The South Wind Knows My Heart; Sweet Wine Comforts My Life

After ten years of being manipulated by a multinational liquor conglomerate, star sommelier Lu Yiming hits rock bottom overnight! At an industry gala, one honest remark, “I prefer sweet wine,” gets him fired in front of everyone, ridiculed across the internet, and betrayed by his girlfriend. Ten years of glory vanish, and the entire wine industry blacklists him. With nowhere else to turn, he heads to Wuwei Valley at Beautiful Southern Nanning, a vineyard devoted to local sweet wine and scorned by the wine world. It becomes his last refuge. When he arrives at the estate, he clashes with Ye Putao, who is determined to protect her family’s legacy. She knows nothing of fancy terminology and makes wine by instinct alone. One is a fallen professional brainwashed by industry spin; the other is a sweet-wine craftswoman rooted in the land. From mutual disdain to standing shoulder to shoulder, they bring together a group of disillusioned people cast aside by the industry. Armed with Wuwei Valley’s Xiahei and Sunshine Rose grapes, they beat expensive dry reds in blind tastings through a grape maze, livestream exposés of industry scandals from an educational corridor, and take on authoritative KOLs with glass after glass of all-natural sweet wine. They expose the shocking conspiracy by which capital manipulates wine standards to fleece Chinese consumers, and shatter the hypocritical hierarchy that puts dry red above all else! From a small country shop to the ultimate showdown, they use an approachable glass of Huaxia sweet wine to topple a mighty wine empire. There is no high or low among tastes, and no hierarchy among palates! This time, the Chinese people