Poetry in the Bottle - Glenlivet's "1967 Chief Winemaker's Best Selection for 50 Years" Presentation
I remember when I first came to London more than ten years ago, when it came to whiskey, the British always said: Daddy's drink. It means the wine that old men drink, and young people will only buy it at Christmas as gifts for their father and grandpa. Not to mention that girls drink whiskey, girls should drink sweet and pink Meizai wine, how could they love whiskey?!
However, ten years later, under the vigorous marketing of wine merchants, the whiskey drinking age group in the UK has become younger, and more and more young people fall in love with whiskey. What about girls? Are more and more girls falling in love with whiskey?
The answer is, yes! In order to attract more girls to fall in love with whiskey, wine merchants have tried their best to promote whiskey from a more female point of view. Only 50 guests (collectors and experts) from all over the world were invited to Scotland to participate in the presentation of "The Winchester Collection 1967" (The Winchester Collection 1967) at Glenlivet, which is the furniture design with Elle Decoration Best British Designer In cooperation with her teacher Bethan Gray, she designed the wine bottle, wine box and arranged the global presentation site.
As the only Taiwan representative in the audience, when the chief winemaker Alan Winchester told everyone that Taiwan is the world's largest collection of Glenlivet, I immediately became the focus of the audience, and I felt very proud! "Chief The Winchester Collection is named after Alan, and is carefully selected and bottled by the winemaker himself.
Bethan's furniture design is modern and modern, emphasizing the craftsmanship of craftsmen. Use natural materials such as wood, leather, marble, etc., with metal copper to show low-key luxury. Her designs are simple and detailed with a sense of serenity and poise. The delicacy, richness and strong humanistic temperament in her works are reminiscent of whiskey.
(Bethan Gray IG)
This time, The Winchester Collection 1967 global conference in the Glenlivet distillery, the brass stills on both sides, the ears of wheat and the Spey River outside the window, these essential elements for making whiskey are the protagonists. Bethan cleverly uses the luster and color of brass to extend to her designs, such as tableware with golden lines, copper lampshades, etc., to create an overall sense of luxury.
The design of the 50-year wine box of Glenlivet, Bethan was inspired by the endless undulating slopes of Speyside...
50-year-old whiskey, as the name suggests, is a wine that has been submerged and condensed for decades in the wine cellar, absorbing the essence of the environment over the years and slowly maturing. How long is 50 years? That was the last century before you and I were (supposedly) born. At that time, the sex idol was Marilyn Monroe. Let alone mobile phones, it was an era when computers were not even popular, and televisions were still black and white.
Glenlivet's 50 years (The Winchester Collection 1967), after half a century of cleaning, has transformed into a gentle, charming and charming old gentleman. His life has endless stories. He said slowly, you listened intently. When you think you already know him, he will always surprise you more. The dialogue with him always makes you think over and over again...
Just like not every uncle is very attractive, just put whiskey in a barrel and wait for decades to become a peerless wine. In addition to the 2%~3% angel share that volatilizes every year, if it is not the original wine itself that is strong and individual, there are many examples of the body of the wine being destroyed by oak barrels during the aging process.
These mellow and mellow whiskeys, which do not age, but are more complex and multi-layered in aroma and taste, will be selected by the winemaker at the most perfect moment and bottled to meet us. At this time, what meets us is not only the mellow wine in the bottle, but also the poems intertwined with the years.
Haruki Murakami wrote in "If Our Language Were Whiskey": "Some things can be acquired through the years, but some things will disappear with the years. There are things that increase with evaporation, and things that decrease with evaporation, it’s just that the individuality is different.” Although the age is not everything, if you are lucky enough to meet a charming old wine, the deep joy they bring is definitely not comparable to the direct freshness of the young wine.
Some people say that you can guess the person you like from the wine you like to drink. After taking another sip of The Glenlivet 1967, I smiled and knew that I had met the person I liked again...
Note: It is difficult to take good photos due to the dim lighting of the scene, especially the professional photos taken by the photographer that day, so that everyone can feel more present.
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