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Chapter 348 Chapter [-] Winery
Chateau Pengshou is located not far from Jill’s home. It is a manor on the east side of the village of Gevrey-Chambertin. Behind a red and yellow garden-style winery is a large area of ​​vineyards. Jill introduced that this is the most famous winery of Pengshou. The famous Pengshou-Lodge Garden.Shen Fang and Qin Mohan went to the winery under the leadership of Jill, and the heir of the winery, Lauren Pengshou, happened to be at home.

"Gill, hello." Lauren Pengshou, a man in his 50s, was in a state of desperation recently because of the joint punishment of the winery by the US FBI and the French Wine Association, but his appearance was still unsightly. Without any decadence, blond hair is neatly combed, silver-rimmed glasses, light blue shirt with dark jeans, dressed like a gentleman.This is also related to the character of the French, no matter what time, you can't mess with your appearance.

"Hi, Lauren, let me introduce you. This is my apprentice, Charles." Jill proudly introduced Shen Fang to Lauren Pengshou.

Lauren reached out and shook Shen Fang: "Charles Shen! I've heard of you, but I didn't expect you to be Jill's apprentice. Nice to meet you!"

"It's a pleasure to meet you!" Shen Fang looked at the winery carefully.It covers a much larger area than Jill's small winery, and it is also because its annual wine production is larger than that of the entire Kylia family. Apart from a 3.3-hectare grand cru garden, Pengshou winery has two A first-class park of more than ten hectares.

Under the guidance of Lauren, several people visited their spectacular underground wine cellar. Hundreds of round oak barrels were neatly stacked in this underground wine cellar.And these wine barrels have a certain age, which is also the principle of Pengshou Winery.They are unwilling to use new oak barrels to make the wine "tasteless", and advocate the use of old barrels to slowly age the new wine. This cellar only keeps the wine produced by the Grand Cru every year, and the output is less than 5000 bottles, which is just a dozen barrels.

When several people entered the wine cellar, Lauren took out a bottle of red wine from the wine rack and poured it into a decanter to awaken its aroma concentrated by the years.

"Taste." About half an hour later, after a few people visited the winery, Lauren poured a glass for each of them.Then he looked at Shen Fang thoughtfully.

"Hehe." After taking a sip, Jill also looked at Shen Fang teasingly: "See if you can tell the year of this glass of wine? If you can tell, I will regard you as a graduate."

Shen Fang looked at the two old children who were over 100 years old speechlessly, then picked up the wine glass and shook it gently, there was a unique cherry-like aroma, and he took a sip of the rich Pinot Noir aroma The rich taste is full of taste buds, finding a perfect balance between elegance and strength.

"Excellent!" Shen Fang exclaimed.I have tasted this taste before, and Shen Fang carefully recalled the words Jill taught him at the beginning. This kind of fragrance will only appear in the best years of the year, but the glass of wine in his glass is obviously not surpassed. Ten years, so this bottle of wine should be a new wine within the last ten years.

"2005, Rocky Park." Shen Fang thought for a while and gave an affirmative answer.

"Okay!" Lauren hadn't announced the correct answer, but Jill had already clapped her hands in praise. 05 was the best vintage in Burgundy in the past ten years. When I taught Shen Fang how to taste wine, the wine in 05 was still a new wine. Jill just told him the characteristics that the wine of this year should have.Unexpectedly, he still tasted it.

Lauren handed over the wine bottle and cork, and Qin Mohan took the bottle and took a closer look. It was the Rocky Garden in 2005.Looking at Shen Fang with admiration made Shen Fang feel extremely satisfied.

"This is also because Mr. Lauren brought out the best wine. If you take a 06, I can't be so sure. After all, 05 and 09 are the best in the last ten years. The taste of this bottle of wine Significantly higher than five years and lower than ten years."

"I understand Jill's intention of bringing you here, and I also hope to hand over my family's winery to someone who understands red wine." Lauren picked up the wine glass, tasted it slowly, and said reluctantly to Shen Fang : "My great-grandfather, William, founded this winery in 1872. Unexpectedly, after more than 100 years, it was ruined in my hands."

"Mr. Peng Shou, I admire your family's deeds very much, and I agree with the idea of ​​reducing human intervention you advocate. I bought the winery just for myself and my friends to taste, not for sales." Shen Fang looked at Lauren Peng Shou said: "You can keep the name of Pengshou Winery. I only need this winery and this vineyard in Lodge. create brilliance."

"Mr. Shen, do you know how much money we need for turnover?" Lauren shook her head. Chateau Pengshou's debt of more than 3000 million euros cannot be satisfied by selling a piece of Grand Cru and a chateau.

"It's roughly clear." Shen Fang said: "Mr. Peng Shou, I will not deliberately lower your price. For a 3.3-hectare grand cru garden, I will buy it at the current highest transaction price of 14 million euros per hectare in Burgundy in 450. , in addition to the winery equipment and wine storage totaling 2500 million euros, I will provide you with an additional 1000 million euros of interest-free loans as working capital, and I will also guarantee you the fines imposed by the US FBI and the French Wine Association. Let them lift the embargo on you."

Lauren was very moved by Shen Fang's proposal. If the name of Pengshou Winery can be retained, with the few remaining first-class vineyards and village-level vineyards in his hands, he can make a comeback in a few years.It's just that without this special garden, it may be difficult to reach the original peak in the future.

Lauren needs to discuss with other members of the family. After all, only Shen Fang has offered the highest offer, and he has given the family a chance to revive.Shen Fang called to recruit Qian Bin and Fang Yuan from China, and they will be responsible for the follow-up business negotiations.

"Jill, if the acquisition is successful, I hope you can help me for a few years." Shen Fang said to Jill Kylia: "I hope to follow the most traditional winemaking techniques, use only the best raw materials and techniques, and make Produce high-quality wines." This is Shen Fang's advantage, he does not need to think about survival like other wineries, and he has enough capital to allow himself to obtain better quality red wine.

Qian Bin and Fang Yuan flew directly to Lyon and were picked up by Cheng Yue.Qian Bin was still as calm as before, but Fang Yuan was a little anxious.Shen Fang knew the reason, and Zhang Peng mentioned it to himself.After the Yanjing Auto Show, a rich second generation saw Xiao Ou at the auto show, and was fascinated by her. Now he harassed Xiao Ou by sending flowers and gifts every three days.Although Xiao Ou was not moved, Fang Yuan felt a deep sense of crisis.

Shen Fang looked at Fangyuan, who was usually calm and unmoved, and couldn't help but comfort him: "You have to believe in Xiaoou's feelings for you, and you must first trust each other. If Xiaoou is such a girl who likes material things, can you Floating with you in Yanjing for so many years?"

"Boss." Seeing Shen Fang's scrutinizing eyes, Fang Yuan said embarrassingly, "I believe her, but many models around her are trying to persuade her. I'm afraid she will change her mind after a long time."

Seeing this man who kept saying that he was an unmarriageist subordinate, and worried about gains and losses because of the possible crisis of his girlfriend, Shen Fang couldn't help but shook his head: "Well, let's see if she is free recently, and you can also call her Come to Europe. After understanding the affairs of the winery here, you will play in Europe for a while. Keep her away from the current environment, so you can take care of yourself. After you go back, I will arrange the company to provide her with some resources so that she can a new goal."

"Thank you, boss." Fang Yuan said gratefully, after asking Shen Fang for instructions, he hid aside and called his girlfriend to come over.

"Qian Bin, what's the situation with the fund recently?" Xu Fei and Qian Bin have always been in charge of the charity fund.

"Last month, the XXX primary school in Guizhou Province was completed. Secretary-General Xu brought a professional inspection department from Yanjing to inspect and accept it. The quality met the standard. However, the cost exceeded 5% of the original cost. Secretary-General Xu was going to McKinsey for review, but was wronged. The director dissuaded me." Qian Bin told Shen Fang about the situation he encountered.

"5%, that is 10 yuan." Shen Fang thought about it silently, and arranged: "Just do it according to Director Qu's suggestion. The 10 yuan is regarded as the procedure fee for opening up the relationship. The next time you make a budget, use this amount." The fee is determined separately, we don’t break the rules, but we can’t take advantage of it either. If the Civil Affairs Department of Guizhou Province finds out and takes the initiative to review, we will cooperate, if not, we will also keep the evidence to prove our innocence in the future.”

"Okay, I understand boss." Qian Bin nodded in agreement.

At this time, Fang Yuan walked in with a happy face, and it seemed that he communicated well with Xiao Ou.

Shen Fang introduced the two to Gil Kylia, who has a very exclusive wine association in Burgundy. They do not welcome the entry of external capital like Bordeaux, so as to enhance the influence of their own brands.The winery alliance in Burgundy once believed that a large amount of foreign investment would lead to the bankruptcy of small and medium-sized French wineries due to vicious competition. This is just a small family workshop, which is self-produced and sold. After ten or twenty years, after the winery has formed its own brand, it has already integrated into the Burgundy region.

With the joint guarantee of Jill and Lauren, the purchase procedure of the winery was quickly concluded. Shen Fang bought the 500 hectares of grand cru gardens and all the stored wine of Pengshou winery at a price of 3.3 million euros, and transferred them to the winery. The name was changed to "Ink Chateau", which also caused quite a stir in the wine market.Although Pengshou Chateau has always emphasized "avoiding human intervention" and cannot guarantee the uniformity of years and batches, the wines of Pengshou Chateau in high-quality years are still widely sought after in the market. The top-quality red wine produced in 1978 was once In 2012, Hong Kong Christie's auctioned a sky-high price of 32 Hong Kong dollars, setting the highest record in Hong Kong over the years.

After entering 2000, only the two vintages of 05 and 09 of Pengshou can be regarded as top-quality wines, and other years can only be regarded as mediocre. This is one of the reasons why the outside world's valuation of Chateau Pengshou is relatively low.

Shen Fang left all these matters to Qian Bin and Fangyuan, and he brought 20 boxes of wine stored in his own winery, and five boxes of 78-year-old Pengshou winery red wine that had been filled and stored in the wine cellar, and returned to the village. China.

(End of this chapter)