Chapter 1279 The Wine King of 1613

Shi Lei now knows a lot about red wine.

The so-called long-term illness leads to a cure, and it is impossible to understand more than drinking too much red wine.

Chateau Mouton has always been a wonder in the history of French red wine. It has been famous since the 1920s and 1930s. Although it is not one of the four traditional top wineries, the price of its red wine is often higher than that of the four. Above the big top wineries.

This 1945 red wine can be said to be the top product among the top red wines. It is estimated that there are only a few barrels left in the world.

It was not until the 1970s that the owner of Chateau Mouton expressed his intention to upgrade the winery, so it was no surprise that it was successfully upgraded and became the only winery to be upgraded since the implementation of the classification system for red wineries in the Bordeaux region. It also transformed the four top wineries into the five top wineries.

If nothing else, just because it says it can be upgraded, it is definitely an inspirational classic, and it has been consistently ranked among the most expensive among the five top wineries to this day.

For things like red wine, collecting is never the purpose. Of course, the ultimate purpose is to drink it.

The characteristic of drinking one bottle less makes the remaining wine more expensive.

For example, this 1945 Chateau Mouton has always been priceless and impossible to buy.

Today, Andre, a wealthy man from Haiti, opened a bottle as soon as he said so, without feeling any pain at all. But considering that this was because Shi Lei saved his life, it seems that this gift is not too powerful.

After the two of them took a sip, the red wine was poured into the decanter. For a red wine of this level, if it doesn't take an hour or two to decan, it will definitely not be the best time to drink it.

So, Andre waved his hand, and the servant in the winery gave him another bottle of Kandy, which had been awake for a long time. Then, he drank glass after glass with Shi Lei as if he were drinking boiled water.

While drinking and chatting with the beautiful translator, Shi Lei gradually learned that Andre's family is the second-to-none richest in Haiti. Moreover, this second-to-none is not a polite term. Their family is the well-deserved richest man in Haiti, with more assets than the second-largest. The wealth of a family cannot even be quadrupled.

Although the current president of Haiti got the support of the Americans to get on this big stage, at home, he also got the support of Andre's father to finally sit in this position.

Shi Lei didn't know how much exaggeration there was in Andre's words, but according to Andre's words, as long as their family didn't make such ridiculous demands as genocide or killing civilians on a large scale, basically whether it was understandable or not, The Haitian president will implement any incomprehensible request without compromise.

This is a bit scary.

After much hesitation, Shi Lei still asked: "How rich is your family?"

The female translator told Andre the truth, and Andre laughed and said: "Dear Shi, I'm sorry that I have done some research on your background on the way to pick you up. I know that you are a self-made man who is admirable. As an entrepreneur, your net worth should have steadily exceeded 2 billion U.S. dollars, and the total wealth of the companies you control is already close to 10 billion U.S. dollars. This is probably because my family helped Haiti’s presidential campaign. It is no exaggeration to say that if many of our family's industries were not involved in military industry and the wealth could not be fully exposed, my father would at least be among the top ten richest people in the world. "

These words made the female translator hesitate for a long time. It was Andre who noticed her hesitation and urged her several times before the female translator told Shi Lei.

Moreover, before translating this paragraph, the female translator very carefully told Shi Lei that Shi Lei must keep this information confidential.

Shi Lei had no doubts about this. After all, he had seen organizations like the Eyes of Dark Night, and he also knew that there were invisible rich not only in China, but also abroad. In any corner of this world, there will be some people whose wealth cannot be fully exposed.

It was almost time, and Andre carried the decanter containing the 1945 Chateau Mouton and dragged Shi Lei outdoors.

He pointed to the large grape fields in front of him and said: "These are the grape fields owned by my winery, but these are not important. The reason why I bought this winery is because the history of this winery is long enough." You may not realize it, but this winery, although limited in scale, has a history of more than 300 years. The original winery owner collected a lot of great wines from history, but his descendants are really a bit different. In recent years, almost all of his ancestors’ collections have been sold. Legend has it that the owner of this winery had a bottle of Lafite from 1613. There is only one bottle left in the world, but his descendants have found it. This bottle of red wine has not been found for many years. It is now generally accepted that this bottle of wine has long since disappeared. However, I searched a lot of information and believed that this bottle of red wine must still be hidden in this winery. Therefore, I spent five years. I bought this winery for more than 100 million euros just for that bottle of wine..."

After hearing this, Shi Lei smiled and said, "Can the wine from more than four hundred years ago really still be drinkable?"

“Whether you can drink it or not is not important. What’s important is that I can find even an empty bottle of that wine. I have been most interested in food since I was a child, and red wine is my biggest favorite. Over the years, I have invested in many red wineries in France, Spain, Chile and Australia. Adding the new and old together, there are at least 30 or 40 of them. Some of these wineries were directly acquired, and some were invested in shares. The total cost has exceeded 20 billion US dollars. But, dear Shi, I see that you are also an expert in drinking red wine. You should know that ordinary wineries will not refuse to be acquired or invested, but those historical wineries will not. Over the years, my family has done a lot of things to our red wineries. The integration of many resources, however, has a large sales volume, but the reputation is very limited. I have an ideal, that is, I want to make the top five wineries into six. I can do what Mouton can do. In addition to improving the winemaking process, the most important thing is to have enough historical precipitation. This winery has a long history. If I can find that bottle of wine king from the 17th century, the first-class winery is definitely not qualified, but the second-class winery can definitely increase one quota. Becoming a second-class winery, I can become a director of the Red Wine Industry Association. "

Shi Lei can't understand Andre's obsession. The ideal of a foodie sometimes really makes people feel caught off guard.

Soon, this bottle of Mouton, which is worth at least hundreds of thousands of dollars, was divided up by the two of them, and even the female translator got a glass.

When he saw the female translator holding up the glass of red wine, he always felt that the female translator felt like she was about to cry.

Andre took Shi Lei around the winery.

Although it is called a winery, its main building is actually an ancient castle. From the mottled exterior wall, it can be seen that this castle is indeed 200 to 300 years old.

Andre told Shi Lei that according to the original owner of the winery, there is a tunnel in the castle, and that tunnel leads directly to a wine cellar.

The bottle of wine king in 1613 is hidden in that wine cellar.

However, he has bought the winery for three months, but he has not found the tunnel at all. The previous owner of the winery has been looking for decades and has not been able to find the tunnel.

Shi Lei smiled and said, "With your financial resources, you should not be reluctant to simply demolish this castle to find the tunnel, right?"

Andre waved his hand and said, "Go and get that notebook."

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