He spent 8 years and traveled 20,000 acres of land to carry out the research and development of integrated raw material planting and brewing process innovation, breaking the foreign technology blockade, filling the gap of domestic products, and creating an "international leading" technological achievement;
He is Chen Jiawei, a senior technician of China Great Wall Wine Co., Ltd., a national first-class sommelier and a national judge...... In 2024, Chen Jiawei won the National May Day Labor Medal. Under the halo of honor, he has always been down-to-earth, his original intention has not changed, and with his dedication and loyalty to the wine industry, he has written his own moving poems.
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Stick to ingenuity to make good wine
In 2007, Chen Jiawei, who had just graduated, came to China Great Wall Wine Co., Ltd. through school recruitment. When I got off the train, I saw the faded "Shacheng Station", the mottled yellow brick walls, and the green window frames with the paint off, which was somewhat in contrast to the imaginary romantic "Chinese grape (wine) town", "Is this the place I want to struggle?" Chen Jiawei asked himself. At the time, he didn't know much about wine, but he started his own wine journey with a passion.
As a grassroots employee, in order to get familiar with the business as soon as possible, in addition to research in the laboratory, he also needs to drill into large tanks to wash cans and move oak barrels every day. After work, he continued to read a lot of books about red wine, and at the same time, the recent "college graduate" became a "fruit grower", who went in and out of the vineyard every day to observe the quality and growth of various grape varieties.
In everyone's opinion, he is down-to-earth and practical, arrogant and gentle. After working for a while, he has an almost paranoid love and pursuit of winemaking, and he firmly believes that only the best grapes can make the best wines. But at the same time, he also has a gentle side, he will be by the winemaking equipment at every important moment to ensure that every drop of wine is flawless.
In 2024, Chen Jiawei, who has worked for 17 years, has grown into a senior technician of China Great Wall Wine Co., Ltd., standing in front of the big screen of COFCO Great Wall Lakeshore Portugal Garden Data Center, he expertly explains the production period of each grape, and in the wine exhibition hall, he shakes his red wine glass and proudly shows his wine to visitors. "I don't want to go anywhere now, I just want to spend more time in the vineyards, try recipes in the research room, and do what I love best. Chen Jiawei said.
Dig deep into the characteristics
In the Chinese wine world, "Shacheng" represents a region with a strong background. In 1979, the first bottle of dry white wine in New China that met international standards was made from local longan grapes. In Chen Jiawei's heart, longan grapes are synonymous with inheritance. He hopes that through his own hands, he will carry forward the longan grape brewing technology and brew a unique style that belongs to China.
In 2007, Chen Jiawei's technical team took the initiative to undertake research topics related to longan grapes. In order to find the most suitable grape varieties for winemaking, Chen Jiawei set himself a goal: to visit all the local plantations. At the end of the day, it is often late at night when I return home after researching seven or eight plantations.
In order to study the influence of different growing conditions on the quality of grapes, Chen Jiawei personally managed ten acres of hillside land from his fellow villagers, one in the sun and one in the shade. In order to study the effect of different yields on the quality of winemaking, he numbered the bunches of grapes in the vineyard one by one, up to a thousand.
Perseverance, time gives the best answer. In 2017, Chen Jiawei has carried out a comprehensive exploration from cultivating varieties to innovative processes, and he has become proficient in processing grapes by means of concentrated fermentation, wild yeast fermentation, or cutting the bunches of grapes, fermenting the top 1/3 of the fruit separately, and the bottom 2/3 of the fruit fermenting alone.
"In 2020, I suddenly found that the longan old rattan with a yield of 2,000 catties per mu has the best performance in winemaking, and the dry white longan produced has significantly improved in terms of taste and aroma richness. In my vision, the dry white longan should have a fresh white floral fragrance similar to apricot blossoms and peach blossoms. So I immediately researched the blending of longan grapes and different varieties. Chen Jiawei said. In 2020, the blending method of "longan + Gewürztraminer" was officially finalized.
Finally, the longan grape, which carries the memory of China's thousand-year-old terroir, is once again revitalized in the hands of Chen Jiawei. In September 2021, two new wines made mainly from longan grapes shined at the Asian Wine Quality Competition, winning the Grand Gold Award and the Gold Award successively. At the end of 2022, Chen Jiawei led the team to summarize the relevant scientific research projects into a scientific and technological achievement, and the experts unanimously recognized that this achievement had reached the "international leading" level.
Scientific and technological innovation makes national liquor
In recent years, the Great Wall Five-Star has become the only designated wine for the Boao Forum in Asia, the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, the Shanghai World Expo, the Beijing A P E C Conference, and the CICA Summit, representing the quality of Chinese wines. This makes Chen Jiawei and his colleagues feel extremely honored and proud.
In order to create the quality of the state banquet and at the same time let Chinese wine enter more people, Chen Jiawei focused on the Great Wall five-star dry red product upgrade project, after dozens of hundreds of process tests, starting from the standardization and fine management of the vineyard, to the use of flexible brewing technology, systematic oak barrel aging process, combined with oak aging technology, continuous improvement, the pursuit of excellence. The five-star Cabernet Sauvignon dry red wine won the gold medal in the three major international competitions and won the "Triple Crown", and Chinese wine stood on the world stage.
"If the country has a big event, you must drink the Great Wall", this is the self-confidence from Chinese wine, but also from Huailai, and even more from Chen Jiawei's self-confidence. Talking about the future, Chen Jiawei said that he will always stick to his career and focus on doing one thing well, escort the development of Chinese wine, and increase the strength of Huailai wine industry. Reporter Zheng Yuanyuan Intern Wang Ruotong
Editor: Fan Fan
Source: Heshan News client