Sweet like Wine: Love Your Dimples Even More-Chapter 94 - 55: Just a Different Perspective

From the moment Sean Lowell met Catherine Morgan’s mother, he remained calm and composed, like the night breeze sneaking in silently, helping Gordon Sterling handle unexpected events.

Who would have known that at the end of it all, a deep-sea bomb would explode on him.

"I... Mother? You mean, you know my mother, right?" Sean Lowell knew he was very close to the truth as soon as he arrived on Islay.

But when the truth truly confronted him, he realized he wasn’t ready.

If the person detonating the deep-sea bomb was Gordon Sterling, perhaps Sean could give himself some time to buffer.

If he missed what Catherine Morgan’s mother wanted to say now, he didn’t know if there would be another chance.

This became a problem Sean had to face directly.

"Yes, Quinn Fairmont, I know her." Catherine Morgan’s mother looked at Sean seriously before speaking slightly heavily: "You look quite like your mother."

Nineteen years ago, Catherine Morgan’s father met her mother outside the Brunschwig Distillery.

To Catherine Morgan’s parents, such a meeting was perhaps somewhat romantic.

However, that romance was intricately connected to the news of Quinn Fairmont’s death.

Nineteen years ago, Catherine Morgan’s mother came to Islay and lived in the village of Lagavoor in the south of Islay for three months.

The village of Lagavoor is also where Brunschwig Castle and the distillery are located. (Note)

In the late 1990s, Catherine Morgan’s mother enrolled in the globally renowned food engineering program at the University of Glaslow.

Her thesis was about the application of peat in the field of food engineering.

Peat is a "living fossil" like charcoal, a loose accumulation of organic material, composed of partially decomposed plant remains, humus, and minerals, and can be burned like charcoal.

Compared to traditional coal, peat is much looser and more distinctive.

Thus, peat also has another name, "turf."

Peat from each place has its own unique "terroir."

While peat is not unique to Islay, only Islay is famous worldwide for its peat whiskey.

The people of Islay use local peat for heating in winter.

They enjoy the grassy smell when peat burns.

Islay has tourism but is not a tourist hotspot.

Most of the year, Islay’s climate is not particularly pleasant.

This is evident from the "scenery film" Artie Vaughn intended to play at Winters Spirits’ annual White Spirit Top100 launch, featuring Summer Fairmont’s family whiskey brought back to Celestar.

The rescue girl’s video was halted shortly after starting, but even those few seconds conveyed a certain oddness in the hue of the scenery.

Like an ancient oil painting.

Layered with years, shrouded in a thin mist. 𝒻𝑟𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝑛𝘰𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝘤𝘰𝘮

The sky appeared purple, not blue.

That’s the truest depiction of Islay’s majestic scenery.

The sea breeze there howls like mad, and the waves are as wild as the peat flavor.

Like a grand epic, only those who "love" chasing migratory birds in harsh weather and die-hard fans of peat whiskey will make a pilgrimage to Islay.

But this is precisely Islay’s allure.

Many people who are passionate about liquor believe that once the spirit is removed from its original terroir, it is no longer the truest taste.

This is not difficult to understand, much like when your favorite restaurant opens many branches, but you always feel that only the flagship offers the most authentic taste.

All the branches fall short by an indescribable bit.

Islay’s terroir created the kingdom of peat whiskey.

When it comes to peat, people can’t help but think of Islay.

Catherine Morgan’s mother came to Islay to perfect her thesis on peat.

Many say that those who haven’t been to Islay can’t truly understand peat.

In the eyes of Islay’s people, those who don’t understand peat can’t truly understand whiskey.

Catherine Morgan’s mother did not research whiskey, but on Islay, peat and whiskey have always been inseparable.

This is why Catherine Morgan’s mother appeared in one distillery after another on Islay.

After examining every operational distillery, she finally went to the Brunschwig Distillery, rumored to be reopening at the time.