795 Shooting at the French winemaking scene?

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The land was bought, and Suzanne was responsible for recruiting workers and technicians, as well as building infrastructure here. Although this is not her job, you don't have to choose a part-time job for Liu Heming.

Liu Heming is not idle, he has to determine the planning of the entire vineyard and the selection of grape varieties. Don't look at the vineyard before, but Comrade Liu is also full of confidence.

In France, there is a Designation of Origin because the grape varieties in this region are very good, and the wines that make from these grapes are also very good.

There are six official red grape varieties in Bordeaux: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Verto, Malbec and Carmenere. There are three official white grape varieties, Sauvignon Blanc, Semillon and Muscadelle.

In Burgundy, there are fewer legal grape varieties, with the red grape variety being Pinot Noir and the white grape variety Chardonnay. Despite the small number of varieties, this single grape variety is known as "the most complex wine on the planet".

These are two of the most well-known grape varieties, and they are either blended or single-minded, each with its own merits. The legal grape varieties in the Roussilon region are also a bit unusual.

The main grape varieties here are Carignan, Grenache, Syrah, Cinsault, Merlot, Sauvignon Blanc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Mourvèdret, Clare, Hussanne, Marsanne, Ugni Blanc, Boublanc, Viognier, Muscat Petit and Chardonnay.

It is precisely because there are so many grape varieties here that the winemaking industry here has become complicated all of a sudden. With so many options to choose from, you can mix and match brews at will. But it is precisely because of this that there are very few AOC wines here.

Even here it has a long history of viticulture, because there are so many varieties of wine that there are not many top-notch wines.

The most famous here are the natural sweet wines. It can be said that 90% of France's natural sweet wines, most of which are also made in the Roussillon region, are the only main products here.

This is a characteristic here, so Liu Heming should also vigorously develop it. The two main grapes that make naturally sweet wines are Grenache and small white musc, one red and one white.

The reason why Liu Heming attaches so much importance to natural sweet wine is also because this wine is made in a somewhat different way, which can bring him money back quickly.

France is an Old World wine region, and many wines are made here using Old World techniques. Therefore, there are also many requirements in grape growing, which will require you to plant the quantity, not to let you water, only to fertilize less. Noble rot also requires a vine to make only one glass of wine.

Liu Heming has a small partner in the system, so he won't do this. The old-world brewing process required too long to age. It can be as little as two or three years, or as many as three or five years or even more than ten years.

For him, the pursuit of value and taste, so in the future, the large-scale production of this vineyard will still be based on the New World technology, and the old world process is at most a spice of mood.

This naturally sweet wine is different from ordinary wines in terms of aging time requirements and production process.

Most of the natural sweet wines are aged for nine to 12 months, and Liu Heming is confident that he can reduce the aging time even more.

In the Roussilon appellation, the aging is not in oak barrels, but in large brown or green glass bottles, which are placed in the sun and not filled, so that they can withstand alternating hot and cold, sun and rain.

This is the most basic brewing method, and there are many winemakers for natural sweet wines here, so by vigorously developing this, Liu Heming can save a lot of worry.

Among the vines that are present, there are also many Grenache and small white musks. If you fertilize well this year, you will be able to generate benefits at the end of the next year or the beginning of the next year.

Liu Heming is also a very ambitious person, and after identifying these two grape varieties, he began to attack the grape varieties of the rest of the well-known regions.

Or is it because the system gave him the courage to legalize this and that, and we will give you the law ourselves in the future.

Wouldn't it be a waste to challenge the whole range of wines in such a large vineyard? It doesn't matter if you're red, white, rosé, dry, semi-dry, sparkling, he's going to come all at once.

On the simple map of the vineyard, he sketched it, and it was finished in a few moments. Basically, the well-known varieties of sake brewing in France were all drawn by him.

Liu Heming also gave guidance on the way to plant vineyards in the future. We don't play with your French wine rules, we can water when we want, and we can fertilize when we want.

Basically, you play yours, and I play my own. Even if it doesn't meet your AOC rating standards, it doesn't matter, it's really not good, it's good to have a rating in the winery.

Aren't the current vegetables also using the "SUSDA" rating standard that we promote? As long as the wine we make is delicious and nutritious, isn't it all OK?

Looking at Liu Heming's efforts of more than an hour and such a "long" time, the vineyard planning and guidance maps of various colors were produced, Suzanne really didn't know what to say.

has worked for Liu Heming for so long, and knows that this person is usually very willful, but she didn't expect Liu Heming to be willful to the point of "lawlessness".

When it comes to wine, the French people are serious.

In particular, it is a very old Old World wine region, which was originally very reluctant to make wine in the New World. It's just that the Old World craft brewing method has made people lose too much over the years, which will make some wineries slowly transition to the New World craft brewing method.

But what about Liu Heming's current actions? It seems that it is more "new" than the brewing method of the New World, and such an operation here is undoubtedly to open fire on the French brewing industry.

"Don't be so surprised, you have to try it anyway, so don't worry about it. Liu Heming said with a smile.

"Another 10 million euros for the construction and operation of the vineyard should be about the same for you here, right? If it's not enough, I'll squeeze some more for you somewhere else. ”

"Boss, enough is enough, after all, our vineyard is still in the earliest stages of development, and we just need to hire more workers. Suzanne shook her head.

"But I'm always worried that the wine we make may not have a market in France. And with such a large vineyard, there must be a lot of wine that can be produced in the future, and it will be difficult for us to digest it ourselves. ”

"Rest assured, the ultimate value of a commodity is more often than not in its own quality. Liu Heming said confidently.

"Just like our mineral water, which is bottled directly, can't we still sell it at such a high price?

"We will continue to grow organically, and even in the early stages of harvesting and winemaking, it will be mainly artificial. Our aim is to grow the best wine grapes to enhance the quality of the wines. ”

"And I'm confident that I'll be able to grow grapes that aren't the legal varieties here. It is not stipulated that those grapes can only be of good quality if they are grown in that land. ”

"Just like Howling Eagle Winery, their main product is also Cabernet Sauvignon dry red wine, the price is not low, and the quality of the wine is also very good. ”

Suzanne nodded, "Okay, I'll follow the plan above, albeit a little rudimentary." However, when it comes to growing, I think it's best to have more contact with experienced people, after all, there are some differences between grape and food crops. ”

"Don't worry, I won't take money to make it indiscriminately. We have to pay attention to the export of organic fertilizer here. Liu Heming said with a smile.

"When the fertilizer can be transported here, the soil can be improved. In fact, I would like to be able to bring in our earthworms, and you should use your brains more in this regard, which is more complicated than fertilizer. But for us, there are a lot of cost savings. ”

Even if this matter is settled, whether it is a challenge to the French wine industry or not, anyway, let's take a look at it first. After finishing this "most important" thing, Liu Heming put his mind on eating and drinking again.

In the past few days, his little life has been very good. Don't worry, there is a special chef Comrade Marion, who will make a French meal for everyone in a different way.

It can only be said that the food of each place naturally has the characteristics of each place, and the ingredients used here are also the top ingredients carefully selected by Marion.

The plane didn't bring the snails from the ranch because they were alive and too troublesome, so Marion didn't know what the snails in the ranch tasted like. But judging from the reaction given by Liu Heming and his family, the snails in the pasture are one level better than these top snails in France in terms of taste.

Alex is the simplest inspector, what she likes to eat, that is good, and what she eats two bites and puts aside, that is not good. If you can barely finish it, it's okay.

She never pretends to eat and drink, if she likes to eat, she likes it, and if she doesn't like it, she doesn't like it.

This also makes Marion have a lot of expectations for the restaurant of the future, no matter how good your chef is, without good ingredients, the food you cook will be worse if you can't keep up.

After all, in many cases, cooking skills are just a supplement, and it is the ingredients themselves that play a key role.