() "Come in." ”

Ye Mo carried the gold bar and threw it on the sofa, and the little thing slept so deeply that he didn't wake up. However, it could also be pretending to be asleep.

Kevin pushed open the door, saw goose feathers all over the ground, and said with a smile: "BOSS, did you just have a century war in your house?" ”

"Pretty much." Ye Mo said and glanced at the kennel, Bai Dots and the princess were holding their heads, looking at him timidly.

Kevin smiled, patted the goose feathers off the couch and sat down, and said, "I have something to tell you." ”

"Something to do with Steve?" Ye Mo asked, Kevin wanted to speak many times during the barbecue dinner just now, and his eyes glanced at Steve from time to time.

"Every five years, the New World Wine Association holds the New World Wine Review. Our winery received an invitation, but for some reason Steve declined. Kevin frowned, and continued, "This is a worldwide wine review, and all of the participating wineries are New World Renowned wineries. It doesn't hurt us to be a part of it, even if we don't get any honor, but it at least lets the loan know that we are at the top of the New World wine line. ”

Wine is divided into two worlds, old and new (old).

Old World wines are represented by France and Italy, as well as Spain, Portugal, etc., mainly European countries. Old World wines are characteristic, often planted in a large number of different varieties of grapes. The quality of the wine is guaranteed by relying mainly on manual labor in the management of the vineyard and strictly limiting the grape yield. Its yield per mu is relatively strict, and the winemaking process also follows the tradition of focusing on artificiality, and the wine produced has a great difference in quality, and the wine also has strict grade standards.

New World wines are represented by the United States and Australia, as well as South Africa, Chile, China, etc. New World wines are more technologically oriented, more inclined to industrial production, and have great advantages in enterprise scale, capital, technology and market.

Overall, New World winemaking technology has left behind the red tape of the Old World and boldly innovated the winemaking process. The winemakers of the Old World were much more persistent, especially the famous French wineries, who still adhered to their strict wine-making techniques, and they admired the craftsmanship of hand-sewing, stitch by stitch like haute couture.

In the New World, a single grape plant can produce about one kilogram of grapes and half a liter of wine. In the Old World, on the same land, a vine could produce less than one glass of wine for quality.

In years where the climatic conditions are suitable, the quality of Old World wines is generally higher than that of New World wines. In a year with bad climatic conditions, New World wines taste slightly better. Nowadays, the boundaries between the old and new worlds have become more and more blurred, the old world has adopted the machinery of the new world in order to reduce costs, and the new world has learned the craftsmanship of the old world. To put it bluntly, the old and new worlds are now divided between regions.

But for many wealthy people, they tend to prefer traditional Old World wines when choosing wines.

Steve declined, but the New World Wine Association sent in another invitation. This invitation is in my hand, and I haven't told Steve yet. Kevin took out an invitation with a red wine bottle on the cover and handed it to Ye Mo.

The New World Wine Tasting is held every five years and is attended by well-known wineries or wineries in New World. Most of the wineries are at the same level as Belinger Winery, Deer Leap Winery, Work No. 1 Winery, Howling Eagle Winery, Xiangtong Winery, etc., and have wineries that worship wine. The distillery is completely out of the scope of the manor, and adopts a corporatized management model, and the operation is mostly based on quantity.

For the 'Tier 1' wineries, attendance or absence does not have much of an impact on them, but for the 'Tier 2' wineries, attending such a congress can undoubtedly increase their visibility.

Ye Mo opened the invitation and looked at it. It's a bit weird, this event is like the Olympics of the wine world, except for the 'first class' wineries like 'Lonely Defeat', it is difficult for other wineries to refuse.

Steve is an ambitious winemaker......

But......

The New World Wine Association, which is also a worldwide organization, rejected it once, and it sent a second invitation.

Ye Mo told Kevin about the doubts in his heart.

Kevin also frowned, and after a long time, he said, "Could it be that because of the event at home, the wineries in Napa Valley have been given special care?" ”

Ye Mo shook his head. If it weren't for this harvest festival, Park Song Winery would be a little more famous in Napa Valley. But in the world, Park Ge Winery is really nothing.

The next day.

Ye Mo brought the invitation letter and found Steve.

"Yes, I declined their invitations." Steve's face was not very good, and he said, "Because I don't want to mess with Park Singer." ”

"Why?" Ye Mo was puzzled and asked.

"The event was split into two venues, the top wines were judged at the Napa Wine Fair and the popular wines were judged in the Central ......Valley," Steve said, taking a deep breath, adding, "The main reason I didn't want to attend was because of Howling Eagle Winery." Remember Kevin's comment on '1992, Cabernet Sauvignon Five Star Dry Red'? ”

"The '1992.Cypress Cabernet Sauvignon' and the '1992.Royal Eagle Cabernet Sauvignon' are strikingly similar!" Ye Mo said.

"Yes. Striking similarity...... In fact, even if the same region and the same vintage are the same, the winery and the winemaking process and other factors make the wines difficult to be similar in taste and style. But this year, the reviews of the two wines by professional sommeliers are strikingly similar. ”

"Château Howling Eagle uses 65 percent new French oak barrels and sleeps in a small cellar for two years. Unfortunately, we are purchasing the same oak barrels as him, using 60% new oak. And after the first fermentation, we also chose to sleep in the small cellar, and slept for two years and four months......"

"It's not just these coincidences. Even then, it is difficult to produce almost identical wines from different fields in different places......"

"As for how many coincidences there are, it's not clear."

Steve was a little angry and a little helpless, and said, "So, Howling Eagle Winery has always thought that our Park Eagle Winery copied the entire process of their '1992 Royal Eagle Cabernet Sauvignon'. Because, if any link is inconsistent, the aroma of the wine may be very different. ”

'1992.Royal Eagle Cabernet Sauvignon' is arguably the most representative wine of Château Eagle. At the 2000 Napa Valley Wine Charity Auction, a 6-liter bottle of 1992 Howling Eagle Cabernet Sauvignon sold for $500,000, making it the most expensive non-standard bottle of wine ever sold for charity. The most expensive standard bottle of wine sold for non-charitable purposes is the dry red wine of Château Lafite.

If the 1992 Eagle Cabernet Sauvignon hadn't appeared in the same style as it, the five stars of the Park Ge would have reduced its collectible value, and it might have even become the best of the standard bottles.

Howling Eagle cannot be said to have a grudge against Park Singer, but it regards Park Eagles as a thief, especially Steve, the chief winemaker.

Steve didn't want to participate because he was worried about encountering the Howling Eagle. According to previous experience, the Howling Eagle can be seen in all the wine evaluation activities that Park Ge Winery participates in......

Except for the five-star Bai Ge, Steve really doesn't have many works that he can get his hands on, and he is scared of Howling Eagle Winery.