Yunding Ranch

Chapter 373 Friendship Recommendation
Suddenly put on a plaid shirt, Robinson seemed a little at a loss, but Raymond, who was a step behind, seemed complacent and quickly adapted to the current situation.

There was a warm fire coming from the fireplace on the left, which easily attracted the attention of Robinson and Raymond. The two walked to the fireplace one after the other and started to warm up.The bright flames and warm air blocked the coldness and chaos of the storm outside, and the tense muscles relaxed involuntarily.

"Who wants to participate in the Brussels Wine Competition?" Robinson didn't forget this, and asked back.

Mark and Lu Li exchanged glances, and Lu Li said, "Yunding Winery."

Robinson showed a natural expression and shrugged, "This is obviously a UN-style choice, not bad."

A simple sentence points out the characteristics of the Brussels Wine Competition.

There are countless wine competitions around the world, and each event has its own focus. For example, the Paris Agricultural Competition, which is a competition held by the country and only allows wines from French regions to participate. best stage.

Another example is the International Wine and Spirits Competition. This is an event jointly organized by three different International Wine Associations. It strives for excellence and aims to reward those top professional wines. The wines that can participate in the competition are very limited every year. It is an honor to be shortlisted.

Another example is the International Wine and Spirits Competition, which is recognized as the top wine competition in the industry. Regional selection, after entering the regular competition, will be divided into three rounds of competition, each round is more stringent, and finally several top wines of varying quantities will be selected.

Relatively speaking, the Brussels Wine Competition can win recognition on a global scale, and even ranks among the top four competitions. In addition to being authoritative and professional enough, the most important thing is that it is open to all wineries around the world, without thresholds or restrictions , and respect the different preferences and tastes of wine in different countries and regions, the final selection is bound to be the most popular wine in the world.

Maybe a certain wine is very popular in France, but not in other countries; similarly, some wines are famous in Asia, but not in Europe.These are all possible scenarios.

The wines selected by the Brussels Wine Competition are highly recognized all over the world.This is also the particularity brought by Brussels, the European capital, which answered Lu Li's initial doubts.

"But this is not an easy challenge." Robinson said bluntly, "Is Yunding Winery sure to participate? There are so many strong players there, maybe after the first day of showing up, they will be drowned in countless entries." Among them."

Without waiting for Lu Li to respond, Raymond complained directly, "It is also possible to win the final big gold award on the last day."

Robinson shrugged and complained, "When did you start to become so popular, believing in the Cinderella story."

"After meeting you in the riding club." Raymond responded calmly without panicking at all.

Lu Li, who was sitting next to him, couldn't help laughing. The confrontation between these two people is always so full of... Sparks, but he didn't continue to listen, but turned to look at Mark, "Is the competition an elimination system? The first day Will a group of wineries be eliminated?"

"No, no one will be eliminated. In the wine world, there are only high-end wines and ordinary wines, and there is no distinction between success and failure." Mark said lightly.

Lu Li pursed his lips, "It can also be said that some people like wine and some don't."

"It's also a way of distinguishing, and it's also one of the themes of Brussels. To choose a wine that the public likes, although I don't like this theme, I prefer wine is a personal thing, maybe I like it, But you hate it." Mark said simply, and then didn't continue to explain, just raised his hand, meaning enough.

Immediately afterwards, Mark explained the selection method of Brussels.

Generally speaking, the contest will last for three days.The organizer will collect the total points of all participating wines, and then list the wines with the top 30.00% score as the winning wines, and then arrange the awards according to the specific scores.The score between 85 points and 87 points is the silver award, the score between 88 points and 95 points is the gold award, and the score between 96 points and [-] points is the big gold award——

The Grand Gold Award is the highest award.

The scoring results are generally announced within one week, and the competition will be supervised by EU supervisors on site. The final results will be declared by the Belgian government and approved by the EU.This is a competition that enjoys worldwide prestige.

Romanée-Conti's wines have also come out of this competition and are judged by scoring.

Due to the characteristics of the wine, even in a top producing area like Romanee-Conti, there may be differences in the wines of different years, and the scores will also be different; similarly, there may be a winery that has a particularly good wine in a certain year. wine.

As Raymond said, the Brussels Wine Competition is such a platform, and every year there may be a dark horse miracle like the "Pushing Age", and a group of unknown wineries emerge, attracting attention from all over the world.This is also one of the biggest characteristics of Brussels wine.

After all, those competitions that focus on wine from a production area, or competitions that require internal selection and screening in the region, after layers of selection, the participants are always similar old faces, maybe more professional, maybe more focused, but the upset The freshness is relatively weak.

Lu Li and Mark chatted back and forth for a while, getting to know the competition inside and out, as Mark said, this is indeed the most suitable stage for Yunding Winery, "It's like 'American Idol' Same, right?"

Hearing Lu Li's vivid description, a smile appeared in Mark's eyes, "This is the first time I've heard such a description, and I'm not sure whether the organizers in Brussels are willing to accept such a compliment."

"But I can be sure that Brussels is the best stage for a small and unknown winery like Yunding Winery." Robinson still spoke aggressively and outspokenly, but when he changed the subject, he He said again, "I think maybe Yunding Winery really has a chance."

Although the words were cryptic, the subtext was actually an affirmation of Yunding Winery's wines.

When tasting wine at the booth last time, Robinson and Raymond also gave good comments, and today Robinson expressed similar views again.

Lu Li smiled, "At least it's a chance to try."

To be honest, although the wine of Yunding Winery has the potential of aging, it is only the opinion of a small group of people at present, and the wine is newly brewed, so the so-called "aging" depends on the illusory time , such a "new" wine is bound by its own excessive tannin, so it is really not easy to achieve good results in competitions.

Even if the judges like it very much, it has not been brewed for a full year, and there are too many uncertainties, which are the shackles for the wine to achieve better results.Generally speaking, wines with aging potential will be selected for competition in the third to fifth year, and the taste and flavor will be more mature.

Therefore, instead of being humble, Lu Li told the truth.

Raymond said abruptly, "Mark, why don't you write a recommendation letter for Yunding Winery?"

"Letter of recommendation?" Lu Li showed a puzzled look, "I thought anyone could participate in this contest in Brussels, and no letter of recommendation was required."

"That's true." It was not Mark, but Robinson who explained, "But there are thousands or even tens of thousands of wines that are expected to participate in the competition every year. The registration work is very cumbersome and lengthy, and the organizing committee naturally hopes to be able to Each winery has a basic understanding, especially the new wineries that have just emerged. Therefore, if you can get a recommendation letter, first, the organizing committee will give priority to review to ensure that the registration can be completed in time; Zhuang’s background information is also a supplement.”

Lu Li understood that it was simply an additional option.It doesn't hurt if you don't have one, but it saves some work if you do.It's like priority lane at Disneyland.

"Fourteen didn't make a request." Mark said flatly.

Lu Li couldn't help turning his head away, and then saw Mark's indifferent expression, and couldn't help smiling, "Dear Mark, I wonder if you can write a recommendation letter for me?"

In a competition where there are tens of thousands of wines in the competition, if you want to stand out, in addition to absolute hard power, a hard shout is definitely beneficial and harmless.What's more, it is estimated that every winery will have its own recommendation letter, so the strength of the recommendation letter is even more important. The more such things, the better.

Mark shrugged, "Thank you for the invitation. Then, it's better to be respectful than obedient."

"Thank you." Lu Li said sincerely. From the strangeness and estrangement of the first meeting to the present, it has to be said that Lu Li has indeed received the help of a noble person-who would have expected this day when he happened to meet Catherine at the racecourse?

Then, Lu Li turned his head to look at Robinson and Raymond, and said with a smile, "I don't know if the two of you would like to help write a letter of recommendation. Or, write an impression of tasting?" This is not nonsense. Well, they had indeed tasted the wines of Yunding Winery back then, so of course they could express their opinions.

Raymond didn't speak, but just nodded politely, and Lu Li knew that he gave an affirmative answer.

Robinson, who was standing beside him, raised his eyebrows proudly, with a look of reluctance, "I'll try to write about it, but I don't have any sure guarantees."

(End of this chapter)