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Matthieu Finot knows a lot about wine. He sees it as a combination of science and art. From watching the weather and checking the soil, to testing grapes for sugar levels and acidity and then deciding when to harvest, Finot says nature and winemaker must work together.
"So what I do is I change grapes into wine. So, that's the easy part of it. But my job is a blend of farming, of science and arts because we need Mother Nature to ripen the grapes and to make grapes good to make good wine. So, that's the natural part.
"I need science to understand all the fermentation part and the aging part and everything that happens to the wine, and I need the artistic part that is what makes each wine maker unique and what makes brings the human factors into producing wine. And that is the reason why wine is being considered, very often, as, you know, is a kind of art. And there's a sense of artistic feeling to winemaking that I really appreciate."
Finot comes from a family of viticulturists and wine lovers. It was a natural for him to follow that path. He began his study early on his grandparents' farm.
"I was very proud of my roots of being a farmer and that's what I wanted to be. So, coming from northern Rhône area in France in Crozes-Hermitage, and the family farm was apricots, cherries, pear and vines. That's my roots. I mean we had like goats, we had a lot of things like that in my grandmother's house. But like, you know, when I came in a bit later in age, when after high school when I had to decide what I wanted to do for a living, I was passionate about wine and that's my father's side, too. My father loves wine, and when I was a kid my father make me try good wine and I really loved that."
Finot knew studying winemaking would be a good link between his love of wine, his love of dirt and his roots in farming.
"So, I've study viticulture and oenology and I went to Beaune in Burgundy to study that. It's a school in Beaune that give you training and practice about how to take care of a vineyard and how to make wine out of it."
After graduating in 1995, Finot worked in many different wine regions around France to learn all he could about wine.
"I've traveled a lot in France to go get into plenty of different wine regions. So, I've been in the Burgundy area, I've been in the Rhône area, been in Jura, I've been in Provence. I've been in Bordeaux area. So, I've been traveling a lot in France to learn different techniques of winemaking. And, for me, traveling was a part of learning, not only learning about winemaking, but you also learn a lot about yourself and that's the best part of traveling. And you learn that not everybody thinks the way you do and you learn to listen to people, and it's not all about you. And that's a very good thing that I've learned."
Matthieu Finot has also worked in Italy and South Africa to learn about winemaking and to gain international experience. In 2003, he came to the United States and he settled in Virginia.
"I wanted to go to New Zealand. But before going to New Zealand, I wanted to come to the United States. And, that was in 2003. I was planning to stay here for six months and then go to the southern hemisphere and go to New Zealand. It happened that I'm still here 13 years after. So, I guess I've been stuck here for some reason. When I first arrived here, I didn't know where was Virginia on the map, to be honest. I'd never been to United States before. That was my first time here. I had to look where was Charlottesville on the map, too. Never heard of it. I really had no expectation. It turned out to be that I'm loving it here and it's a great place to live."
Matthieu works at King Family Vineyards. He says winemaking is new to the state of Virginia.
"So here in Virginia and at King Family Vineyards, Virginia is a fairly new wine region. So, we are still working a lot about experimenting, to try to see what fits the best (in) our climate. We are a hot and humid climate. And so it's not the most ideal weather to ripen grapes. Grapes like usually more dry, dry weather so we are still experimenting with what does well for us here. But at King Family Vineyards and in central Virginia we do like to work with white wine, we do like to work with viognier. We do like to work with chardonnay. I think that works very well for us here. And when it comes to red, most of the grapes that grows in Bordeaux, grow very well here also. So, that's what we do at King Family vineyards."
Matthieu Finot says one does not have to know a lot about wine to understand or enjoy it.
"If you go to an art show, you don't need to have a lot of knowledge to say if you like this painting or if you like this one. And you might have one that you're not going to like at all because, like all, I found that completely ugly. But, at the same time, some people would say like, ‘oh no that's wonderful. That's a nice piece of art.' With wine, it is the same. It's not because your neighbor is going to like this specific wine that you have to like it. I think people think they need to learn a lot about the wine to see if they like it or not. What really matters, on a tasting, is what do you like."
Making wine is a process. Finot says the process for making red and white wine is different for each one.
"There's basic rules. I say that on a white wine, the basic rule is you're going to press the grapes, get some juice, and then ferment the juice in liquid form. And, that you're going to change grape juice into wine white.
"The reds you want to get some tannin and the color. And tannin and color are in the skin, not in the pulp, in the skin. So, you need the skin. So, what we do for the reds, we ferment the red with the whole berries. So, this fermentation process take two or three weeks, and sometimes even more, to get the color and the tannins out of the berries. So, it's two different process(es).
"If you ask me what tannin means, tannin is what's good for your heart, and that's the reason why people saying, like, drinking wine is healthy; that's mainly the tannins that are very strong antioxidant. And what tannin is, if you don't drink wine, if you don't drink wine I hope you drink tea, and if you drink tea and if you let your tea being infused for too long, the drying sensation that you've got out of the tea leaves are tannins."
Matthieu Finot says there is something important for all drinkers to remember about wine: it is meant to be enjoyed.
"Wine is just a way to have a good time. If you lose this idea of having a good time while you're drinking wine, then what's the purpose of wine? I mean if it's not your job, like mine.
"(The) purpose of wine is just to make you happy. So, at the end it's not something serious. I mean we can take it seriously, and I make a living out of it. So, in some way, it's serious for me, but wine it's not something serious. It's just a way to enjoy life. And I think people should just drink what they like. At the end of the day you should be happy with having a glass of wine. If you force yourself to drink a glass of wine and you don't like it, don't drink it. Drink something else."
重点解析
1.proud of为…而感到骄傲
What are you most proud of about the book, and what have people seemed to like most about it?
关于这本书您感到最自豪的是什么？ 以及那些内容读者可能最喜欢？
2.to be honest老实说
To be honest I have an unclear view of what I want to do with my major once I graduate.
老实说，到毕业时，我对于自己将从事的职业还没做出完整、清晰的规划。
3.turn out 结果是；最后是
He would turn out to be one of my best appointments, probably the finest secretary of defense since General George Marshall.
后来证明，任命他是我最佳的决定之一，大概算得上是自乔治.马歇尔将军以来最出色的国防部长。
4.at the end of 最后
At the end of this stage, the course should be prototyped.
在这一阶段的最后，课程的原型应该建立完成。
5.Take it seriously认真对待；
Take it seriously, he said, talk about consequences, extract an apology, but don’t act as if you think it means your child is a criminal.
他告诉我，只要你认真对待，和孩子好好谈谈后果，再设法让他道歉就好了，别搞得像对待犯人一样对孩子。
6.get into进入
All of us who do creative work, we get into it because we have good taste.
我们这些做创意工作的，因为品味不凡得以进入这个行业。
参考译文
马蒂厄·菲诺特很懂葡萄酒。他认为葡萄酒是科学和艺术的结合。从观察天气和检查土壤，到测试葡萄的含糖量和酸度，然后决定什么时候收割，菲诺特说大自然和酿酒师必须携手合作。
“我的工作就是把葡萄变成葡萄酒。所以这是简单的部分。但我的工作是农业、科学和艺术的结合，因为我们需要大自然的母亲来使葡萄成熟，让葡萄适合酿造好酒。所以这是大自然的部分。
“我需要科学来理解发酵和陈酿的过程以及制作葡萄酒时经历的一切，我需要艺术的部分就是，每一个酿酒师都与众不同的部分，是人的因素影响葡萄酒的生产的部分。这就是为什么葡萄酒经常被认为是一种艺术。我非常欣赏酿酒带来的艺术感觉。”
菲诺特来自一个葡萄种植者和葡萄酒爱好者的家庭。他走那条路是很自然的。他很早就在爷爷奶奶的农场开始学习。
“我为自己的农民身份感到骄傲，这也是我想成为的。我来自法国北部罗纳地区的艾米塔吉，家庭农场有杏子，樱桃，梨和葡萄树。那是我的根。我的意思是我们养了山羊，在我祖母的房子里有很多这样的东西。但是就像，你知道，当我年纪稍大一点的时候，高中毕业后，我必须决定我想做什么来谋生，当时我对葡萄酒充满了热情，这也是我父亲的立场。我父亲喜欢葡萄酒，当我还是个孩子的时候，我父亲让我品尝好酒，我真的很喜欢。”
菲诺特知道学习酿酒将很好地将他对葡萄酒的热爱、对泥土的热爱和他的农业根源联系在一起。
“我学过葡萄栽培学和酿酒学，我去勃艮第的波恩研究过。那是波恩的一所学校，学校会教你如何管理葡萄园，如何用葡萄酿酒。
1995年毕业后，菲诺在法国许多不同的葡萄酒产区工作，尽其所能地学习葡萄酒知识。
“我在法国旅行过很多次，去过很多不同的葡萄酒产区”。我去过勃艮第地区，罗纳地区，侏罗省，普罗旺斯地区。我去过波尔多地区。所以，我一直在法国旅行，学习不同的酿酒技术。对我来说，旅行是学习的一部分，不仅仅是学习酿酒，但是你也会对自己了解很多，这是旅行中最棒的部分。你会发现，并不是每个人都像你一样思考问题，你也学会了倾听别人的想法，这并不全是关于你自己的。这是我学到的一件非常好的事情。
马蒂厄·菲诺特也曾在意大利和南非工作，学习酿酒知识并获得国际经验。2003年，他来到美国，在弗吉尼亚州定居。
“我想去新西兰。但是在去新西兰之前，我想去美国。那是在2003年。我打算在这里待六个月，然后去南半球，去新西兰。碰巧13年后我还在这里。所以，我想我被困在这里是有原因的。当我第一次来的时候，说实话，我不知道弗吉尼亚在哪里。我以前从未去过美国。那是我第一次来这里。我不得不在地图上看夏洛茨维尔市在哪里，从没听说过这个城市。我真没想到。事实证明，我很喜欢这里，这是一个非常适合居住的地方。”
马蒂厄在国王家族葡萄园工作，他说，酿制葡萄酒对维吉尼亚州来说是新事物。
“所以在弗吉尼亚州和国王家族葡萄园，弗吉尼亚是一个相当新的葡萄酒产区。因此，我们仍在做大量的实验，试图找出最适合我们气候的方法。这里是高温湿热气候。所以这不是种植葡萄最理想的气候。葡萄通常喜欢比较干燥的天气，所以我们仍然在试验什么方法是适合我们的。但是在弗吉尼亚中部的国王家族葡萄园，我们喜欢酿造白葡萄酒，我们喜欢使用维欧尼酿酒。我们很喜欢酿造夏敦埃酒。我觉得这里非常适合酿造这些酒。说到红色，在波尔多种植的大多数葡萄在这里也长得很好。这就是我们在国王家族葡萄园所做的。
马蒂厄·菲诺特说一个人不需要知道很多关于葡萄酒的知识就能理解或享受它。
“如果你去看一场艺术展，你不需要有很多的知识来判断你是喜欢这幅画还是这幅画。你可能会有一个你一点都不喜欢的画，因为，就像所有的人一样，我发现这个完全是丑陋的。但与此同时，有些人会说，“哦，不，那太好了。那是一件很好的艺术品”。对于葡萄酒，情况也是如此。不是因为你的邻居会喜欢这种特定的酒，所以你必须喜欢它。我认为人们认为他们需要学习很多关于葡萄酒的知识，来看看他们是否喜欢它。在品尝过程中，真正重要的是你喜欢什么。”
酿造葡萄酒是一个过程。菲诺特说，酿造红葡萄酒和白葡萄酒的过程各不相同。
会有一些基本规则。我说过，对于白葡萄酒，基本的规则是你要按压葡萄，得到一些果汁，然后把果汁发酵成液体。你要把葡萄汁变成白葡萄酒。
“红酒则需要丹宁酸和颜色，丹宁酸和颜色存在于果皮上，而不是在果肉里。所以酿造红酒时你需要葡萄皮。我们要做的是，用整个浆果发酵红色。发酵过程需要两到三周，有时甚至更长时间，才能得到浆果的颜色和单宁酸。所以这两者的程序是有区别的。
“如果你问丹宁酸是什么，丹宁酸就是对你心脏有好处的东西，这就是为什么人们会说，喝红酒有利于身体健康，主要原因就是丹宁酸是非常强的抗氧化剂。丹宁酸是什么东西呢，如果你不喝红酒，我希望你喜欢喝茶，如果茶叶浸泡时间很长的话，你从茶叶中得到的干燥感觉就是因为单宁酸。”
马蒂厄·菲诺特认为，对于所有饮酒者来说，有一件重要的事情需要记住：葡萄酒是用来享受的。
“葡萄酒只是一种享受美好时光的方式。如果你在喝酒的时候失去了享受美好时光的想法，那喝酒的目的又是什么呢？我的意思是，这又不是你的工作，不像我一样。”
“喝葡萄酒的目的就是让你感到开心。所以，这并不是一件严肃的事情。我的意思是我们得认真对待它，因为我们以此为生。所以在某种程度上，葡萄酒对我来说是严肃的事情，但是葡萄酒并不是什么严肃的事情。它就是享受生活的一种方式。我觉得人们喝自己喜欢喝的酒就行了。到最后，喝一杯酒时，你应该是感到很高兴的。如果你强迫自己喝一杯你不喜欢的酒，那就不要喝。喝点别的。”
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