w Grape growth is a very complex process. Variety, soil, sunlight, air, water quality, and planting techniques will all affect the final quality of grapes. Even under the same conditions, incomprehensible results may occur due to some subtle reasons.

Old Sean's winery is located in a good location, and the grapes it produces are considered to be of top quality. However, in recent years, with the expansion and development of giant wineries such as Mouton and Lafite, many excellent winemakers have been attracted.

In these first- and second-level wineries, without these real experts, the quality of the red wine produced by Mary Winery has gradually declined. It has been reduced from a second-level winery to a third-level winery. It is now almost at the third level.

If it becomes unstable, it may become a fourth-level product that can only produce daily table wine.

But the bleak prospects of the winery were not the final push for him to sell the winery. Just listen to the name of this winery. It’s just that next year will be the golden wedding anniversary of old Sean, who has always been independent of the world.

Old Sean, who seemed more interested in chasing rabbits than making wine, wanted to make a splash in the wine industry. Rather than selling the winery, he wanted to find a strong partner.

Zhou Yi's first impression on him was not bad. This young Chinese man seems to be very famous recently. He seems to know how to make egg fried rice and fried noodles, and he is accompanied by a beautiful girl. She is as quiet as his wife when he was young. She is very

It suited his eyes. But Zhou Jingjing's words made him very unhappy. How much would it cost to sell the winery? Even if the descendants of the earl were short of money, they wouldn't be so miserable that they had to sell their ancestors' property, right? Who is this woman?

Like a greedy guy.

Zhou Jingjing didn't expect that the old Xiao Xiao who was smiling all the way would fall out with her at any time. She is a shrewd businessman, not a shrew who can quarrel with others. She blushed and stopped talking.

Cheng Dong laughed and tried to smooth things over: "Misunderstanding, there must be a misunderstanding, Mr. Sean, it's almost lunch time. Should you, the host, serve the guests with wine?"

Although he dressed like an authentic French peasant, Old Sean still had the pride of a noble in his heart, and this pride was also reflected in etiquette. Although he didn't like Zhou Jingjing who bargained as soon as she came up, he still nodded:

"Follow me, if you don't dislike 'regional table wine' level red wine, then drink more. Today there is also onion soup and roast rabbit."

The French Revolution was very thorough, so the so-called descendants of aristocrats are no different from ordinary people. Of course, in terms of economy, they still have capital that surpasses ordinary people. For example, Old Sean, according to Cheng Dong, is considered a descendant of a relatively declining aristocracy.

, but even so, his 18-hectare winery is still worth a lot of money. Even if it is priced at 30,000 euros per acre in the Bordeaux region, it will be sold for more than one million euros, tens of millions of dollars.

In Old Sean's manor, there are more than a dozen farm families that depend on him, forming a big family. Among these people are winemakers and workers in various aspects of planting, picking, etc. They depend on Old Sean for their survival, and they interact with each other.

But there is no relationship between squeezing and being squeezed, exploiting and being exploited. They live a slow-paced life leisurely and live more comfortably than city people. The girl holding a hare that Zhou Yi and the others saw earlier was from the Rousseau family.

The youngest daughter is said to be marrying the son of winemaker David this summer.

This kind of manor structure makes Zhou Yi very satisfied. Compared with this warm manor life, it doesn't matter whether he buys this manor or reaches a cooperation agreement with Old Sean. This is the kind of life Zhou Yi pursues.

In terms of style, what matters most is the living environment here. It doesn't matter whether he is a big boss or not. What he is more interested in now is the red wine produced in the manor.

Old Sean's ancestral house was handed down from the 19th century. It is a standard Gothic building that looks like a small castle from the outside. The exterior walls are made of long strips of bluestone, and the interior is divided into two floors.

The height of the first floor has reached four and a half meters. The floor-to-ceiling curved windows, floors, and stairs are all made of wood and are well maintained, with no traces of termite corrosion.

Under the leadership of Old Sean, everyone first visited his private wine cellar. This private wine cellar is separate from the large wine cellar of the manor. It is not large in area. It only stores the best quality red wine of the manor every year.

Caressing these oak barrels and bottles of red wine, Old Sean looked both excited and a little lonely. Among these wines were first-class 'statutory regional table wines' passed down from the time of his ancestors, and their status was equivalent to that of today's wooden wines.

Tong and Lafite, there are also the second-level excellent regional table wines he brewed after inheriting this winery, and there are also 'failures' that can barely squeeze into the third-level regional table wines and may be reduced to the fourth-level daily table wines at any time.

The red wine stored in these oak barrels and bottles recorded the past glory of the Sean family, and also recorded the loneliness today, which made old Sean feel a little sad. Octavian seemed to know the owner's thoughts and whined.

Twice, I rubbed my head against his ankles.

The burning pine wood in the fireplace made crackling sounds from time to time, and several hares skewered on the grill had been roasted to brown. Old Sean was obviously an old hand, and he was still smearing butter and cheese on them.

He was very focused while grilling meat. He didn't look like a nobleman at all, but more like an old hunter.

Octavian was lying next to the fireplace, whining and drooling, which was in sharp contrast to the indifferent-looking Jin Daguan lying next to him. Jin Yangyang looked at the roasted rabbit, even with some disdain.

This old man's craftsmanship is much worse than the master's, how can he meet people just by doing it?

"I was originally an aristocratic child who was very particular about food and drink. I drank first-class red wine and ate top-notch French meals, but she liked roasting rabbit. This method of roasting was taught to me by her."

Old Sean turned his back to Zhou Yi and the others, and did not mention anything about the winery. He just looked at the fireplace affectionately, as if his wife was there: "She is a commoner's daughter, but she is good at making good wine and roasting rabbits."

Meat, finally conquered my parents and agreed that we live together excitedly and happily. Did you know? The wine she brewed that year was rated as the best second-class red wine, and even my grandfather, who was the best at winemaking, was almost beaten.

She was outmatched."

"She was only forty years old when she went to heaven. It was the car accident that took her life. From then on, I could no longer eat her roasted rabbit meat, so I started to learn until I could roast it.

She produces her delicious rabbit meat. I know that every time I eat this rabbit meat, she will silently accompany me in heaven and look at me. It is a pity that I lack talent in wine making. In my hands, this

Our winery is about to become a first-class daily table wine.”

Women are emotional animals. Zhou Jingjing and Liu Xu’s eye circles are starting to turn red. Old Sean is too sensational and is more of a poet than a poet. Is Mary’s life worth it? When I think of doing it in the name of career, I still feel like a cat in Wengji Anlei.

Zhou Jingjing felt lost when her husband refused to come back. Women didn't ask for much, as long as the man always put her in his heart. Old Sean did it, but could Henry do it?

"Okay, now you can open the red wine David."

Red wine goes best with red meat. Old Sean divided one of the roast rabbits into two pieces and gave them to Jin Yangyang and Octavian respectively. He took the remaining rabbit to the table, cut off the legs and put them on the table.

On the plate in front of everyone, David was the happy guy who was about to marry his daughter-in-law and was also the head winemaker of the manor. He smiled and opened a bottle of chilled Grade III regional table wine and poured a glass for each guest.

Of course, it is not the job of the winemaker to pour wine for others. He is also a guest invited by Old Sean today. Although Old Sean has a good impression of Zhou Yi, he still has to test this young man to see how he handles red wine.

How much we know requires the presence of a true expert, David.

David followed the drinking method of first light and then strong, first new and then old, so the first thing he opened was a bottle of red wine that had just come out of the cellar this year. The level was between daily table wine and regional table wine, and it had already fallen to level three.

It was nothing more than wine, so he only poured a little bit for each person, and it was difficult to even cover the bottom of the cup. This was for 'opening the mouth', not really for entertaining guests.

In fact, except for professional sommeliers, those who come into the restaurant and just call Mouton 45 Years Old or Top Lafite are either really good at it, or they are just showing off, because they have abandoned this gradual process.

"Please." Old Sean didn't say much. He raised the cup and took a sip, letting the wine roll on his tongue. Zhou Yi and the others were not amateurs either. Except for Liuxu who followed Zhou Yi's example, Xiao Yezi couldn't.

After drinking, I took a rabbit leg and went to find Jin Yangyang and Octavian, but everyone just opened their mouths.

"It's very good rabbit meat. It tastes very good."

After opening his mouth, Zhou Yi took a bite of the roasted rabbit and nodded slightly. Old Sean's roasting method has a unique flavor. The delicate rabbit meat is wrapped in the fragrance of milk, and the original fishy smell is eliminated. It tastes great.

Quite memorable.

"If it's delicious, just eat more. You're welcome."

Old Sean could see that Zhou Yi really wanted to praise him, so he was very satisfied. After asking David to remove the bottle of new wine, he opened another bottle of red wine himself. This was a bottle of fine regional table wine that had been stored for more than ten years.

, is a second-level wine, and like the bottle just now, it is made from grapes grown in Mary Manor.

"Zhou, how about trying this bottle of wine? I want to hear your opinion."

After listening to Cheng Dong's introduction, Old Sean knew that it was this young man who was really interested in the manor, so he hoped that this was a person who understood and loved wine, and would never be like himself.

There is absolutely no talent in winemaking, but the owner of a red wine estate has to rely on excellent winemakers. This is a tragedy in itself.

"Well, this bottle of wine is very impressive."

After shaking the cup to let the wine fully contact with the air, Zhou Yi took a sip, nodded slightly and said: "It is a good wine. At least judging from this bottle of wine, the winemaker who brewed this bottle of wine ten years ago is a real winemaker."

A good hand."

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