mtl008 Chapter 235 Cocktail
Chapter 235 Cocktail
After the opening of the Canton Fair, Wen Qing brought employees dressed as ancient bartenders to welcome customers. Most of the customers who came to visit the liquor booth were from Southeast Asia.
With the blessing of the silver medal, many merchants have shown interest in Changxia Chunniang. Changxia Chunniang is soft, refreshing and has a sweet aftertaste. It has a prominent fragrance without heavy cellar aroma or koji aroma. Even if you drink too much, you won't feel drunk. It has been well received by foreign businessmen. Several companies operating airport duty-free shops have expressed their intention to cooperate.
Wen Qing has been learning English in recent years, so she has no problem communicating with foreign businessmen in English. After talking with a foreign representative, Wen Qing picked up the cup, stood up and took a sip of tea.
At this time, a European and American man with a high nose and deep eyes, wearing a suit, came over with a young Western woman. When Liu Quan saw them, he hurried forward and greeted them warmly. He turned around and said to Wen Qing, "Sister Wen, this is the client from the United States."
All I heard was Liu Quan introducing: "Arthur, this is Miss Wen, the general manager of our company."
Wen Qing was about to say hello when she heard the girl next to Arthur say excitedly: "Wen, is that you? I'm Louise."
Wen Qing took a closer look and found that it was indeed Louis from the American university student delegation whom she had hosted before.
Wen Qing smiled sincerely and said, "Nice to see you again, Louis. Welcome, Mr. Arthur."
Arthur is Louis' uncle, a red wine distributor in Utah. Last year, he signed a contract with Changxia Winery for a batch of Changxia apple sparkling wine, which sold very well. Changxia apple wine is inexpensive and of good quality, so he made a fortune. When he heard that Changxia Winery would continue to participate in the Canton Fair this year, he came to China.
Louis graduated from Massachusetts Graduate School three years ago, joined an investment bank on Wall Street, and was assigned to work in Gangcheng. When he heard his uncle say that he was going to Dongyue City in China to attend the Canton Fair, he came to accompany him.
Wen Qing introduced him to the booth of Changxia Winery and said, "Mr. Arthur, our winery has launched a new wine this year. Would you like to try it?"
Arthur said happily: "Your wine is great, I want to try it."
Wen Qing poured him a glass of white wine and handed it to him. He smelled it first and felt that the aroma was pure, a bit like the aroma of Japanese rice wine, but with some floral scent. He took a sip and found that it did not have the punch of strong liquor, but instead had a mellow taste, very smooth and delicious.
Wen Qing asked him to sit down, took out the lemon juice and honey she had prepared in advance, poured them into a cocktail shaker, added white wine, mixed them evenly, poured them into a glass, added three or four pieces of ice, and a slice of lemon as decoration, and handed it to Arthur: "Please try this cocktail again."
He mixed another cocktail with gin, mint, and Changxiachunniang on ice and handed it to everyone. Arthur drank three glasses of wine with different flavors and felt that the wine tasted rich and colorful, smooth and delicious. He couldn't help but say, "Smell, I used to think that Chinese liquor was spicy and too strong, and only Chinese people were used to it. This time, after drinking the wine you mixed, I realized that Chinese liquor can be very refreshing and can be paired with other fruit juices."
Wen Qing took out a bottle of apple sparkling wine, opened it with a pop, poured it into a champagne glass, and handed it to Arthur and Louis, "Arthur, Louis, this is the apple sparkling wine we brewed according to the traditional champagne brewing method."
After this batch of wine was brewed, Wen Qing put all the bottles into a space to accelerate maturation. The storage time was equivalent to 3 years outside, so it presented a lively and layered flavor, different from ordinary new wine.
After tasting, Arthur said, "Smell, your apple sparkling wine is very charming, with a perfect combination of floral and fruity aromas and apple aromas."
Wen Qing: "We only make our apple sparkling wine once a year. All of the apples are from our orchard, fermented at low temperature and aged for three years. It can be said that every bottle is carefully brewed by us."
Finally, Arthur ordered all 30 bottles of their factory's apple sparkling wine, and said regretfully: "Wen, your apple wine is very good, but the output is too low."
Not only did he order 30 bottles of apple sparkling wine, he also ordered 1 bottles of Changxia Chunniang. Wen Qing promised to give him several recipes for making cocktails with white wine.
In the evening, Wen Qing and Liu Quan hosted banquets for some of the merchants who had signed contracts. Liu Quan hosted the merchants from Hong Kong City and Southeast Asia at Yuecheng Restaurant, and Wen Qing hosted Arthur and Louis at Taotao Ju.
After the three of them sat down, Wen Qing handed the menu to Arthur and Louis and asked them to order. Arthur waved his hand and asked Wen Qing to order by herself. Wen Qing asked for Louis' opinion and ordered.
Arthur often comes to China, and Louis has been to Pingjing and has been working in Gangcheng for two years. Both of them have a certain understanding of China, so Wen Qing started the topic with the delicacies from all over the country, which is also a relatively safe topic.
Louise couldn't stop talking about food. She said her favorite was the roast turkey on Thanksgiving, which was fragrant and crispy, and the roast potatoes inside, mixed with special seasoning, were very delicious. She also missed the peach pie made by her mother. Arthur said he missed Texas steak and California lobster soup.
Arthur has been in the wine business for many years, and he can talk about wine like opening a tap. He can talk about everything from the Cabernet Sauvignon that is common in the Chinese market to the Merlot that has become popular in the United States recently; from the French Sauvignon Blanc to the German Riesling, he can talk endlessly.
Wen Qing also learned a lot of knowledge about red wine from his words. He also introduced the different schools and flavors of Chinese liquor and his own experience in brewing apple sparkling wine.
After get off work in Hong Kong, Louis often goes to bars with his friends and colleagues. He knows all kinds of cocktails like the back of his hand. The three of them have different preferences, but they all get along very well.
Arthur talked about winemaking, "France is the strongest in Old World wines, and the United States is the number one producer of New World wines.
The flavor of wine in each region of Gaul varies according to the soil and climate characteristics of each region, while in the United States, the characteristics of the grapes themselves are highlighted, or a variety of grapes are combined to create wines with unique flavors. They all have their own strengths. "
He introduced the charming scenery of the Napa Valley wine estates in detail. Wen Qing couldn't help but laugh and said, "Mr. Arthur, you know a lot."
She has not found a suitable grape variety or a suitable place to grow grapes, so she has never made wine. Changxia Winery makes apple sparkling wine because apples are planted in the space and apples are also planted in the forest she contracted. If these apples were sold as ordinary fruits, she would not make much money, but would instead cause a lot of trouble, so all of them are used to make wine. After several years of optimization, the apple wine produced by Changxia Winery has opened up the market both at home and abroad, but the production problem has never been solved. Sometimes Wen Qing even wants to replace the pear trees in the orchard with apple trees.