"And what do you plan to do with them?"

Jessica certainly knew that the results of those studies would bring them a lot of benefits. But if you want to get the most out of it, you can't just use it yourself. How to use it and how to promote it is another question.

Link stood up with a smile and said, "I haven't thought about it for a while. He walked over to the desk, held her cheek, kissed her for a while, and said. "I'll go back first, I don't know if the children are crying. ”

Jessica let go of his neck and said, "Caitlyn and Evan are very well-behaved." ”

Link smiled and said, "I'll admit I missed them! He pecked her lips again before leaving the company.

At the end of the week, Albert came again.

Hannah and Jessica need to learn Chinese, and the twin children still need a Link band. However, neither of the two children was too noisy, and Link left them in the care of Lady Hammer for the time being, while he himself accompanied Albert to the cellar.

Albert came this time to inspect the sparkling wines that had been added with flavor enhancers. Link could tell he was serious about wines that had been brewed for years.

There are a lot of sparkling wines in the cellar, but they are all made in different years. Flavor enhancers have been added to only a small fraction of the earliest brewed batches. This time, Albert wanted to know whether the icewine made from "artificial frozen grapes" was suitable for use as a flavor enhancer. If suitable, both sparkling wine brewed in the same batch and those brewed later can be used. If it's not suitable, he'll consider using another flavor enhancer.

There is a certain procedure for opening sparkling wine and decanting.

Albert opened a bottle of wine, poured two glasses, and took a sip without saying a word. He stirred the wine in his mouth a few times before he drank it, and then smiled and said, "It seems that we have succeeded." ”

He took another sip as he spoke.

Link took a sip as well.

Truth be told, he didn't study Champagne much. Usually he drinks wine, usually red wine. Sparkling wines like champagne are rarely drunk.

He also took a sip and didn't feel anything wonderful, and the taste was very different from the champagne he had drunk before, but it didn't turn him off either.

Since Albert said yes, it should be good: "So, then you are going to remove the rest of the same batch of wine and add flavor enhancers?"

"Yes, I'll be here in two weeks. "To remove the disslag, it takes a certain amount of time to settle all the sediment in the wine to the neck of the bottle. The process involves tilting the bottle little by little until it is completely inverted. "It could take a week to get it all done. ”

"I'll get Robert ready. ”

"It also proves that those 'ice wines' are a very good flavor enhancer. Maybe we can make some more this year, because I'm worried that they will need to be aged for a few years to achieve this effect. "There were a lot of "ice wines" brewed before. But if Albert wanted to make sparkling wine in the future, it might not be long before he did.

"Of course that's fine. "It's just a little grape and freeze it in the freezer.

There are more grapes, the energy consumption of the ice storage, and the wind power of the farm does not cost money.

Albert drank the wine from the glass, stuffed the bottle again, and said, "Shall we go and see the brandies again?"

Link certainly has no opinion.

Link's winery is the only winery in Ozer that makes brandy. And by American standards, those brandies from Ozette will be ready for sale by December of this year. Not so in Europe, of course.

According to the American standard for brandy, brandy can be fermented with the peel of the fruit or distilled from the fruit for more than two years. But most countries in Europe require more than three years of aging.

If grapes are used as raw materials, they can be called brandy directly. However, if other ingredients are used, it is necessary to indicate the raw materials before the word "brandy". For example, if it is made from citrus, it should be labeled "citrus brandy".

As for when Ozette's brandy will be sold, it depends on the quality.

If he could compete with European brandy, Link would consider three years of ageing before selling it, and if the quality was mediocre, he would consider selling it in the United States now and then seek to market it in Europe.

The brandy was stored in another cellar. They talked about wine as they walked towards the cellar.

Albert laughed and said, "I heard that you had Robert run a grafting experiment on the vineyards of the two newly acquired farms. ”

Link nodded and said, "I'd like to see if they're really completely unsuitable for winemaking." ”

If the grapes from those two farms were to be turned back into Blue Lagoon grapes after he became the owner, those grapes would be as suitable for making as the grapes from his other farms. It's just that now he has enough grapes and a high annual production of red wine, and the market for Blue Lagoon is saturated.

In this case, the grapes from Bell Farm and Ekobe Farm are a bit unsuitable for reuse to make red wine.

But it would be a pity that the new grapes were ruined, and he hoped that he could use them to make white wine or brandy.

In fact, Albert also had that idea. The grapes had proved unsuitable for wine, but he thought he might try to make brandy.

Although brandy is also fermented as a fruit, it is distilled and made in a very different way than red wine and other wines. Some even use pomace to make wine, so he thought maybe those grapes could be tried to make distilled spirits.

Since Link had that thought, he didn't say anything about it either.

He smiled and said, "Judging from the current situation, those sparkling wines should be considered good wines." Perhaps because I made it myself, I don't think it's even inferior to the best vintage champagnes in France. We can't use a name like champagne, but if we use sparkling wine, it's too ordinary. Maybe we should think of a name for it that highlights its qualities and is special. ”

Link thought for a moment and said, "I'm not very familiar with sparkling wine. Why don't you come up with a name for me?"

"Are you sure?" said Albert, confident in the sparkling wine. He thinks it can even compete with French champagne in the world. "That's my pleasure. "If this sparkling wine is really famous, it is very likely that he, as the brewer and the namer, will live on in the history of winemaking.

"You make the wine, and it's best for you to name it. ”

The name Champagne does not mean that it can be called "Champagne" with a specific grape variety and a specific winemaking process.

After 2006, with the exception of sparkling wine made in the Champagne region of France with designated varieties and specific methods, only some specially licensed sparkling wines in the United States could be sold under the name "Champagne". Sparkling wines from other regions can only be named separately. If you are not eligible to try out the name "Champagne", you will be destroyed after seizure.

That's internationally recognized law.

There are some regions in the United States where the name Champagne is allowed for sparkling wines. But the Americans, on the contrary, do not want to use it. They feel that it will have a negative impact on their wine region.

As for Link, he didn't care if he could use that name.

In his opinion, French wine has long been unable to dominate the world. At the end of the last century, the wines of the New World and some European countries had a big impact on the conservative and arrogant French wineries.

In the 21st century, many wineries in France are facing bankruptcy. Even some of the more famous wineries have changed hands.

Now the French have had to change their mindset and learn from the New World ways of making wine, selecting grapes with good ripeness. That, of course, also increases the cost. But it has also basically regained the footsteps of French wine, which has been going backwards.

But when his Blue Lagoon wines hit the market, perhaps the five largest wineries in France still looked noble. But their wines also had to be relegated to the Blue Lagoon wines.

The biggest impact on them is that the Blue Lagoon wine production is too large. France's five major wineries produce up to 200,000 bottles of gold wine per year. The two major gold medals of Blue Lagoon wines, Huoyun and Queen, produce millions of bottles every year, and the quality is better than their gold medal wines, and their reputation is gradually surpassing theirs. And the Blue Lagoon wine produced three more gold medal wines last year. Albert's latest brewing of "Purple Moon Magic", Robert's "Dream", and another female winemaker's "Fingertip World".

This has made the position of France's top five wineries more and more embarrassing.

Over time, Blue Lagoon wines also began to age, and their ageing had to consider price. And there are already voices in the wine industry demanding ratings for wineries around the world. If that happens, it will be a big blow to the French winery's ratings.

Link heard that too, but he wouldn't do it on his own initiative. Anyway, now the Blue Lagoon wine is recognized as the best wine. Even though his winery does not have the status of a first-class winery, he believes that in the eyes of many people, Blue Lagoon wines are made from Grand Cru wineries.

He thinks that the brand of Blue Lagoon wine is not necessarily worse than the brand of Champagne. In that case, why use it?

It can be said that his ideas are similar to those of the winegrowers who have been allowed to try out the Champagne name. But those winegrowers are American-style pride, and he has that confidence.

Albert did not stay in Ozette after checking the wines that needed to be checked.

After Albert leaves, Link receives a call from Neil who wants to talk to him. He thought about it for a moment and went to Fox himself.

Link walked into Neil's office and saw more materials piled up on his desk than he had ever seen before, and there were even a lot of piles on the floor next to his desk.

He walked over with a smile and said, "Is this going to be a big move?"

Neil looked up from the pile of information and said, "Sit! I do have an idea for you." ”

Link sat down at his desk and said, "What do you see again?"

"We talked about it before. Gold!"