Rise of Australia

Chapter 29 Duke Arthur Winery
March 1900, 7, outside Sydney.

Yesterday's meeting made Arthur clearly understand the fact that Australia is currently lagging behind in all aspects. Although he has formulated detailed plans with the ministers of various departments and spent up to 3000 million pounds, if he wants to see results, he must I'm afraid it will be at least a year away.

But the good news is that after the cabinet meeting, Arthur will have a period of free time.

Although it doesn't mean that there is really nothing to do, but compared to the busy days before, there is still a lot of leisure.

But what Arthur didn't expect was that, on the first day, he was invited to the outskirts of Sydney by Hunter's butler. The reason was that Arthur's private winery was about to be built.

Because Roger Joseph Ebert, who previously managed Arthur's assets with Steward Hunter, became the Minister of Finance of Australia, so the burden of managing Arthur's private assets fell entirely on Steward Hunter.

This is not an easy job. Arthur's current private property includes two steel factories, a military factory and a shipyard, as well as 3000 million and 5000 million cash and [-] million pounds of property loaned to the government.

After handing over all these assets to Hunter's housekeeper, Arthur basically didn't ask any more questions.

European nobles have a special complex for red wine.Red wine is as important to nobles as dresses at banquets.

In Europe, those who do not have castles may not be low-level nobles, but those who do not have their own private wineries are most likely down-and-out or low-level nobles.

Wine has been endowed with special significance in Europe. It is considered to be blessed by God and is sought after and loved by all European nobles.

Duke Arthur also has his own private winery in England, but it has been sold by Arthur.

After arriving in Australia, Butler Hunter was already selecting a site for Arthur's winery, and while Arthur was busy with state affairs, he had already completed most of the construction of the winery, and was waiting for Arthur to visit in person. Give the winery a noble name, and it can be officially put into production.

Knowing that Arthur was going to the outskirts of Sydney, Margaery and Patricia also cried and shouted to follow.

Arthur had no choice but to agree with the two of them to follow, but only if Princess Louise had to follow them.

After all, judging from Margaery and Patricia's escaped personalities, if Princess Louise is not allowed to watch them, maybe they will do something again.

In this way, Arthur's team, which was originally traveling alone, evolved into a team of the entire Australian royal family.

There were also many servants and guards accompanying them, and the size of the entire convoy had reached hundreds of people.

By the time the convoy arrived at the address of the winery, it was already noon.

Butler Hunter had been standing outside the door long ago, waiting for Arthur and the royal family to arrive.

"Butler Hunter, how's it going?" Arthur asked with a smile as he slowly got down from the carriage.

"Everything is going well, Your Highness. We are just waiting for you, His Royal Highness, and the two young Highnesses." Butler Hunter said respectfully with a gentlemanly salute.

After Princess Louise and the two younger sisters got out of the carriage, Arthur smiled and said, "Let's go and see how the winery is doing."

It is said that it is a winery, but it is actually a combination of a vineyard and a winery.

Coupled with the fact that Australia is currently sparsely populated, the area of ​​this winery has reached a terrifying three square kilometers, which is [-] hectares, a total of [-] acres of land.

How big is this winery?If you walk around the manor, you have to walk at least six kilometers, even if you speed up your pace, you will still have to walk for more than an hour.

Fortunately, Arthur didn't come up with the idea of ​​walking around the manor, otherwise it would be a question of whether he could come back here after an hour.

"Butler Hunter, where do our vines come from in such a large wine estate?" Arthur asked curiously.

According to normal trellis vines, about 140 vines can be planted in one mu of land.This is a more appropriate spacing, which can ensure that each vine receives enough sunlight without wasting too much land area.

Although part of the area of ​​the winery is used to produce and ferment wine, the vine planting area is not that large, but at least 60 vines are needed.

There are so many vines, even if you search all over Australia, you may not be able to collect them.

"Your Highness, long before you sold the wine estate in England, I was hoarding vine seeds. Our winery has planted nearly 50 grape seeds, and purchased another 13 vines and vines from Australia. Fifty thousand grape saplings and tens of thousands of fruit trees. Before the seeds grow into vines, our winery can produce about [-] liters of wine every year." Hunter Butler explained with a smile.

While finished vines are not readily available, good grape seeds are readily available.

Although most of the winery is planted with grape seeds, after two or three years, a large number of finished vines can still be harvested.

Arthur was a little surprised. He didn't expect that Butler Hunter had already started to lay out wineries in Australia when he was in England.

"Steward Hunter, is our current production enough? If the production is too large, we won't be able to sell it. At least in a few years, our wine will not be able to compete with French red wine." Arthur asked slightly surprised arrive.

At present, most of the most famous red wines in Europe are produced in France, which is due to the influence of geographical location and climate.

In the absence of a large European market, even if the winery can produce more red wine, it cannot be sold, and it can only cause losses in vain.

"Your Highness, the winery's annual expenditure is less than [-] pounds, which is completely within our acceptable range. Although we can't compare with European red wine in a short period of time, when we can firmly grasp Australian wine Market. With the increase of immigrants, the Australian wine market will gradually increase. It is not difficult for the winery to maintain a balance of payments. When the European wine market is fluctuated, it will not be too late for us to enter the European market. No matter how bad it is, the vintage red wine will be more mellow than the newly produced red wine, we can create two brands, one takes the high-end route and operates in the European market, and the other takes the low-end route and operates in the Australian market.” Hunter Butler explained arrive.

Red wine doesn't mean that the fresher it is, the better it is.On the contrary, aged red wine will taste more mellow and will be more sought after by European nobles.

The price of red wine produced by the same winery may be several times different between that produced this year and that produced ten years ago.

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