Filling his stomach, Stephen drove Chen Mo to a car dealership on the outskirts of the city that deals in pickup trucks and SUVs.

The pickup truck exhibition and sales section is full of pickup trucks at a glance, such as Ford's F series, Chevrolet pickup series, and so on. The Ford F-series, which even includes the F450 and F650, especially the F650, should be classified as trucks, and there are still some of them for sale here.

The most inseparable thing about running a farm is a pickup.

After knowing that Chen Mo was running a vineyard, the salesman specially recommended a few models, Toyota pickup trucks and Ford F150 and F250.

Chen Mo didn't like RB, even though he knew that Toyota pickup trucks were notoriously durable, he still chose Ford. A top-of-the-line F150, a white two-door version, is sold here for more than 50,000 yuan, and then some configurations are purchased for 56,000 US dollars. That is, the Ford Raptor pickup truck that is often referred to in China......

With a displacement of 6.2 liters and more than 400 horsepower, it is enough to cope with all the dirt roads of Canyon Manor.

56,000 US dollars, equivalent to 350,000 yuan, and in China, this car, with the same option, the price of the car is at least 700,000 yuan.

Make the payment, get the invoice and go to the DMV.

Napa is a small city, unlike San Francisco, Oakland and other places, and there is no long queue to get a license plate when you come to the DMV.

A regular license plate can be done in half an hour.

Stephen had long since driven away without a trace.

Fortunately, Chen Mo installed a channel in the car, found the Canyon Manor, and drove back slowly alone.

The interior space of the F150 is larger than it seems, especially when sitting in the driver's seat, with a wide field of vision, it feels like the oncoming sedan is small. Leaving the city and entering the Weide Mountain Highway, there are very few vehicles on the road, so that Chen Mo, who has just got a new car, has a very comfortable driving experience.

There is absolutely nothing to say about the power of the car, and as soon as the accelerator goes down, the pickup truck roars like a wild beast that has escaped. This feeling may also be because Chen Mo has never driven a good car......

The road in the mountains is sometimes straight and sometimes curved, or the section of the road that climbs up or down the slope. Undulating hills, vineyards still undulating. It was late April, and as the sun was setting, the sky was covered with white clouds like cotton candy. Under the canopy are busy vine growers......

……

"Mo, Elson has accepted my offer and will be the estate manager. What's your opinion?" asked Stephen, holding a cigar in his mouth and crossing his legs.

"Nope. Chen Mo sat next to Stephen, he didn't understand the work of the vineyard, let alone manage the 1,200 acres of vineyard: "I don't know how much money needs to be invested in the early stage?"

"The original machinery and equipment of the manor can still be used, and it only takes one million to make the manor run. ”

Elson nodded, "Most of the machinery and equipment are still usable. With a million inputs, it's more than enough to keep the estate running. ”

"In that case, we will be officially working tomorrow. We indulged in drinks tonight and congratulated Chen Mo on taking over the Canyon Manor. Stephen said and licked his dry lips, "The abandoned distillery has a lot of fine wines, so come and bring one back?"

"No problem. Chen Mo smiled: "But this is the second time I've come to Canyon Manor, where is the wine storage room of the winery?"

With a 'greedy' smile on his face, Stephen got up from his seat and pulled Chen Mo up: "I know you don't know the way, I'll take you there." Elson, dinner is over to you, top steak in the fridge. ”

"No problem. Elson agreed with a smile.

The sky will be dark, and the vineyards in the valley will be densely forested on both sides of the hillsides. In the quiet mountains, only the chirping of birds can be heard.

The two walked to the winery.

Opening the door, Stephen found the light bulb switch with ease. The spacious brewery has two rows of huge oak barrels, about 2.5 meters high and about 2 meters in diameter, with 12 pieces. A row of cement tanks and two rows of stainless steel barrels are about the same size as oak barrels.

There are 30 in total.

"These are used to ferment grapes?" Chen Mo asked.

"That's right, to ferment grapes. If you want to reopen the winery in the future, the equipment here will need to be replaced. ”

There was a small door in the opposite corner of the wall, and when the opening was pushed open, a long corridor appeared, and at the end of the corridor were two open iron doors, and the door went down a slope past it.

"This is the underground cellar, the place to age the wine and store the wine. The hallway was too quiet, and the aftermath of Stephen's words echoed.

Stephen turned on the light, and the dim orange light made the underground cellar look particularly narrow.

"Where is this wine cellar built?" Chen Mo's sense of direction was confused, the slope was not long, and logically speaking, this wine cellar did not go deep into the ground. And the space for a distillery is not enough to build in such a place.

"The winery is next to the hillside and we are going deep into the belly of the mountain. ”

The hole is three meters high and more than four meters wide but less than five meters wide.

The dim light reflected the hallway, and the rotten wood, broken or intact oak barrels, were everywhere on the floor of the hallway, and they were covered with a thick layer of dust.

After walking for almost 5 minutes, a large circular space appeared.

A cylindrical body with wooden wine racks on the surrounding walls sits bottles of wine covered in dust. There were also a lot of wine bottles scattered on the ground......

It seems that there should be more than 10,000 wines stored here.

"The vast majority of the wines are aged at Canyon Winery, and a lot of them are undrinkable. These large bottles, 1.5 liters of standard capacity wine are fine wines, you are the master to make them, only a few hundred bottles. Stephen stared at the large bottles of wine on the shelf and lifted two bottles: "How do you say it in Chinese...... If you don't get drunk tonight, you won't go home. ”

"Drinking can't kill you. The air in the winery was a little stuffy and had a musty smell, and Chen Mo also lifted two bottles: "This wine is very good?"

"Unmarketed worship wine. Stephen smiled and held the two bottles of wine in his arms, and stretched out his evil claws to carry another bottle: "Take more, so as not to run too often." ”

"I said, you came to me to be the CEO with all your heart, could it be that you are just thinking about the red wine here?" Chen Mo stared at Stephen without blinking, this guy looked greedy, eager to empty the wine cellar.

"It's not all, it's not all ......" Stephen was contented with three bottles of wine.

Back home, Elson made the steak.

The best steaks you can buy in the supermarket, excellent grade. Five ripe steaks, which are very tender to eat.

Chen Mo didn't understand wine, so he was more interested in beef. Stephen and Elson were busy with each other, one looking for a corkscrew and the other for a wine decanter, and hurriedly opened the bottle and poured it into the decanter......

"Come and try a top wine made from 100% Cabernet Sauvignon grapes, you won't find anything like it in the whole of Napa. In the year of 2010, Mr. Duanmuqing's first wine was not as good as the subsequent wines, but it had special significance. Stephen poured Chen Mo a small half cup and said.

Chen Mo really doesn't understand wine, he used to pretend to be a petty bourgeoisie, but he bought a few bottles in the supermarket, and the smell of alcohol was particularly difficult to swallow.

Chen Mo looked at Stephen and Erwin, they were holding wine glasses, smelling vigorously, and their exaggerated expressions seemed to be facing the naked body of the pure girl......

"Is it necessary to exaggerate?"

"Wine tasting is like tasting life, and wine is also alive...... You don't understand, and you still don't understand if you talk too much. Stephen wanted to explain to Chen Mo, but he felt that it was too troublesome to say.

Chen Mo learned from the two of them, and first smelled it, there was a smell of wine, which seemed to be mixed with the fragrance of some black fruits, and there was an indescribable smell...... In the words of Chen Mo's hometown, it is 'hitting the brain'. The final weird smell is not very good, if it is good, it should be oak, very light. It can be mixed with the smell of fruits, and it is easy to distinguish.

The wine is deep purplish-red, transparent, and impurities can be seen in the light.

Chen Mo sat on the sofa, looked at Stephen and then at Elson, the two old guys in their fifties and sixties looked at each other head-on, with a particularly lewd smile on the corner of their mouths, and their eyebrows flickered......

Depend on!

Chen Mo was extremely speechless, and took a sip of the wine in the glass. The entrance is astringent, with a sour and fruity smell...... Chen Mo gritted his teeth and swallowed.

People who don't usually drink alcohol will find it difficult to swallow even the most delicious vineyards. But when the wine enters the throat and enters the belly, there is an indescribable feeling of pleasure in an instant.

This......

I thought it was just an illusion. But after another drink, the feeling of exhilaration.

Is this the enjoyment of wine itself?

Or is it something else?