Chapter 7: Another Branch

Immediately move on to the fifth and final round.

Calculating the blind record of the whole game, only No. 1 Luo Fei and No. 5 Brother Glasses have won four rounds, so as long as Luo Fei wins one more round, he will win the championship of the whole game, even if Brother Glasses also wins, it is useless, because according to the rules of the competition, in the case of the same win, the time to answer the blind product will be competed, and Luo Fei has a great advantage in this regard.

So only if Luo Fei loses this round, can Brother No. 5 glasses win.

While waiting for the wine for the game, Luo Fei suddenly felt the mobile phone in his trouser pocket vibrate a few times, and he inadvertently took out his mobile phone from his trouser pocket and glanced at it.

It's a message from an unfamiliar number.

Luo Fei looked at it, smiled contemptuously, and put the phone back in his trouser pocket.

The message reads: "As long as you win one more game, I guarantee you won't be able to leave the hotel today." If you look out the window, there's the audience, and those in black are all my people!"

Luo Fei didn't reply to the message, but turned his head to Brother No. 5 glasses and slowly raised his thumb.

The tense lines on Brother Glasses' face eased slightly. Luo Fei suddenly reversed his thumb down, and Brother Glasses' face turned blue in an instant.

Brother Glasses snorted coldly and no longer paid attention to Luo Fei, in his mind, Luo Fei had become a dead man.

Luo Fei didn't pay attention to it at all, and began to turn his attention to the red wine that had just been served.

Luo Fei picked up the wine glass, first did not move the wine glass, and directly smelled the fragrance, which is called still smelling the fragrance, feeling the fragrance of red wine in a still state.

Then start to shake the cup elegantly and evenly, and sniff it with your nose as you shake it.

The aroma of the wine in both states allows the taster to accurately and comprehensively capture the most authentic aroma of the wine.

As the smell deepened, Luo Fei's brows furrowed again.

Because when he started to smell it, he had already caught some clues in this wine, but the more he smelled it, he felt that something was faintly wrong.

As for the inappropriateness, he couldn't say it for a while.

Because he felt that this wine was somewhat close to the most expensive wine king in the world, but there were some differences.

It was these differences that made him feel that something was not right with this wine.

It's like seeing a beautiful woman, as beautiful as a fairy, but if you look closely, you can vaguely see some traces of artificiality, and you can't be completely sure.

Luo Fei felt that this wine had the shadow of the king of wine, the edges were brick-red, the fragrance had violet and mushroom aromas, solid, uplifting, plump, provocative, complex and concentrated, making people feel extremely dangerous and inextricable after taking a sip, this feeling, like a vibrating vibrating vibrating string was cut in an instant, the rhythm was still the same, the tail rhyme was so long, incomparably delicious and rich in juice.

After a few sips, Luo Fei began to find out what was wrong with this wine.

For Luo Fei, every wine has its soul and its heart, but this wine that looks like a wine king can't find its soul.

The soul of a wine lies in the fact that the wine should not only show the characteristics of its grape variety, but also the characteristics of the terroir of the area where it is grown, the characteristics of the year in which the grapes were picked, and more importantly, the characteristics of the winemaker, that is, the so-called combination of "heaven, earth and man", which are all related to the final feeling of the wine, forming the soul of a wine.

Luo Fei felt the taste and soul of the old wine in 1974 in this wine, but at the same time, he felt very strangely that there were other new vintage wines in this wine, just like saying that a person looks like he is in his sixties and like in his twenties, which is not logical, which is one of the important reasons why he can't make a decision.

Could it be that this is a problematic fake wine?

Luo Fei didn't dare to imagine it.

The other players were also scratching their ears and cheeks in deep thought.

Minutes and seconds passed......

Finally, it's time for the fifth round of the International Blind Tasting. The contestants handed in their answers. Only Luo Fei was still hesitating.

Qi Haotian, the host and chairman of the jury of the competition, cast a questioning look at Luo Fei.

Luo Fei raised his hand. Qi Haotian pressed the question in his heart and asked, "No. 1 player, what is your problem?" ”

Luo Fei replied loudly: "Although I have already guessed the answer to this wine. But I would like to ask the General Assembly for a ruling, and I think it is a fake bottle. ”

The audience exploded with a bang, isn't it, the drinking party used in the International Blind Tasting Competition is fake wine, how is it possible.

Many of the audience members have been in the wine industry for many years and know this very well.

There was a lot of talk.

Several players also cast questioning, contemptuous, puzzled and even reprimanded eyes at Luo Fei.

Luo Fei smiled slightly, stood up unhurriedly, he looked directly into Qi Haotian's eyes, and said slowly: "Originally, I wanted to directly determine that this wine is the 1974 Romanée Conti, but the counterfeiter's methods are extremely clever, this wine does have the ingredients of the 1974 Romanée Conti red wine, but the problem is that it is also mixed with new wines of other years, and those new wines are also Roman Nikconti." ”

Everyone made another "uproar", but this time it was more with doubts and disbelief.

It's amazing to be able to find out that the wine used in the International Blind Tasting Competition is fake, and how many vintages of wine are mixed together.

Qi Haotian's face was a little not good-looking, his face sank, and he looked at Luo Fei with some anger and said: "Ridiculous, this is absolutely impossible, all our competition wine has been strictly selected and reviewed before entering the competition, there can be no fake." ”

Luo Fei was neither humble nor arrogant, but said very firmly: "I insist on my own judgment. If the jury is not convinced, consider calling Château Romanée-Conti to verify. “

Several judges all came over at this time, gathered around Qi Haotian and whispered.

Everyone unanimously felt that it was unlikely, but given that Luo Fei, the most likely player to win the championship, was so determined and confident, everyone felt that it was necessary to verify it.

Qi Haotian announced loudly: "Please don't be impatient, we need to contact the French winery on the spot to check." ”

So a staff member at the scene immediately took the video call and connected the phone number of the French Romanée Conti Winery according to Qi Haotian's request.

As Qi Haotian is also a permanent director of several major wine associations in the world, including the World Wine Masters Association, the Bordeaux Industry Association, and the Burgundy Wine Association, he has close contacts with all major French Grand Cru wineries, including Château Romanée, and he quickly got in touch with the person in charge of Château Romanée Conti and explained what happened on the spot.

Qi Haotian immediately announced to the scene after the phone call that he had contacted Romanée Conti Winery, and the winery attached great importance to this matter, and it happened that the trade representative of the winery was in China, and he happened to be in this city, and he would immediately rush to the competition site.

Qi Haotian then mentioned: In view of the importance of today's competition, the jury respects the opinions of the contestants very much, and will evaluate the results of the competition based on the principles of fairness, justice and professionalism.

At this time, someone next to him said in a weird way: "Is there someone who can't afford to lose and wants to find an excuse to delay time, what kind of fake wine is not fake wine, what evidence is there that this is fake wine." ”

Luo Fei followed the voice and turned his head to see that it was No. 3's goatee.

Luo Fei smiled slightly and did not refute.

Qi Haotian suppressed the displeasure in his heart and said patiently: "Please be patient and wait, the representatives of Romanée Conti Winery will arrive in about half an hour, and I believe they will give everyone a fair explanation." ”

Time passed quickly amid everyone's chatter.