Xiao Yifei had never heard of this kind of wine, and he watched the bartender operate. [ads:This site has a new URL,Shorthand method:strawberry,.cmxsw]

Put some ice cubes in the shaker and take the bottle with Dip Special. Xiao Yifei thought in his heart, why did this Tina get involved with spirits, she wouldn't have an addiction to alcohol, right?

Fortunately, the bartender didn't pour too much vodka, and put two mint leaves in the shaker and put the lid on. Then the bartender began to shake the shaker to the rhythm of the music, up and down, left and right, turning, throwing, and catching, and the movements were beautiful and flexible.

When he is done performing, he pours the mixture into a wine glass. Then the champagne bottle that the bartender picked up reassured Xiao Yifei that this thing was not a spirit after all.

Tina picked up her glass, and naturally turned to look at the red men and women swaying on the dance floor. Obviously, Xiao Yifei is in for a treat with this glass of wine.

It seems that there is a door today, Xiao Yifei smiled and handed over the wine money.

The bartender leaned his head over and said to the sound of music:

"Dude, looks like you're lucky."

"So?"

"A beautiful boat means a romantic night or a lover's night."

Xiao Yifei smiled and handed him another 10 yuan tip.

The bartender revealed:

"She comes often, and there are a lot of people to talk to each time, but it doesn't seem to be very successful. Dude, you're really in luck. ”

Xiao Yifei smiled.

After dancing for a while, and after drinking this glass of champagne, Tina glanced at Xiao Yifei. Xiao Yifei knew that she was hinting that it was time to go. But it has only been less than an hour since he came in, and Xiao Yifei still wants to play a little more.

He advised:

"Shall we find a place to sit?"

"What's wrong?"

"It's fun dancing with you, I'll keep dancing later?"

"Okay."

Xiao Yifei turned back to the bartender and said:

"A bottle of Veuve Clicquot, a bottle of refreshing rum, find a table."

The bartender raised his hand and beckoned a waitress in a vest. Xiao Yifei and Tina followed her to a two-seater. Soon the female recruit came over with an ice bucket and wine.

"It's not good to drink too much spirits, champagne is suitable for beautiful women, especially Veuve Clicquot."

Tina was really attracted to attention.

"Why do you say that?"

"Veuve Clicquot Champagne is in Reims, the famous champagne region of France, and now Veuve Clicquot is so famous thanks to a great woman, Madame Pensalden."

Madame Pensaudon was originally a descendant of a baron, a true lady of heaven. Married to Fang Wens. Veuve Clicquot, Fang Huasi Kaige is very capable, took over the family business at a young age, and became a big wine merchant. After the two got married. The days passed as sweet as champagne.

Unfortunately, in 1805, Fang Huaskaige died young at the age of 27, and the proud daughter of heaven became a widow overnight. At this time, Mrs. Pensaudon had a rich dowry. It is completely possible to continue to live a quiet upper-class life with her little daughter. But she didn't, and she chose to continue her husband's career.

After several years of pastoral study, in 1810 Madame Pensardin founded the Veuveclicquotpousardin distillery, in which the name of the distillery veuve means widow in French, clicquot is the surname of her husband's family, and Pousardin is her maiden family's surname.

Thanks to Madame Pensalden's efforts, Veuve Clicquot Champagne has sold well all over the world, and Veuve Clicquot has become a top brand in the Champagne industry. And Mrs. Pensalden. She died in 1866 at the age of 89 and never remarried for the sake of her love affair with Fang Huastriang. It is this love that has made Veuve Clicquot champagne what it is today, so she is revered as Madame Veuve Clicquot.

"I'm giving you this wine because I want you to be as independent and confident as Madame Veuve Clicquot. And, of course, beauty. ”

Picked up the champagne and touched it with Xiao Yifei.

"Cheers to the beautiful, self-reliant women of the new era."

After taking a sip, Tina sighed:

"I never knew there was a beautiful story behind this champagne. You're not lying to me. ”

"It's true. When I was traveling in Reims, I visited their winery and personally confirmed it with someone at the winery. ”

"Have you been to France?"

The two of them began to talk about travel while drinking.

From the conversation, Xiao Yifei learned that Tina was an office clerk. She was originally a Tennessee girl. After the tragic death of her parents in a car accident, she sold her family property and came to Los Angeles in order to avoid seeing things and thinking about people. originally planned to try to become a star, but after hitting the wall a few times, she bought two apartments in Los Angeles, one for rent and one for self-residence. She doesn't know which path she will take in the future. I just found a job as a clerk, and now it's in the apprenticeship stage. She was unhappy because of office politics, there were always old employees bullying newcomers, no, the other employees went home on Thanksgiving, and she and the black girl just now were left on duty.

When Xiao Yifei heard this, he felt that the office politics of this person who came to the bar to buy drunk should not be the main reason, and the main reason should be that he missed his relatives. Tomorrow is Thanksgiving, and when she sees that everyone else has parents, she rushes back to reunite with her parents, but she has no relatives to reunite. Reading the story of Madame de Champagne that she just told may have aroused some of her emotions.

But he couldn't say this, he could only follow her words:

"It's normal for the office to bully newcomers, and I'm sure you handle it well."

In fact, many times, what a woman needs is someone to listen to her, and men just need to listen and say a few words at the right time.

"What about you?"

"Me? I'm here to talk about business in Los Angeles. ”

"You talk about business?"

"Why, isn't it?"

"You're too young."

"I'm really here to talk about business."

"So what business do you do?"

"Wine."

"Oh, no wonder you know the story of wine. So how do you drink rum and not wine? ”

Khan, drinking wine here, although it is okay, it is easy to come across fakes. Don't think that there are no fake wines in the United States, just go to eBay and take a look, old wine labels, old wine bottles and a bunch of sellers. Good vintage labels can cost a few hundred dollars a piece, and the most expensive old empty bottles can cost more than $10,000. Nowadays, sommeliers and sommeliers have to sign the name and date on the wine label after opening the bottle to prevent the wine label and bottle from entering the market again.

As for the Veuve Clicquot champagne in front of him, Xiao Yifei went to their winery and saw a display case full of fake wines, all of which were counterfeit Veuve Clicquot champagne with yellow labels. And that's just one bottle of each batch.

As mentioned earlier, the release of "A Cup of Life" in 04 made the sales of Pinot Noir in the United States soar, and it was in this trend that a notorious brand "Redbicyclette" (Redbicyclette) was produced. The investigation revealed that the French customs found that he was exporting far more to the United States than he should have produced. These people sell cheap French liquors and even Merlot and Syrah as Pinot Noir. In total, they earned an extra 7 million euros.

And the case also involved a wine giant in the United States. Château Garro. Founded in 1933, the world's largest family-run winery and the world's largest by sales, these counterfeit wines have found their way into the hands of American consumers. Of course. In this case, Jialu claimed that they had no knowledge.

As for whether I really don't know, think about it, this is the same as Lafite wine in China.

Château Lafite's vineyards are only 1 square kilometre, or 100 hectares. 247 acres. According to the output of drip irrigation equipment in the United States, the annual output does not exceed 500,000 bottles. In fact, the yield requirement for high-quality wine is lower than that of Napa, and without drip irrigation equipment, the grape juice yield should not be as high as this. Therefore, it can be concluded that the annual production of genuine Lafite products definitely does not exceed 300,000 bottles.

First of all, the winery itself has to deduct a part, the royal family plus the executives, and the rich have booked a part, and the French domestic market will have at least one-third, and the rest of the European market plus the United States will have at least half. As a result, no more than 40,000 bottles were distributed to Asia. In addition, there are Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. Therefore, the actual sales in China will definitely not exceed 10,000 bottles.

And what about the actual sales volume? Remember a scary statistic, 3 million. You see that right, Lafite sells 3 million bottles a year in the country. The annual sales volume is 10 times the total output of the winery, and such a large amount is not enough for Lafite to abandon the world to protect the Chinese market.

You're going to say that those importers and distributors don't know that these are fake wines? Can you believe it? Anyway, I don't believe it, so the world is as black as a crow, and that country has all this.

Xiao Yifei also told Tina the story of Austrian wine. In the 80s, Austrian wine became popular, and the German quality inspection agency found that some cheap Austrian wines added diethylene glycol (a core ingredient of antifreeze) to the wine in order to obtain a higher sweetness. But diethylene glycol is toxic. One sommelier complained about the scandal: "Why don't you just add Coke? (You see, when the wine doesn't taste good, adding Sprite and Coke is not a hobby that we have.) ）

Tina smiled and leaned back.

"Now I believe you're in the wine business, and only people in the industry know so much."

After a while, she said coquettishly:

"No wonder you order rum instead of me and champagne."

"Not the problem. Veuve Clicquot champagne in this place will not come across a fake. "Veuve Clicquot itself is only $40 a bottle. Selling here for $280 is already enough profit, and besides, this is a rich area, and if someone gets out, the boss will have to close the door.

"I have a friend who said that champagne is best for beautiful women, elegant."

Of course, this friend is Wang Nan. I don't know how this girl is doing now. And, of course, Lisa, who misses them a little.

"Let's go play for a while."

The two of them danced for a while and left the nightclub slowly.

Seeing Xiao Yifei's Ferrari, Tina teased him:

"Wine is so profitable, I also come to sell wine."

Xiao Yifei smiled and helped her open the car door. When playing with women, it is easy to get a good impression by paying attention to small details, such as helping to open the door. When the heroine feels cold in those TV series, the male protagonist will generally take off his coat and put it on the heroine, and then the two of them will hug each other. (To be continued.) )xh118