Stayed in a cabin in the woods for a night, in the morning five people drove to California's Knight Valley to see the vineyards, Ju'an's wine blind knew that there was a Napa Valley wine in California that was very famous, as for Knight Valley had never heard of it, or Miles gave Juan and Wang Fan along the way to do literacy, then I knew that this valley and the famous Napa Valley grape region are only separated by a St. Helena mountain range located in California after the 80s Shaolin abbot-shaped rope or wire connection, not like a grape trellis, It's a bit like the nets of a tennis court, neatly arranged in rows, and there are several huge fans everywhere in the vineyards, and I don't know what they are used for, except for a few trees on the side of the road, the rest are vineyards, and there is a farm-like building at a distance, and I heard Myers introduce these wineries one by one. The five of them drove for more than twenty minutes and climbed half a hill to reach their destination, the Black Feather Eagle Vineyard in Knight Valley.

When they got out of the car, they saw an old white man of fifty or sixty years old, wearing a wide-brimmed Mexican hat, and two young peasants dressed as two young peasants approaching to greet them.

The old man saw Ju'an and the others get out of the car and stretched out his hand: "You are, Mike, Mr. Miles, hello I am the vineyard owner, and my name is William."

One by one, he followed this William and shook his hand and greeted him, William took Ju An and his party of five people into the house to see the equipment of the winery, Ju An followed William into the winery, and was attracted by the shiny machines around, which is completely different from Ju An's imagination, the machines in this factory are very well maintained, and the wiping is very clean, and there is no dust when the hand touches it, William walks while introducing to a few people what these machines are used for, what juice, fermentation, There's even a room where there are a few people in charge of making that kind of barrel, saying that there are professional coopers for oak imported from France, but there is no one in the room anymore.

After visiting the winemaking workshop, William took a few people to visit the cellar of the winery, after Juan walked down, he found that this is the cellar, it is simply an underground building, the whole building is nearly three meters high, at least estimated to be hundreds of square meters, but now it is empty, except for the shelves on both sides in addition to a dozen oak barrels, it is basically a bare shelf, William walked while introducing and said: "This cellar has been built for more than 60 years, after I took over, I'm busy cultivating new Cabernet Sauvignon that is resistant to frost, but the wine made from the new Cabernet Sauvignon is not very good, and the cellar is mostly empty, and now I have some clues, today and next year, my new Cabernet Sauvignon will be successfully improved, and in the future it will be full of oak barrels."

Miles followed William and said: "A few of us have seen your conditions, we will give you another three years, at most three years, if the new Cabernet Sauvignon variety is not good, we will change to Cabernet Sauvignon, and we hope you understand at that time."

William listened to Miles's words, paused and nodded, Ju An saw that the old man's face showed reluctance, Ju An also heard a detailed introduction about this William last night, a very good winemaker made a lot of money at the beginning, and finally bought this Black Feather Eagle Vineyard by himself, and the last loan bank was unwilling to lend on the new grapes, fortunately, he had no wife and children, or he was sure that it would be another wife and a broken up, sometimes this person can't be too stubborn, It's easy to get too stubborn, but then again, can someone who isn't stubborn become a famous winemaker in Napa Valley in their early thirties? It's really a success, and a failure, but also a wine.

Miles's words are not polite at all, because he has figured out the old man's heart, and he has drilled the horns to the extreme, Ju'an and his gang are his last hope, if Ju'an buys it, he can let him cultivate grapes for another three years, if it is time for the bank loan to expire, the bank will directly take the vineyard to auction and drive the old man out of here mercilessly.

After looking at the cellar, William took five more people to look at the grape plantation, it was already more than July, and there were already a lot of grapes hanging on the grape trellis, most of them were green, a few began to turn purple, and the bunches of grapes on the whole shelf were quite gratifying.

Ju An picked a purple grape and put it in his mouth, and quickly spit it out of his mouth with this bite, good guy, this is not only sour and bitter, the whole thing doesn't know what the taste is, just took a bite of sour air directly through the backbone and rushed into the brain, I really have never eaten such an unpalatable grape in my life.

Looking at Ju'an's appearance, Miles and Mike Wang Fan also picked one and put it in their mouths, and then immediately spit it out, Mike immediately took out a handkerchief and even stretched out his tongue and wiped it twice.

Ju An shook his head and looked at the more than 30 hectares of grapes, which were quite good in appearance, but they tasted worse than bitter gourd.

William watched everyone's movements and quickly explained: "The grapes are not ripe yet, and they will be much better when they are fully ripe."

After hearing this, Ju An scolded in his stomach: No wonder it is said that the wine is unpleasant, it is estimated that even if the grapes are ripe, they are not necessarily delicious, and the taste of this wine is estimated to be similar to that of bitter gourd after juicing.

Looking around the vineyard, Ju An pointed to the big fan on the other vineyard and asked, "I have seen these fans in every vineyard along the way, why don't you have one in your vineyard?"

After listening to it, William explained: "That is used to resist frost, California is close to the sea, the fog in the valley is thicker at night, and it is easy to frost in the morning, and frost will cause a lot of loss of grape yield, so this kind of fan is prepared in the field to blow away the frost, and it is useless in this vineyard because the new Cabernet Sauvignon I cultivated is a frost-resistant variety that does not use a fan."

After listening to William's explanation, Juan realized that the big fan erected in the ground turned out to blow away the water vapor, and it did look much better without these big fans in the field.

Referring to the bitter grapes he cultivated, William said: "All the vineyards in California have these fans, except for mine, there are no other vineyards in France, but the French vineyard owners are relatively wealthy, and they directly hire planes to do the work."

Ju An nodded, if it weren't for the high price of French wine, the grapes were picked and fried, and then poured into the barrel for a while, and a bottle was poured out for a few tens of dollars, of course it could be used, and these ordinary wines in the United States were only about ten dollars, of course you couldn't afford it.

William then pointed to the vineyard and introduced Juan a few times: "The more than 30 hectares of the vineyard are all on this hillside, not far from the famous Peter Mack winery, the sun here is very full, the ocean fog drifts in in the evening and it is very cool, this climate is very conducive to the grapes to reach perfect ripeness, the whole hillside is roughly 30 degrees, the main soil is sand, volcanic ash, etc., both the geographical environment and the natural environment are very good, the soil layer is very thick, but the water seepage is good." , so the grapes are a little longer in the growing season, but they are fruity."

After Ju An heard this, he grabbed a handful of soil from the ground and twisted it in his hand, this is not twisted, it is okay, and he grabbed two stones under a twist, and there is no warmth of the soil at all, and the feeling of this place is sand and stones, and it is a messy stone slope, this guy is thirty-three hectares and six million, and I heard that no one William introduced the sand and gravel seepage surname, which is conducive to the growth of grapes.

I visited the vineyard in its entirety, and finally took the five of Ju'an to a big deep well to have a look, and then introduced: "All the water used for irrigation in the vineyard comes from this deep well, and Peter Mack also has a deep well, and the grapes watered with these well water have a faint mineral flavor and very unique taste."

Looking at a big well, Ju An nodded, to be honest, after watching it for a long time, Ju An was most satisfied with this well, and the space water was thrown out directly into this well, and all the problems were not solved.

After listening to William's introduction, Miles pulled Juan and Michael King Vanion aside to discuss, and Miles asked Juan, "Ann, what do you think?" ”。

Ju An scratched his head and said, "Why does this land make me feel a little lost, it's all sand and rocks, which are more expensive than the land in my pasture."

Mike laughs and says, "The vineyards are basically like this, and the location here is not bad, a little better than a few of our family's vineyards."

Wang Fan followed and said: "It's a pity, there is no wine in the cellar, if there is wine, take everyone back to taste a bottle by the way, but why do you two have a vineyard in your family and still think about buying a vineyard."

Mike said with a smile: "The things in the family are basically nothing if they are divided into the hands of the two of us, we are only in name, and we really bring less than 50,000 US dollars a year, which can be regarded as our vineyard?" ”。

"If there is wine in the cellar, William, the old guy can have it, in addition to the bank loan, it is supported by more than ten years of wine storage in the cellar, and now the wine in the cellar has been sold out, and the bank loan time is approaching, this old guy is in a hurry, or you look at his expression, do you think he will sell the vineyard" Miles listened to Wang Fan's words and said with a low smile.

After speaking, he looked at Ju An and said, "An, what do you think?" ”。

Ju An nodded and said, "I think it's pretty good, what about you." Asking Ju An is equivalent to not asking Ju An what kind of wine he knows, but he just knew how the wine is made, or is it a half-baked product.

Mike and Miles both nodded, and then looked at Wang Fan, Wang Fan glanced at everyone and said, "Then it's decided, let's buy it and run around."

(To be continued)