Chapter Forty-Nine: The Event?
Several people reached an agreement on various aspects such as wine sales.
Ham was quick to move, and he was well prepared for the wine sales company. As soon as he returned to France, he resigned from his old company and began to set up his own company.
At the same time, under his arrangement, Johansen mobilized his contacts and resources to start making a name for himself in France.
As a red wine from China, a "wine barren land", it is not easy to make a name for itself in France; The French are romantic and amorous, but in the same way, most French people also have the pride of the artist, they appreciate everything in France, and even many times, refuse to speak English, and in the same way, as people who grew up in the mecca of wine, they almost refuse to taste the wines of other regions outside of France, except for professional sommeliers.
Luckily, one of France's top wine schools, the Blercher Wine Academy, is preparing to hold a wine exchange on the theme of discovering wines from China.
The École de la Bellis Wine is the top and earliest wine academy in France, built in the top French wine estate, Château Blanc.
The integration of the estate and the Wine Academy makes it easier to study wine and more.
In addition to wine lovers, there are also wealthy people, aristocrats, heirs of wineries, professional winemakers and sommeliers.
Zhou Yi took his wine, and was received by Johansen and Andrew, to the White Tortoise Wine Estate.
The White Tortoiseshell estate is in the Bordeaux area, and as soon as the car drove here, you could immediately see countless grape vines climbing on the shelves, and in the wind, the green leaves of the grapes surged layer by layer like blue waves, laying a green carpet for the whole land.
The whole world, except for a few trees and houses, is all covered with such neat grape trellises and grape vines, all put into Zhou Yi's eyes, in the scorching summer, the air is filled with the smell of green grapes.
Seeing so many grapes and such a neat grape vine trellis for the first time, Zhou Yi's heart was full of shock.
And there are too many such scenes in France, in the Bordeaux region.
The whole land here exudes the smell of grapes, the taste of thousands of years of wine, and Zhou Yi's sensitive snort almost touches the soul and life of the wine lady who has been precipitated for too long in this land.
The long white car slowly drove forward, driving into a plane covered world, a wide and vast world, suddenly covered by the plane tree, leading the car to a mysterious direction.
Under the guidance of the sycamore, after another ten or so minutes, the car finally stopped, in front of a gate carved out of a huge stone.
From the fence at the door, you can vaguely see the grass and trees inside the door, see a large number of grapevine leaves between a few "different" plants and trees, and also see the houses with different appearances hidden in a large number of grapevines.
It is not a common Columbia-style architecture in Europe and the United States, they do not have the sharpness of reaching into the sky, but have an oriental roundness and subtlety, but after all, they can't get rid of the coldness and roughness of the Western-style stone carving.
Getting out of the car in front of the door, Johansen looked at the waiter in front of the door, didn't know what to say in French, and took out another invitation.
Soon, under the guidance of the waiter, I got into an electric sightseeing car.
Looking at the buildings almost in front of him, on the sightseeing bus, Zhou Yi sat for ten minutes before arriving.
In the white, delicate building, a small hall is ready.
The hall is not big, the layout does not seem very grand, except for the Western-style architecture and the unfamiliar style and people, the whole scene is almost not much different from the club activity venue of Zhou Yi University: a few sofas, a few coffee tables, a row of chairs, you can almost feel the relaxed atmosphere.
"Is this a wine exchange? Can you promote our wines? How I feel like a student activity center. Zhou Yi asked suspiciously.
"Bingou! Man, you got it right, this is a teacher-student activity. However, this is not an ordinary event, because the students here will be working in various wine estates, or the descendants of some high-class elite, or the editors of a bottle of wine news magazine, plus those who have a certain research in the field of wine, there will definitely be some wine news magazines interested in this exchange meeting. This is definitely a great opportunity to promote our wines! Johansen snapped his fingers and said.
He paused and continued: "Of course, I also hope to bring our wine into a higher-end cocktail party, who told you that your wine comes from China?" ”
"In France, Chinese wines don't have a good reputation, no one wants to 'take risks' to taste them, and there are almost no high-end wines willing to let Chinese wines enter."
After Johansen finished speaking, he felt that the meaning of his words seemed to be discriminatory, and explained: "Dear Zhou, please believe me, I have absolutely no intention of belittling your motherland. I'm not taking Chinese wines lightly, I just want to say that Chinese red wines, here, in general, really no one wants to try them......"
The more he explained, the more chaotic he became, and in the explanation, he despised Huaxia's wine again, even if Zhou Yi knew that he was unintentional, he had a black line in his head, and hurriedly interrupted: "Okay, what you said is the truth, isn't it?" I'm sure you didn't mean it. Perhaps, it would be better if you didn't explain. ”
Several people were invited to sit down, and some waiters poured wine, the sub-brand of the 10-year-old White Turtle Manor is not a very good vintage, but as one of the top wine estates, there is never a defective product, just to see whether the drinker likes it or not.
Summer is hot, but the wine is cold, not cold, but warm, as soon as you enter the mouth, this cool smell spreads, not too thick tannins, with a slight astringency, and the sourness of the wine itself, in the moment of the entrance, swept away by the tongue, and then escaped into the human throat.
The rich fruity aroma is opened up as early as the moment the wine is in the glass, and the rich fruity aroma occupies a corner in an instant, and quickly spreads out, compared to the light of the Dongtian wine at the beginning, this branch of the White Tortoise Manor is preemptive with a strong rose aroma, which arouses the appetite.
When all the sourness and astringency have receded, in the mouth, a certain link seems to have been broken, and the infinite jade dew overflows from the mouth out of thin air, once again stimulating the taste buds, wrapping the remaining aroma, rolling into the stomach bag like a rollball, making people feel refreshed for a while, at this time, the faint sweet fragrance on the tongue slowly escapes, making people have an infinite aftertaste.
It is worthy of the wine produced by the top estate, under Zhou Yi's sensitive tongue, every trace of flavor has been developed and treated with the best treatment.
At that moment, Zhou Yi almost had a trace of doubt about the wine he brought: Can my wine, in this holy land of wine, really stand out?
The answer is unequivocal.
Zhou Yi was obviously concerned and confused, at least, the other two people present, Andrew and Johansen, had never forgotten the beautiful experience of "Dongtian Wine". Now, almost every day, they have to drink at least one glass of wine from Zhou Yi's men.
"Zhou Yi?" A somewhat familiar female voice came from behind Zhou Yi.
"Zhang Cheng? Why are you here too? Zhou Yi looked at the woman in front of him, who was the owner of the winery at the foot of Ranhe Mountain that he had visited before.
"This is a Chinese wine event, for this opportunity, I have spent a lot of money, how can I not come? It's you, what's wrong with you? Zhang Cheng looked at Zhou Yi and wondered.
She never thought that Zhou Yi, who had just made wine for the first time, would have the opportunity to bring her own wine to participate in this "grand event" of Chinese wine.
"Extravaganza?" Zhou Yi looked at this simple and relatively small room and said in surprise.
"Of course, it's a big event. For Chinese wines, isn't it the biggest 'event' to be able to release her aroma and show her charm in a wine mecca like France, the top wine academy in France? ”
"You haven't answered me yet, why are you here?"
"Just as you came here with your wine, I also brought my wine here for this 'event'." Zhou Yi said. He deliberately said the word "grand event" in a loud voice.
"Huh?" Zhang Cheng was shocked, she couldn't figure it out, a year ago, Zhou Yi, who didn't even have the most basic common sense that wine grapes were needed for wine brewing, had already brought his wine to this small hall where countless Chinese wine merchants were about to break in.
Even though it is a small hall, it is a grand stage for countless Chinese vintners.
As long as they participate and return to China, they will have enough capital to brag about, and their wine will naturally rise.
"You came here with your wine for this wine exchange? What wines did you make last year? Zhang Cheng said in surprise. She still wanted to make sure.
"Of course it was brewed last year. The grapes haven't come out yet this year! Zhou Yi said, "You know, I haven't made wine before. ”
"Okay, I can only say, is the 'rich second generation' really powerful?" Zhang Cheng complained weakly. She has always believed that Zhou Yi is a rich second generation. Now that I think about it, maybe it's still a second generation of power. She didn't believe that the wine he had made last year alone really had the ability to enter such a "grand event".
The two chatted for a while, Zhang Cheng pulled Zhou Yi, looked at the small hall that was gradually filled with people, pointed to a few people, and began to introduce him.
"You see, that is the deputy general manager of 'Zhang Yu Wine', that is the chairman of 'Great Wall Wine', and that ......"
Zhou Yiwen is famous, is it really worthy of the "grand event" of Chinese wine? The vast majority of well-known wine brands in China have sent people over......
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