factors of the economic crisis became the last straw that broke the camel's back.

Otherwise, if the Panis family had the same amount of money as before, it would not have been possible to put the winery in the predicament it is in today.

Moreover, looking at the feelings that old Panis will reveal for this ancient winery, if it were not really a crisis moment for the family's survival, he should not have chosen to sell the winery.

But this old man is quite open-minded, and he even had the heart to go out to walk the dog before......

Panis Sr.: Does walking the dog have anything to do with whether you're in a good mood or not? Tommy is my family, not just a dog! Tommy is my family, not just a dog! Tommy is my family, not just a dog! Say something important three times!!

Jinyang can understand other reasons, but what the hell is it that the vine is too old? Isn't the older the vine, the better?

Jin Yang asked puzzledly: "Mr. Panis, what does it mean that the vines are too old? Doesn't it mean that the older the vines, the better the quality of the grapes will be, and the wine will taste richer?" I have said in the past that some people deliberately buy those old vines just to improve the overall quality of their vineyard......s."

"Of course not!" Panis Sr. shook his head and patiently explained, "Generally speaking, the older the vines, the better, for example, the average age of the grapes in the top wineries in Bordeaux, France is generally between 30 and 50 years, while some vineyards in the Rhône Valley and Burgundy will remain older.

The average lifespan of a vine is about sixty years. Usually a new vine is not harvested until the third year after it is planted. The first 10 years are infancy, and most of the wines produced must be bottled one or two years after bottling.

The first 10 years are infancy, and most of the wines produced must be bottled one or two years after bottling. The next 30 years are adulthood, when the vines are ripe and ready for mass production, and the grapes are rich in minerals as their roots penetrate deeper into the ground, giving the grapes plenty of colour and sweetness.

As the tree grows older, the roots of the vine penetrate deeper into the soil layer, and the more layers of soil they cross, the more they absorb a variety of minerals. Minerals are the most important reason for the variability and complexity of a wine's flavour.

However, once the vines are over 50 years old, their yields are significantly reduced and maintenance costs are high, making them not a good choice for many wineries.

Unfortunately, Panis Winery is in this awkward situation. ”

Old Panis sighed deeply.