Nine years ago I interviewed the Englishman at the head of AXA Millésimes, the wine division of the French insurance group. Then 44, Christian Seely spoke entertainingly but guardedly about his progression from Insead business school to Guinness Mahon bank to reviving AXA’s port property Quinta do Noval. In 2000, he was given overall responsibility for AXA’s wine properties in Bordeaux, Burgundy, Languedoc, Portugal and Hungary.
九年前,我在法国著名保险集团旗下葡萄酒公司安盛佳酿(AXA Millésimes)的总部采访了克里斯蒂安•西里(Christian Seely),当时四十四岁的他开心地回忆了自己的经历:从欧洲工商管理学院(Insead business school)到马洪银行(Guinness Mahon bank),再到主持安盛旗下产业飞鸟酒庄(Quinta do Noval)的重振旗鼓。2000年,他已经全权负责起了安盛集团在波尔多(Bordeaux)、勃艮地(Bourgogne, Burgundy)、朗格多克(Languedoc)、葡萄牙和匈牙利地区的葡萄酒庄园业务。