Aborovi Causeway 1: A short history of Château de Aegaeon
06 May 2023Claude Lecardunoie
I've reached the Elephant's Trunk Nebula, the goal of the Aborovi Causeway 1 exploration mission, comissioned by Farseer Inc. I decided to celebrate with some glasses of Château de Aegaeon under a sky colored by the star dust in Elephant's Trunk Sector CQ-Y c4 B 6.While enjoying it, I was reading the article of the "Galactic Gourmet" about Château de Aegaeon.
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Wineries of Château de Aegaeon are famous throughout the galaxy, growing a wide variety of cepages to produce the finest wines in human systems: reds, whites and even some sparkling wine.
They use a mix originals Earth grapes, among them Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Sémillon and Sauvignon Banc. But also mutated cépages, result of Château de Aegaeon long history of agro-engineering on terraformed planets or under greenhouses domes, like Martian Syrah, Beta Hydri Carménère, Green Grapes of Tau-Ceti and the famous Aegaeon B 6 Malvoisie. All of them, carefully assembled by Château de Aegaeon Maîtres de Chais.
The history of Château de Aegaeon is centuries long and traces back to Earth in the 21st century:
- 2030s: Pessac-Léognan, Bordelais, France: in spite of the ramping ecology crisis, Château Labardière kept producing quality wines.
- 2060s: Recovering from the World War III ruins, Château Labardière, renamed Labardière Wine and Spirit Cooperative successfully took over 70% of the short-lived Popular Union of European Nations wine production.
- 2100s: The Popular Union of European Nations joins the Federation. Following political and economical adjustments, Labardière Wine and Spirit Cooperative becomes Labardière Wine and Spirit Corporation (LWSCorp.)
- 2200s: Benefiting from the successfull Earth Environmental Recovery Plan, LWSCorp. reaches a 221% growth between 2208 and 2223.
- 2287-2292: The visionary Leopold-Rui Labardière, Maître de Chais and CEO of LWSCorp., decides to buy some acres of land on Mars, under the Tharsis Montes volcanoes, then thought inactive. And this, even before the Red Planet terraformation is fully achieved.
- 2330s: After the Battle of Achenar and the Federation Government and main federal institutions relocation on Mars, LWSCorp. enters the exclusive official Federal providers, increasing the company trade mark reputation in every federal systems. In 2237, Côteaux d'Arsia is recognized as the best wine, better than any earth production.
- 2890s: Under the lead of the then CEO Ovidius Zorv, LWSCorp. expands its activities in other systems recently terraformed planets, like Lave, Diso, and more notably in Aegaeon, on Aegaeon B 6.
- 2932: Tharsis Montes volcanoes first eruption in centuries. LWSCorp. main vineyards are destroyed. LWSCorp. shares price drops by 80% and the company is dropped from the Federal Stoxx 120, the main federal market index.
- 2933-2937: Selma Zorv-Labardière, head of the wineries of Schweickart Station, Aegaeon, and last heir of the Labardière dynasty, boldly buys 95% of what remains of LWSCorp. to safeguard the historical family company. LWSCorp. name is definitely changed for Château de Aegaeon Wineries and headquarters are moved to Schweickart Station.
- 2941: In a questionable legal and political manoeuvre, Selma Zorv-Labardière, creates the Château de Aegaeon Galactic DOC (GDOC) and becomes head of the GDOC executive committee. De facto, the company Château de Aegaeon Wineries is the one and only Château de Aegaeon GDOC producer.
- Nowadays: Château de Aegaeon wines are widely considered as the best in the Galaxy. Vineyards have even been created in Colonia. The long history of preserving original seeds from Earth, while engineering new cepages and always improving harvesting and maturing processes under low gravity conditions or artificial soil, makes Château de Aegaeon wines a luxury product. In recent years, Château de Aegaeon, has proudly sponsored exclusive events for Zachary Rackham or Princess Aisling Duval.
Château de Aegaeon, accords mets-vins:
- Château de Aegaeon white wine is best appreciated with Leesti Blue Blue Cheese
- Château de Aegaeon B 6 Malvoisie is a must served with Karsuki Locusts fricassée
- The tanins of the Malbec-Cabernet red wine assemblage shall be preferred with rich meat like Albino Quechua Mammoth Meat
- The spicy touch of the Gamay-Syrah is recommended with HIP 10175 Bush Meat filets
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Well, after the reading of this article, with my nutrition fluids and protein gel daily diet, I suddenly felt far from the Core Systems . Time to start the long journey back to the Bubble.