CAPTAIN CORK | Chateau Changyu-Moser XV: unser Mann in China
The captain drinks 150 euro red wine from China, which was developed by an Austrian.
Winemaker Lenz Moser V is one of the most colorful personalities in the Austrian wine scene and has been a development worker for premium wines in China for many years . The captain spoke to him about his work in the Middle Kingdom and what you can learn from the Chinese if you want. And of course about his new wine Purple Air Comes From The East, with which Moser is entering the international luxury market.
Moser comes from an old wine-growing family with a famous name. Grandfather Lenz Moser III was a cultivation pioneer, revolutionized vineyard work and stood by the ardent Nazi and grape grower Friedrich Zweigelt as a loyal friend when he no longer had many friends after the war (for understandable reasons). But a Moser has a mind of his own when it comes to wine.
Lenz, how does it feel to make wine in a dictatorship where people who think differently are persecuted, tortured and murdered? I don't feel that way. I'm a wine person through and through and I'm on a mission. I am courted and treated with respect. We have a common goal and I feel as comfortable as a fish. China is my second home, although I am an enthusiastic Austrian. I love wine and good food. This connects me with the people of China.
China got through the CORONA crisis well, in contrast to the West. What can they do that we can't? The difference is: China has a plan. After the Marshall Plan, the Silk Road is the greatest initiative that has existed in the last 100 years. A European could have thought of that too. But it's not. Anyone who listens understands China relatively easily. They say something and then implement it. My partners at Chateau Changyu also think so. Of course, it is not easy for a European to work in China. Because initially everything is allowed as long as it leads to the goal. In China, business is like martial arts. We don't know that. We're way too lax.
