Watching the sun set into the West Lake in the wine house
Some people say that drinking red wine can nourish the tempting luster like amber in your heart, and life becomes bright and mellow in the joy of wine tasting.
On a sunny afternoon, I asked a few friends to open a bottle of red wine, sit in a place where I could feel the light, or talk about life or just unconsciously chatting. As a fashionable lifestyle, pistachio wine is increasingly popular among urban white-collar workers.
In Hangzhou, there is such a wine house located in Qian Wang Meilu, opposite Qian Wang Temple on Nanshan Road.
Walking into Qian Wang Meilu, I walked up the hovering stairs, with a gorgeous crystal lamp above my head. The hall is spacious, and the soft music makes people feel a little empty and distant, as if they are in a medieval French manor.
The wine house is located on the left side of the hall, with an area of about 70 square meters. Red wines from different countries and eras gather here. The afternoon we went, the boss was chatting with friends there, with four comfortable sofas surrounded by a small Western-style round table. Although it is still winter, the temperature in the sun is just right for wearing a shirt, which feels as bright and mellow as red wine.
The boss is a wine lover, so when it comes to wine, there is naturally a lot to say. He said that the original construction of the wine house was actually just to match Qian Wang Meilu's positioning as a high-end food club, which allowed members and friends to have a comfortable gathering place. It cost a lot of money to build this red wine house, and it cost more than 100,000 yuan to use the wine vessel alone. The boss also specially invited a wine appraiser from Beijing. The wine nostril was bought from him. One set costs more than 30,000 yuan. There are only two sets in the country, one in a wine house, and another one is collected by the wine appraiser himself. The wine knife was also specially bought from France, and it is generally not available in the country.
The boss said: "We have friends from all walks of life who come here, and there are many in the real estate industry. Our friends all love red wine. When we have nothing to do, we come here for an afternoon to chat. Opening a bottle of red wine is enough for three people to drink until the sun sets."
Indeed, looking out from the red wine house, there is Qianwang Temple directly below and West Lake on the right. In the afternoon, you can see the sun slowly set in the mountains until it reaches West Lake.
What is the qualities about red wine
Qian Wang Meilu’s red wine house contains more than 70 varieties of red wine from all over the world, just like a small red wine museum. Among them, there is 1997 Chateau lafite from France's Lafite, which is worth 5,800 yuan. The boss introduced that 1997 was a good year. The lafite from that year had enough complexity and structure, which was most suitable for drinking now; there is Huayue Bordeaux Aoc from Bordeaux, which is dark red and shiny, with a light tobacco fragrance, a rich fruity taste, a soft and rich body, with a fruity flavor of ripe cherries; there are also red wines from Australia, the United States and other places made by new craftsmanship.
Speaking of red wine, we have to talk about French Lafite Winery. Rafi Winery is one of the top wineries in the Bordeaux wine rating in 1855. Along with the Aubian Winery, Latu Winery, Margot and the Mautong Winery selected in 1973, it is also known as the five famous Bordeaux estates. Rafi Winery is considered to be the most elegant of the five. In "Dragon and Phoenix Fight", the male and female thieves Andy Lau and Sammi Cheng stole from the poor winery owner was the classic 1982 lafite worth 18,000 yuan. This kind of wine is very valuable for collection and is one of the few now and is difficult to buy.
Drinking red wine is even more knowledgeable. From the use of various wine vessels to the gestures of each drinking wine, it requires continuous excellence.
Distinguish the aroma of wine
Red wine has become a culture and an art to a large extent. When you taste red wine, you should drink it one after another. Observe the color, pour the wine into the goblet, hold the cup's feet, and see the color. Smell the fragrance, gently shake the wine glass to let the fragrance be released, and smell the fragrance it emits. Taste, sip a small sip, let the wine dissolve on the tip of the tongue, feel its taste and sourness, and let the fragrance of red wine spread in the mouth.
In addition to these, there are many other considerations. The so-called smelling wine actually means smelling different fruit aromas in various wines. So, there is a saying of wine. The wine nose is a wine tasting and appreciation training tool, and it is a must-have reference for judging aroma. They not only help you increase your sense of smell, but also use popular language to describe these feelings, so that you can feel and understand the feelings between your lips and teeth while enjoying the wine.
The nose of the wine has different set combinations, which generally cover the typical smell of famous wines from all over the world and are put into flavor bottles. During training, sniff it carefully and focus on one bottle after another, training your sense of smell and accumulating fragrance reference.
Change the taste of wine
The wine key is also a kind of wine tasting tool. It uses small round pieces with magical technology on the stainless steel handle to play an appreciation role.
The wine key can change the taste of the wine in 1 second. As a unique and fun testing tool, the wine key allows you to instantly understand the aging ability and development potential of wine. The wine key gradually changes the sensory characteristics (taste and aroma, flavor and aroma) of the wine in a controllable way.
In fact, the wine key only needs to be touched with a 100ml glass of wine for one second (or a 750ml bottle of wine, using a "bottled" wine key) to show the potential for a year of aging. It has effects on all types of wines, including red wine, rosy wine, white wine, dry wine, sweet wine, liqueur and sparkling wine.
For the general public, wine keys have many uses.
1. Help you buy wines that have aging capabilities or know the wine you need to drink in that year.
For example: In a wine cellar or wine fair, you can taste it first and then dip the wine key in the wine for a few seconds. If the wine is in a pleasant state or the wine has improved, you can buy it and save it. If the wine quickly loses balance (bright and tasteless, damaged structure, unpleasant taste, metallic, Madeira…), it must be consumed in that year.
2. Know how long the wine can be stored and reevaluate your wine storage.
When you are interested in buying a batch of wine, test it with the wine key first. If you like the taste of drinking after 4 seconds of immersion in the wine key, keep it for 4 years (or immersion in the wine key for 4 seconds).
You can use the wine key to test your wine storage regularly to tell which wines should be enjoyed as early as possible and which wines should continue to age.
3. Enjoy young wine today
Enjoy the wine that should have been aged for 5 or 10 years now. The wine key can quickly enhance the aroma of the wine and make its taste softer, just like the wine is "opened". The taste of red wine is more rounded, the aroma of dry white wine is enhanced, the sour taste is weakened, and the taste is softer, while for sweet white wine, it can enhance the taste in the mouth.
Red wine and wine glass
Klaus Lido (the ninth generation successor of the Lido family) wrote a new chapter for the wine world with the revolutionary concept of "expressive goblet glasses", leading people into a charming realm of fully enjoying wine. He is the first person ever to discover that drinking alcoholic beverages with different shapes of wine glasses will bring different sensory stimulation. More than 40 years ago, he discovered that different shapes of wine glasses would bring different flavors to the same wine.
George Lido (the tenth generation successor) further developed this concept. He found that "the wine requires the shape of a cup." That is, choosing the right glass emphasizes the flavor of the wine. The message of wine is that its fragrance and taste transfer depends on the shape of the cup. So the responsibility of the cup is to show the best side of the wine to the taster.
Legend about the wine knife
Wine knife, the first step to starting the red wine. This step is very important for red wine. Different red wines use different corks. Generally, the better the red wine plug, the longer the longer it is. The best red wine plug is generally 55 mm, while ordinary red wines are 45 mm or even shorter.
The etiquette of drinking is also quite particular. When starting a wine, use a knife to cut off the envelope. It is usually opened 1.5 cm from the top of the bottle. Professionals can generally solve it by using one to three knifes. If more than three knifes, it will be out of standard. The wine bottle cannot rotate during Kaifeng. In order to prevent the cork from falling into the red wine and affecting the taste of the red wine, it is generally divided into two steps when opening the cork. Turn 3-4 times first and pull out half of the plug. Turn it around again and open the plug completely. Such movements are very elegant, which is a kind of enjoyment for people and a kind of respect for wine. When people and wine are united, wine will also have spirituality.
Avilon, France, a village of about 1,200 people in the center of the Oberheck Plateau, has more than 30 well-known tool manufacturers around the world, producing a type of top tool with uniform specifications. This knife is called the French national knife.
Laguiole is pronounced as Laguiole according to France, but local people retain the pronunciation method of the Oak dialect, which is pronounced as Laiole in the local area. In addition, the word Laiole also means the meaning of a small church.
The French national knife Chateau Laguiole is the best among wine knives. It is known as the French "passport of ox horns and steel". It represents the true tradition and skills of France. Each tool is made of selected materials and is fully handmade, so there is no two identical Laguiole wine knives in the world that are enough to highlight their personality. Even when the wine knife is out of the factory, he carves his own signature on the knife to make a supreme wine knife that belongs entirely to him. There is no doubt that the Ragiole wine knife is a must-have item for wine fans and a symbol of identity and taste.
Some people say that drinking red wine can nourish the tempting luster like amber in your heart, and life becomes bright and mellow in the joy of wine tasting.
On a sunny afternoon, I asked a few friends to open a bottle of red wine, sit in a place where I could feel the light, or talk about life or just unconsciously chatting. As a fashionable lifestyle, pistachio wine is increasingly popular among urban white-collar workers.
In Hangzhou, there is such a wine house located in Qian Wang Meilu, opposite Qian Wang Temple on Nanshan Road.
Walking into Qian Wang Meilu, I walked up the hovering stairs, with a gorgeous crystal lamp above my head. The hall is spacious, and the soft music makes people feel a little empty and distant, as if they are in a medieval French manor.
The wine house is located on the left side of the hall, with an area of about 70 square meters. Red wines from different countries and eras gather here. The afternoon we went, the boss was chatting with friends there, with four comfortable sofas surrounded by a small Western-style round table. Although it is still winter, the temperature in the sun is just right for wearing a shirt, which feels as bright and mellow as red wine.
The boss is a wine lover, so when it comes to wine, there is naturally a lot to say. He said that the original construction of the wine house was actually just to match Qian Wang Meilu's positioning as a high-end food club, which allowed members and friends to have a comfortable gathering place. It cost a lot of money to build this red wine house, and it cost more than 100,000 yuan to use the wine vessel alone. The boss also specially invited a wine appraiser from Beijing. The wine nostril was bought from him. One set costs more than 30,000 yuan. There are only two sets in the country, one in a wine house, and another one is collected by the wine appraiser himself. The wine knife was also specially bought from France, and it is generally not available in the country.
The boss said: "We have friends from all walks of life who come here, and there are many in the real estate industry. Our friends all love red wine. When we have nothing to do, we come here for an afternoon to chat. Opening a bottle of red wine is enough for three people to drink until the sun sets."
Indeed, looking out from the red wine house, there is Qianwang Temple directly below and West Lake on the right. In the afternoon, you can see the sun slowly set in the mountains until it reaches West Lake.
What is the qualities about red wine
Qian Wang Meilu’s red wine house contains more than 70 varieties of red wine from all over the world, just like a small red wine museum. Among them, there is 1997 Chateau lafite from France's Lafite, which is worth 5,800 yuan. The boss introduced that 1997 was a good year. The lafite from that year had enough complexity and structure, which was most suitable for drinking now; there is Huayue Bordeaux Aoc from Bordeaux, which is dark red and shiny, with a light tobacco fragrance, a rich fruity taste, a soft and rich body, with a fruity flavor of ripe cherries; there are also red wines from Australia, the United States and other places made by new craftsmanship.
Speaking of red wine, we have to talk about French Lafite Winery. Rafi Winery is one of the top wineries in the Bordeaux wine rating in 1855. Along with the Aubian Winery, Latu Winery, Margot and the Mautong Winery selected in 1973, it is also known as the five famous Bordeaux estates. Rafi Winery is considered to be the most elegant of the five. In "Dragon and Phoenix Fight", the male and female thieves Andy Lau and Sammi Cheng stole from the poor winery owner was the classic 1982 lafite worth 18,000 yuan. This kind of wine is very valuable for collection and is one of the few now and is difficult to buy.
Drinking red wine is even more knowledgeable. From the use of various wine vessels to the gestures of each drinking wine, it requires continuous excellence.
Distinguish the aroma of wine
Red wine has become a culture and an art to a large extent. When you taste red wine, you should drink it one after another. Observe the color, pour the wine into the goblet, hold the cup's feet, and see the color. Smell the fragrance, gently shake the wine glass to let the fragrance be released, and smell the fragrance it emits. Taste, sip a small sip, let the wine dissolve on the tip of the tongue, feel its taste and sourness, and let the fragrance of red wine spread in the mouth.
In addition to these, there are many other considerations. The so-called smelling wine actually means smelling different fruit aromas in various wines. So, there is a saying of wine. The wine nose is a wine tasting and appreciation training tool, and it is a must-have reference for judging aroma. They not only help you increase your sense of smell, but also use popular language to describe these feelings, so that you can feel and understand the feelings between your lips and teeth while enjoying the wine.
The nose of the wine has different set combinations, which generally cover the typical smell of famous wines from all over the world and are put into flavor bottles. During training, sniff it carefully and focus on one bottle after another, training your sense of smell and accumulating fragrance reference.
Change the taste of wine
The wine key is also a kind of wine tasting tool. It uses small round pieces with magical technology on the stainless steel handle to play an appreciation role.
The wine key can change the taste of the wine in 1 second. As a unique and fun testing tool, the wine key allows you to instantly understand the aging ability and development potential of wine. The wine key gradually changes the sensory characteristics (taste and aroma, flavor and aroma) of the wine in a controllable way.
In fact, the wine key only needs to be touched with a 100ml glass of wine for one second (or a 750ml bottle of wine, using a "bottled" wine key) to show the potential for a year of aging. It has effects on all types of wines, including red wine, rosy wine, white wine, dry wine, sweet wine, liqueur and sparkling wine.
For the general public, wine keys have many uses.
1. Help you buy wines that have aging capabilities or know the wine you need to drink in that year.
For example: In a wine cellar or wine fair, you can taste it first and then dip the wine key in the wine for a few seconds. If the wine is in a pleasant state or the wine has improved, you can buy it and save it. If the wine quickly loses balance (bright and tasteless, damaged structure, unpleasant taste, metallic, Madeira…), it must be consumed in that year.
2. Know how long the wine can be stored and reevaluate your wine storage.
When you are interested in buying a batch of wine, test it with the wine key first. If you like the taste of drinking after 4 seconds of immersion in the wine key, keep it for 4 years (or immersion in the wine key for 4 seconds).
You can use the wine key to test your wine storage regularly to tell which wines should be enjoyed as early as possible and which wines should continue to age.
3. Enjoy young wine today
Enjoy the wine that should have been aged for 5 or 10 years now. The wine key can quickly enhance the aroma of the wine and make its taste softer, just like the wine is "opened". The taste of red wine is more rounded, the aroma of dry white wine is enhanced, the sour taste is weakened, and the taste is softer, while for sweet white wine, it can enhance the taste in the mouth.
Red wine and wine glass
Klaus Lido (the ninth generation successor of the Lido family) wrote a new chapter for the wine world with the revolutionary concept of "expressive goblet glasses", leading people into a charming realm of fully enjoying wine. He is the first person ever to discover that drinking alcoholic beverages with different shapes of wine glasses will bring different sensory stimulation. More than 40 years ago, he discovered that different shapes of wine glasses would bring different flavors to the same wine.
George Lido (the tenth generation successor) further developed this concept. He found that "the wine requires the shape of a cup." That is, choosing the right glass emphasizes the flavor of the wine. The message of wine is that its fragrance and taste transfer depends on the shape of the cup. So the responsibility of the cup is to show the best side of the wine to the taster.
Legend about the wine knife
Wine knife, the first step to starting the red wine. This step is very important for red wine. Different red wines use different corks. Generally, the better the red wine plug, the longer the longer it is. The best red wine plug is generally 55 mm, while ordinary red wines are 45 mm or even shorter.
The etiquette of drinking is also quite particular. When starting a wine, use a knife to cut off the envelope. It is usually opened 1.5 cm from the top of the bottle. Professionals can generally solve it by using one to three knifes. If more than three knifes, it will be out of standard. The wine bottle cannot rotate during Kaifeng. In order to prevent the cork from falling into the red wine and affecting the taste of the red wine, it is generally divided into two steps when opening the cork. Turn 3-4 times first and pull out half of the plug. Turn it around again and open the plug completely. Such movements are very elegant, which is a kind of enjoyment for people and a kind of respect for wine. When people and wine are united, wine will also have spirituality.
Avilon, France, a village of about 1,200 people in the center of the Oberheck Plateau, has more than 30 well-known tool manufacturers around the world, producing a type of top tool with uniform specifications. This knife is called the French national knife.
Laguiole is pronounced as Laguiole according to France, but local people retain the pronunciation method of the Oak dialect, which is pronounced as Laiole in the local area. In addition, the word Laiole also means the meaning of a small church.
The French national knife Chateau Laguiole is the best among wine knives. It is known as the French "passport of ox horns and steel". It represents the true tradition and skills of France. Each tool is made of selected materials and is fully handmade, so there is no two identical Laguiole wine knives in the world that are enough to highlight their personality. Even when the wine knife is out of the factory, he carves his own signature on the knife to make a supreme wine knife that belongs entirely to him. There is no doubt that the Ragiole wine knife is a must-have item for wine fans and a symbol of identity and taste.