在莱西酿造出中国最好的葡萄酒——专访九顶庄园创始人卡尔博士

来源: 文化视界 2020-01-18 10:53:54

　　卡尔博士出生于德国恩豪森，是九顶庄园的创始人，拥有金融背景并在领先的金融机构工作过。

　　莱西九顶庄园庄主：卡尔·霍普特曼博士Dr.Karl H.Hauptmann

　　Chateau Nine Peaks'founder:Dr.Karl H.Hauptmann

　　卡尔博士出生于德国恩豪森，是九顶庄园的创始人，拥有金融背景并在领先的金融机构工作过。他还是Telor Capital Management的创始人（TCM是一家私募股权家族公司，其总部位于捷克共和国布拉格）。在此之前，他常驻伦敦，曾任美林国际（Merrill Lynch International）董事总经理，以及银行家信托国际（Bankers Trust International）的副总裁。

　　作为一名资深葡萄酒爱好者,还在世界许多国家拥有自己的酒庄和投资，如中国，保加利亚、罗马尼亚、南非和以色列。卡尔认为中国有潜力成为世界葡萄酒市场的主要目的地，并且中国的风土可以生产出世界上公认的最高质量的葡萄酒。

　　Dr.Karl H.Hauptmann was born in Gelnhausen,Germany.He is the founder of Chateau Nine Peaks with a background in finance and experience with leading financial institutions.He also founded Telor Capital Management–a private equity family office with its seat in Prague,Czech Republic.Before that he was based in London and served as Managing Director of Merrill Lynch International and as a VP of Bankers Trust International.

　　As a wine lover,he also has his winery investments in many countries around the world,besides China in Bulgaria,Romania,South Africa and Israel.Karl believes China has the potential to become a major destination in the world wine market and that Chinese terroir can produce highest quality wines to be recognized worldwide.

　　1、你在九顶庄园的角色是？

　　我是创始人，主人和董事长。

　　1.What's your role in Chateau Nine Peaks?

　　I'm the founder,owner and chairman.

　　2、是什么激发了你对葡萄酒的热爱？

　　一瓶1961年份的侯伯王葡萄酒。

　　2.What bottle sparked your love of wine?

　　Chateau Haut-Brion 1961.

　　3、谁启发了您进入葡萄酒行业？

　　我对葡萄酒的热爱以及对产品及其生产经济学的理解，使我相信投资葡萄酒是伟大的“养老金保险”，因为它需要大量资金进行前期投资并在很晚才获得回报，但是如果您能坚持并且少犯错误，收益也会是可观而长远的！

　　3.What or who inspired you to the wine industry?

　　My love to wine and my feeling of understanding the products and it's production economics lead me to believe that investing in wine is great'pension insurance'as it requires a lot of money to invest upfront and harvest the returns quite late but then for a very long time–if you work sustainably and do not make mistakes!

　　4、您最喜欢工作的哪一部分？

　　为了调配的品鉴工作。在葡萄酒发酵之后，当我们开始品尝并试图找到最佳的调配比例时，这是我最喜欢的部分。

　　4.What's your favorite part of the job?

　　The tasting for the blend.So,after the fermentation of the wine,when we start to taste and try to decide which blending is the most suitable is my favorite job.

　　5、您是如何取得今天的成就的？

　　我曾是金融领域非常努力的高管，而且我的数学天赋对生活非常有帮助。

　　5.How did you arrive at the position you are in today?

　　I was a very hard-working senior manager in the Finance Business with my talent for mathematics,which is really very helpful in life...

　　6、如果可以给更年轻的你一些建议，你会说什么？

　　首先要努力学习，然后选择与优秀的或是坚持原则的酒庄合作，例如在加州或罗纳河谷的一些酒庄，他们有独特的做事方式，然后就是我们九顶庄园，也是独一无二的。

　　6.If you could give your younger self advice when starting in this industry,what would it be?

　　To study hard and then to work with the best and unconventional wineries,California for example,some Cote du Rhone where people would do the things differently,then us at Chateau Nine Peaks of course.

　　7、如果不从事葡萄酒行业，你会做什么？为什么？

　　我曾经做过并且仍然会做很多其他事情，但是总的来说，我喜欢农业，比如水果种植和养牛。

　　7.If you weren't in wine industry,what would you be doing and why?

　　I did and still do a lot of other things anyway,but I love farming in general–field fruits and cattle.

　　8、什么时候第一次来中国？

　　1987年，香港；1994年，深圳。

　　8.When was your first trip to China?

　　1987 to Hongkong and then 1994 to Shenzhen.

　　9、在中国工作，你最骄傲自豪的是什么？

　　在中国生产高品质或是独一无二的葡萄酒，例如我们的优质霞多丽，柔美的蛇龙珠，和浓郁的小维多。

　　9.What makes you most proud to be working in China?

　　Making different and new wines in China which nobody did before,like our top-class Chardonnay wines,our very dense Cabernet Gernischt and our brilliant,concentrated and still soft Petit Verdot.

　　10、迄今为止，你在中国最难忘的葡萄酒经历是什么？

　　太多了，例如青岛，北京，……九顶庄园。

　　10.What to date has been your most memorable wine experience in China?

　　Many of them,I think,like the city of Qingdao,Beijing and…Chateau Nine Peaks,too.

　　11、你是如何与九顶庄园结缘的？

　　是通过我朋友西德尼（下图）认识的，他介绍了莱西这个地方，并且我们希望在这片土地上酿造出最好的中国葡萄酒。

　　11.How did you meet Chateau Nine Peaks?

　　I met Chateau Nine Peaks by my friend,Sydney（photo below：Sydney with his lovely animals in C9P）who introduced me to Laixi and that land with which we expect to make the best wines in China.

　　12、你对九顶庄园的期待是什么？

　　酿造中国最好的葡萄酒。

　　12.What do you expect for Chateau Nine Peaks?

　　To make the best wines in China.

　　13、你梦想中的葡萄园在哪？

　　纳帕谷（Napa Valley）是迄今为止最美丽，最有趣的葡萄酒，如果您有足够的时间等待一百年。

　　13.Where would your fantasy vineyard be?

　　Napa Valley,by far the most beautiful and interesting wines if you have enough time to wait for one hundred years.

　　14、你觉得最佳的餐酒搭配是什么？

　　小山羊肉与我们的蛇龙珠是绝配。

　　14.What's your ultimate food and wine pairing?

　　Baby goat with our Cabernet Gernischt.

　　15、在结束了漫长的一天工作后，你喝点什么?

　　意大利Angelo Gaja的Grappa Sperss烈酒。

　　15.What's your go-to drink at the end of a long day?

　　Grappa Sperss by Angelo Gaja.

　　16、在您80岁生日时，您最想和谁一起喝酒？

　　我的妻子，我的孩子和孙子孙女。(下图，卡尔全家照）

　　16.Whom do you most want to drink with on your 80th birthday?

　　My wife,my kids and grandkids.（Photo below:Karl with his family together.）

　　2018年，卡尔带着全家到中国旅行，随行的还有他的专业马球队，其中，他的两个儿子（下图中的2号选手Sasha和3号选手Leon）是球队的主力选手。最终，他们凭借绝对的实力赢得了2018年北京国际马球公开赛暨“一带一路”国际马球公开赛冠军。

　　2018,Karl took his family to China for a short visit,as well as his polo team in which his two sons(photo below in middle:No.2,Sasha&No.3,Leon)are the main players.And they won the champion of 2018 Beijing International Polo Open Tournament&"The Belt and Road"International Polo Open Tournament.