Albert Anthony Ping raised his glass, as if to observe the color of the wine. He put away his smile and said, "Link, what I'm going to say, but, this is the wine. Last year, you hired a terrible winemaking consultant. ”

Link really didn't hire the right winemaking consultant last year, because he didn't know it, but then he learned that the world's famous winemaking consultants were working for other wineries, and he couldn't invite them anymore. So he had to ask someone introduced by John Eco.

He nodded and said, "Yes, last year I only had one apprentice-level winemaking consultant. So this year I started inviting you in May. I'm glad you accepted my invitation. ”

Albert smiled and said, "I don't know how last year's grapes went. But judging from the performance of this bottle of dry red, last year's grapes will certainly not be bad. The apprentice winemaker was not able to bring out the full flavours of the grapes, but he was able to make wines that exceeded his level. Of course, this is due to the quality of the grapes. If it weren't for you telling me again and again that it was made last year. I would have thought it was more than thirty years old. ”

He took another sip and said, "Can you imagine that a new bottle of wine that has been aged less than a year has the fragrance of the soil?"

Link really didn't know how to taste wine, and when he said that, he laughed and said, "I'm sure we didn't put soil in it anyway." ”

"Haha. Albert was amused by his words and said. "I'm not saying it's bad. If you go to the taster, you can get at least 96 points. I'm just saying that it's not the best wine that can be made from grapes like that. ”

He took another sip and said, "I think I'm already looking forward to this job." Maybe I can use your grapes to make a good wine that will blow the industry. ”

Link immediately stood up and stretched out his hand and said, "Happy cooperation!"

"Of course. I think we will. Albert also stood up and shook hands with him, saying. "In addition, I am now looking forward to grapes from the other two farms. ”

"If you want, we can go to one of them today. "The other two farms also have some vineyards that are about to be ready for harvesting. However, it will be earlier in New Mexico, and HSD will be half a month to a month later because of the cooler temperature.

More than 4,000 acres of grapes can be harvested in HSD, while about 1,000 acres in New Mexico.

Link spent two days personally taking Albert Anthony to two other farms. Albert visited the winery, as well as the cellar, and in these two places he offered some suggestions that were more in line with his winemaking requirements.

At the two vineyards on the other side of Hanova Farm, Albert felt that there was no problem in making good wines. The climate at Ozette Farm, which Link had been worried about, also became a condition for Albert to produce new wines.

After drinking the dry red from Ozette Farms, he says: "The tannins are rich, but the taste is soft. In addition to the typical taste of Cabernet Sauvignon, there is also a very peculiar taste, which seems to be the aroma of herbs. Well, there's also a hint of blueberry fruit, and it's a great flavor that goes all in one! In fact, I'm amazed at how you can grow grapes with such a high sugar content in such a rainy environment. ”

He also made a suggestion: "Link. You're planting too many grapes. I suggest you consider making some distilled spirits. Although they can't be brandy. But I'm sure that you'll use your grapes to make a distilled wine that's no less than XO and that it's as iconic as French cognac. ”

Eventually, he agreed to direct winemaking for Link's three farms. After the contract was signed, Albert left behind an assistant: "Harris will help your brewery prepare before making the wine." ”

The equipment in the brewery needs to be cleaned, but those things are not really cleaned by just scrubbing. Especially the machinery in his winery, such as the mixer and other electric machinery.

Albert then left the United States with two cases of red wine, supposedly to a winery in Austria.

Sending Albert away, Link began to get busy. First of all, he had to recruit enough people to pick the grapes. Several farms have large vineyards, and it takes a lot of people to pick all the grapes.

In addition, the grapes need to be graded. Some are fully ripe and are best used for brewing dry reds. Distilled spirits, on the other hand, can be made from grapes that are not too full and not too ripe.

The Cabernet Sauvignon he grows is not actually Cabernet Sauvignon in the true sense of the word. The flesh of Cabernet Sauvignon is purplish-red. The grapes he planted were grafted several times, and the skins were still purple. But the flesh is tender red. These grapes can be peeled to make white wine.

According to Albert's plan, some large and good grapes were used to make high-end wines. Although there is not necessarily a difference in wine made from good grapes. But the reputation of red wine is blown, so you have to create something that can be blown out by yourself. If you don't do that, you can't brag about it.

Recruiting temporary workers, Bob was naturally in charge of Habano's side. On the Hans Farm side, he will put Benjamin in charge.

For more than a year, he has not been in any danger. Royce, who had hired a killer before, had to pick up soap for thirty-six years in prison, and when he came out, he should also have rectal cancer, so there was no need to worry.

As for Royce's father, his reputation has become stinky, and even the bank's credit rating has dropped, and now his retail chain business is in decline. He had to fight hard to keep himself from going bankrupt, and it was impossible for him to bother Link. Now that he's a director of the MGM Grand Hotel, no one will easily provoke him as long as he doesn't cause trouble.

So he asked some of the older bodyguards to transfer to the management of the farm. Of course, that's voluntary. Because after moving to farm work, the salary will drop a lot. The bodyguard is at least 250,000, while the management of the farm is paid at most 100,000 a year. The two are not the same.

Of course, if everyone didn't want to go to the farm, he would have quit some of his bodyguards, and now he only has four relatively young bodyguards, five of whom have gone to work on the farm, and the rest have gone elsewhere.

Today, Benjamin is the head of personnel at Hans Farm, mainly managing the work arrangements of the workers.

Of course, Hans Farms didn't hire a manager, and Benjamin was trying to get closer to a farm manager. Maybe in another two years, Link will be able to let go of Hans Farm like Hanova.

Even Hanova couldn't let go of his hand completely. There were some things he still had to hold on to. For example, sales.

There are about 6,000 cattle for sale at Hanova Ranch this year, and he needs to sell them before winter comes. Some of those cattle had already signed agreements with the slaughterhouses of the big agricultural groups when they bought the calves, so he didn't have to worry about more than 2,000 head of cattle. He had to solve the problem of the whereabouts of another 4,000 head of cattle.

But with so many cattle on his farm, the big groups would come to him so that their slaughterhouses could work at full capacity.

S is one of the largest meat processing companies in the United States, with a large slaughterhouse more than a hundred kilometers from the Hanova Ranch. That slaughterhouse can slaughter more than a hundred cattle per hour. It needed four thousand cattle from Hanova.

So the people of **S came to the door. Bob doesn't have the authority to decide whether or not to sell the cattle to **S, so he calls Link to inform him.

Link went to Hanova that day.

He had seen his own cattle, which weighed between 1,100 and 1,200 pounds, and when they bought them they were 300 and 600 pounds. And these cattle were raised for a period of between a year and a year and a half. This rate of weight gain is simply turtle speed.

You know, the **S who want to buy his cattle also raise their own cattle, and they can raise 90,000 cattle on less than a third of the land area of Habano pastures. They can gain 600 pounds in half a year. In their parlance, they're actually selling grain — they only eat corn with growth hormone, or antibiotics — even if it's not on the cow's diet.

However, the cow is also a supplement for Link, if it weren't for the lack of water to reclaim the farmland, and he felt that the pasture was empty, it didn't matter if Link didn't raise cattle. Sometimes it is more profitable to grow grass and sell it than to raise cattle and herd.

The next day, he talked to the people of **S about the price. Seeing that the price was right, he agreed to sell all the remaining cattle to **S within a month.

The exact price of beef has not actually been decided between him and **S.

In the U.S. agricultural system, beef is graded. The cattle he sells also need to be slaughtered and graded according to the grade of the beef, and then the price of the cattle is calculated according to the grade he finds. The money is selected, and the beef is sold before the bill is settled. This is how most agricultural products in the United States are sold.

You don't want to say anything about antibiotics, growth hormone, those things are harmful to the human body. As long as the content of those things is not set by the agricultural giants themselves, then beef will not have any effect on the grade – as is the case in most agriculturally advanced countries.

It is important to note that all indicators for the detection of residues are developed by practitioner 'experts'.

Moreover, if you buy food in the United States, you must not advertise it with gimmicks such as "natural farming" and "safe food", because that practice is illegal in many states. Those agricultural companies will tell you that you want to die.

Therefore, no matter how delicious and safe his beef is, when it is sold to slaughterhouses, it will not have any price advantage like other cattle fed with corn flour with added life-promoting hormones. Even, his cattle may be rated low because of the lack of fat in the beef, which will affect the price.

However, according to the cattle that have been bred in the past, this time the grade will probably reach the first grade or higher, and maybe it can even reach the special grade. So this year's cattle will be sold to earn about $8 million. But it costs a lot to buy a calf, and in the end, it would be good to have a pre-tax profit of three million.

After signing the contract with **S, he took a walk around Hanova and asked about the farm recruiting temporary workers.

Whether it's a vineyard or a winery, you need a lot of temporary workers. The area of grapes that need to be picked here at Hanova Ranch is not small, and the grape picking cannot be delayed, so the number of people needed must not be small.

Bob told him, "We've found a couple of agencies that will bring us enough workers." ”