The former owner of Gaude Manor was a down-and-out aristocrat in the French countryside. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

The ancestors were once glorious, but by his generation they had fallen out, otherwise they would not have sold this manor.

Han Xuan stood on the balcony on the second floor, looking out, there were not only sunflowers, but also a peach blossom forest.

Unfortunately, the May peach blossoms have already fallen, and only scattered pink petals can be seen on the branches.

The peach trees in a small peach grove are now starting to scatter their leaves, and in a few months, the fruit can be picked for a wine peculiar to Provence.

Go downstairs again and follow Baptiste Butler to his own winery, a wine-making factory built next to a vineyard.

Although the red wine of Provence is not as famous as that of the Bordeaux region, due to its unique taste and similar climatic conditions to Bordeaux, the red wine produced in Provence is also famous in European countries.

The fame of Provençal red wine, no matter what, is not as good as that of top brands such as the five major wineries, and most of them can only be sold at mid-to-low-end prices in the market.

Sometimes, the history of a wine brand is more important than the wine itself, it is not only a wine, but also a feeling.

Each of France's five largest wineries has a history that dates back to a hundred years ago, and it was already very famous back then.

For example, Château Latour, which was a winery, was a military location in those days.

Britain and France fought for ownership of the winery for decades, and later, it turned out not to be for military reasons, but for the winery itself.

Leaving the castle and heading east, grapes are planted a few dozen meters away, and compared to the vines at Gambo Sea Ranch, the main vine here is several circles larger, and the distance between each tree is also larger.

The excess vines were pruned off by the growers, as were some of the vines that had already flowered.

May is the flowering season for the grapes, and the leaves are growing vigorously in the warm and sunny summer of the Mediterranean climate.

The housekeeper Baptiste walked forward from the path planted with vines on both sides, turned slightly sideways, and introduced: "The vines of Château Gaudé are all vines that are more than 20 years old.

The age of the vine is directly related to the quality of the wine, because the older the vine, the deeper its roots become, allowing it to draw more nutrients from the soil and to have a stable and continuous source of water.

Older vines have a relatively low yield, so each grape receives more concentrated, concentrated nutrients, so the older the vine, the higher the quality of the wine.

The secret to making good wine is not in the oak barrels used or the yeast used, but in the quality of the vineyard and whether the roots of the vine are deep enough.

The quality and softness of the wine are a reflection of the complex relationship between the soil and the roots.

Our feet are mainly gravel, but also common river stones and pebbles, which come from that large river, and have been washed by the river for a long time to become smooth, which is more conducive to drainage.

Gravel-bearing soils, which are barren due to the low amount of clay, have excellent drainage, reflect sunlight, store heat and keep warm, and are ideal for viticulture.

Mr. Lee bought the vineyard of the monastery and I suggested that he do it, and the monks of the Senanque Monastery took care of the grapes very carefully and planted them longer than our estate.

When they sold their vineyards, they also sold the secret recipe for making wine to our estate.

However, the secret recipe was taken away by Mr. Li's assistant, maybe you can ask him for it, I heard that Mr. Li gave you this manor for free, you should have a good relationship with him, right?"

Baptiste Butler spoke very quickly, but Han Xuan had a thorough understanding of French and was able to understand those words.

Stepping on the pebbles on the ground, he shook his head and said, "It's not what you think."

At the beginning of this year, by coincidence, I rescued his son from a group of pirates, and he gave me the manor to thank me.

I'll try to get in touch with him, and if nothing else, I'll be able to give me the secret recipe for winemaking, the secret recipe from the Senanque Abbey, does the red wine taste good?"

"Yes, I love their wines.

But the monks only give us twenty bottles a year, which is not enough to drink.

I still have a bottle in it and I don't want to drink it, so I'll try it for you at dinner.

Just saved his son, did Mr. Li give you this winery?

It's unbelievable, I really can't understand the life of your rich people.

When I was a student at the University of Provence, I took an old man who had been hit by a car to the hospital and helped pay for the medical bills until he left the hospital without returning the money.

I ate sandwiches for two months, and I couldn't afford to eat meat, how could the gap between people and people be so big......"

Butler Bapiste remembered the events of that year, and complained in an unhappy tone.

Li Guangyao, the founding head of Singapore, gave this winery to Han Xuan, for the sake of Old Man Han's face, and wanted to use it to establish a good relationship with the Chinese circle.

There is a deeper reason, and it is not entirely because Han Xuan provided the news of his son's disappearance.

Without going into details, seeing that Batista Butler talked about his status as a wealthy man from time to time, he changed the subject and said, "Just treat me as an ordinary manor here."

There is no rich man, and there is no Han Xuan, who is both handsome and smart, I am myself.

I grew up on a ranch in Montana as a kid and did things like feeding cows, herding sheep, growing vegetables, and so on. ”

"Handsome and smart......"

Isabelle bent over and vomited in the face of such brazen words.

Butler Baptiste couldn't help but smile when he looked at the assistants and bodyguards who were not far away.

In this kind of scene, it is really difficult to treat him as an ordinary person, but compared with the character of the rich child in his imagination before, Han Xuan is really easy-going.

"I know what you mean, and I'll do what you say.

Han, you're dressed like an ordinary French kid now......"

A short walk further on, we came to an old brewery with a long history and a conical roof with war reliefs on the walls.

With the long key, which is already considered an antique, open the door and enter inside.

It has been a few months since the sake brewing was completed last winter.

Occasionally, people come to check the fermentation of the red wine in the oak barrels in the cellar, and they enter through the small door next to it, so the surface of the equipment in the winemaking workshop has fallen into the dust.

The vasks that look to have been used for many years are neatly arranged in the small workshop.

Most other wineries are now using new winemaking equipment, such as the one that Gambo Sea Ranch just purchased.

At this moment, when Han Xuan saw the equipment around him, he felt as if he had traveled back to a French winery in the 19th century...... (To be continued.) )