My understanding of wine began with these Hong Kong films.

From the 1990s, Mr Joe watched the newly released "God of Gambling". Besides the handsomeness of Mark, one of his lines also shocked me. "Give me a bottle of 82 lafite. "It is such a simple sentence that not only made Teacher Qiao interested in red wine, but also made Lafite a cult wine in the Chinese world in 1982. Until now, "Lafite in' 82" is still a stalk that everyone is keen to say. ...

At the end of the 20th century, the Internet was not as popular as it is now, so at that time, many people in Chinese mainland got information from one thing-Hong Kong films. Hongkong should be the place where China first came into contact with wine. Influenced by western culture, the drinking habits of early Hong Kong people were mainly brandy, whisky and other spirits, including remy martin, Martell and Hennessy, which often appeared in early Hong Kong movies. It was not until the 1990s that the wine culture began to develop slowly with the formation of the middle class in Hong Kong and the yearning for quality life.

After the popularity of wine culture, many people were influenced by the heroism and nonsense culture of movies, and thought that wine also needed big names, so there were stories like "Gambling God" and "Lafite in 1982". Besides "Mark", Stephen Chow at that time also incorporated his love for wine into his works. 1996 There is a classic line in "Naomi's Secret Agent": sweet first, then bitter, and bitter with sweetness, just like the taste of first love. (So much so that after Mr. Qiao really drank red wine for the first time, he decided that tannin was the taste of first love ...)

At that time, Hong Kong films only identified Stephen Chow, Chow Yun Fat and Andy Lau until the emergence of gangsters. At that time, the business of domestic DVD rental shops was the best, and almost every DVD hall was plastered with these hot-blooded teenagers with knives.

Even the story of a group of gangsters fighting can't avoid red wine. In Dragon of the Young and Dangerous, Datuk Chen Jianan of Malaysia proudly said to the waiter when he was entertaining guests in a nightclub, "Listen, bring me some 1982 Lafite, and then call your most beautiful girl in ..." No matter the gambling on the avenue or the young and dangerous people, everyone still likes this "lonely hero" from Bordeaux.

Since the 20th century, Hong Kong people's knowledge of wine has been extended from the left bank of Bordeaux to the right bank. In "Fighting with the Dragon" released in 2004, Andy Lau and Sammi Cheng stole an expensive bottle of wine from a restaurant-60,000 bottles 196 1 year Cheval Blanc. Baima Winery is a first-class manor in Bordeaux's Saint Emilion producing area, and it is also called one of the "Eight Wineries" with Lafite and Patus.

The director of "Dragon and Phoenix Fight" is also one of Mr. Qiao's favorite directors. Red wine can be found in Du Qifeng's works, whether it is gangster action films such as Gangdom and Drug War or urban romance films such as Single Men and Women. Not only his films can't do without red wine, but Du Qifeng himself can't do without red wine and cigars. When The Gorgeous Office Worker was first released, Du Qifeng, interviewed by the media, was still shaking his glass in one hand and holding a cigar in the other.

If Mr. Qiao is immediately reminded of the image of an alcoholic, the first picture that comes to my mind must be the picture of Andy Lau, a blind man, holding a glass and eating in Du Qifeng's movie "Blind Detective".

Let's go back to the movie The Disciple, which was released in 265438+early 20th century. In 2007, Andy Lau's drug Lord was ready to retire and lead a normal life, but he opened four bottles of 1982 Petrus that ordinary people simply could not afford.

(Chateau Petrus, one of the eight wineries in Bordeaux, is famous for its Petrus red wine, which is the most expensive among the eight manors, and its output is very small. )

First Lafite in' 82, then Petrus in' 82. No wonder 1982 is a legendary year. Even in 20 10 Peng Haoxiang's Meiji and Chunjiao, the bottle of Latubao opened by Shawn Yue and his colleagues at dinner was 82 years old.

Most of the mainland wine culture comes from Hong Kong, and the reason why Hong Kong people can enjoy the world wine depends entirely on the "wine financier" Tang Yingnian. In 2008, Hong Kong abolished the wine tariff, which further popularized the wine culture and made Hong Kong a wine trade and auction center in the Asia-Pacific region.

Hong Kong films are the classic memories of our generation. As an alcoholic, he was also my earliest wine teacher. From Lafite to Patus, from Bordeaux to Mondosa, from the old world to the new world, from Hongkong to the whole world. ...