Chapter 972 Traditional Craft
Xia Ruofei watched with great interest. The workers spread out the baskets of grapes very skillfully, and then carefully removed the grape stems.
Cabelli smiled and said: In summer, grape stems contain a lot of tannins, which will bring a sour taste, so in order to keep the wine fresh, the grape stems must be removed. We have always used the most traditional craftsmanship to brew wine. These are all manual operations. Although the efficiency is lower, the quality of the brewed wine will be much higher!
Xia Ruofei smiled and nodded and said: Yes, quality is the most important thing, and my farm in China is also a boutique route!
Feng Jing also said with a smile: Now we all advocate the spirit of craftsmanship in our country. I saw Uncle West and the others making wine, and I really felt the spirit of craftsmanship!
Cabelli said with a smile: This brewing method has been circulating for one or two hundred years, and now many wineries have introduced advanced machinery, but West has always stubbornly adhered to the traditional brewing method! Although the efficiency has become lower and the labor cost has increased a lot, he just refuses to change!
Must give a thumbs up for Uncle West! Xia Ruofei said with a smile, it is impossible for any line of business to be eager for quick success. Only when every detail is perfected can a real boutique be made!
Some workers are concentrating on removing the stems of the grapes, while some workers put the picked grapes into a high-temperature sterilized stainless steel container after breaking the skin. Every time a container is filled, someone will carry them into a small cold storage next to the winery. middle.
Mama Cabelli! What is that doing? Feng Jing asked curiously.
Aunt Cabelli said with a smile: In order to extract the aroma of the grapes and the active ingredients in the skin, and enhance the original fresh fruit aroma of the grape variety, we will put the broken grapes and grape juice under temperature control before juicing. The low temperature soaking program can make the wine taste more rich and round!
Oh! Long experience! Feng Jing said with a smile.
Feng, in fact, this process is very boring! Cabelli said with a smile that the low-temperature soaking procedure takes more than ten hours.
Juicing won't start until tomorrow at the earliest, so why not let Xia take you around the vineyard?
Xia Ruofei said with a smile: "Alright! By the way, Aunt Cabelli, are the grapes picking at the vineyard? We are just going to meet and see!
Aunt Cabelli smiled and shook her head and said: No one is working in the vineyard now!
Oh? why is that? Xia Ruofei was a little surprised.
Aunt Cabelli explained with a smile: White grapes are very sensitive to temperature. High temperature will destroy the elegant sound of white grapes and increase the risk of grapes being oxidized and infected by microorganisms, so the picking time is mostly in the early morning, before the sun Completed before fully rising. And be very careful when harvesting, try to keep the fruit intact.
So troublesome? Xia Ruofei said, isn't it hard for Uncle West? So early to organize grape picking and winemaking during the day
We are all used to it that the grape harvesting season is a little harder every year. Aunt Cabelli said with a smile, but she also has a sense of accomplishment!
That won't work! You are also getting old, and Xia Ruofei, who can't stand it like this, said, "It's really not good, just hire someone to watch it in the vineyard, you and Uncle West don't get up so early!
yes! Aunt Cabellie. Feng Jing also said that it is still the body that matters!
Aunt Cabelli smiled and waved her hand and said: He will not be relieved to give it to others! Besides, we will also pay attention to rest. I take turns with him to rest during the day when making wine, and we also go to bed early in the evening. It is only during this period of time that all the grapes are harvested.
Xia Ruofei couldn't beat her, so she could only say helplessly: Then hire more workers and finish picking the grapes as soon as possible! Never mind the added cost!
Aunt Cabelli said with a smile: Xia, thank you for your concern, but the degree of ripeness of the grapes is different, and the amount of picking is calculated each time, and increasing the number of people will not solve the problem! Do not worry! Although the two wineries are picking at the same time this year, the picking can be finished in five days at most!
All right! You must pay attention to rest! Xia Ruofei said.
good good! Aunt Cabelli said with a smile.
Xia Ruofei thought about it and said: Since there is no one working on the vineyard, then we will not go there. Why don't we help out too!
Aunt Cabelli was stunned for a moment, and then said, "Okay! Come and let me take you to wash your hands and disinfect
The de-stemming and peeling of the grapes has no technical content. The only requirement is to be careful, so Aunt Cabelli is not worried that the two will affect the work progress of the workers.
After Xia Ruofei and Feng Jing washed their hands, they joined the work team with great interest.
At first, Aunt Cabelli was a little worried that they were careless and failed to remove the grape stems, but after working with them for a while, she was completely relieved.
Both are very meticulous, and although the work efficiency is not as high as those of the skilled workers, the quality of the work is very high.
After Xia Ruofei got used to it for a while, the efficiency of his work also improved, and he quickly removed the grape stems, which seemed to be no different from those skilled workers.
One morning, everyone was busy working, processing more than half of the grapes picked two days ago.
Xia Ruofei was worried that Feng Jing was tired and persuaded her to take a break next to her, but Feng Jing insisted on working with everyone and refused to rest at all.
Seeing Feng Jing's sweaty face, Xia Ruofei couldn't help but feel a little distressed.
After the manual work in the morning, he immediately went over and poured a glass of water for Feng Jing. After blocking everyone's sight, he secretly took out a few drops of the petal solution from the space and dropped them into the water, and then brought it to Feng Jing.
Sister Jing, drink some water! Xia Ruofei said with a smile.
Yo! How can I be a little flattered that the boss serves me in person! Feng Jing said with a smile.
Still poor? Take a breath now! Look at your tired Xia Ruofei and say.
Feng Jing smiled sweetly, took the cup and drank it, then blinked at Xia Ruofei and said, "I'm not tired! Let's come back in the afternoon!
Don't be rude! Xia Ruofei said, he will rest on the farm in the afternoon
I'm not tired! Feng Jing said, I think it is very interesting! Sitting in the office all day in China, the cervical and lumbar vertebrae are all strained. I occasionally do physical work, and my whole body feels relaxed!
Old West walked over, gave them a thumbs up, and said, "Xia Feng, your de-stalking skills are already great! thank you for the help!
Xia Ruofei shrugged and said: Uncle West, if you want to say thank you, it should be me, I thank you! Aunt Cabelli has already told me that you have been working very hard during this time!
Old West said with a smile: Hard work is hard work, but the sense of achievement is very high! Xia, the grape varieties you offer are amazing! Not only did the incredible first year produce grapes that met winemaking standards, but the quality was even higher than the semi11yin grapes I've seen in the past few decades! I can't wait to see what the quality of the wines will be like!
Feng Jing asked curiously: Ruofei, did you provide this grape seedling?
Xia Ruofei smiled and said: Well! I happened to know a better semi11yin grape, so I imported a batch to the Hunter Valley, and then asked Uncle West to dig out all the grapes originally planted and replant the new varieties I provided!
You are too bold! Feng Jing said, what if there is a problem with this vine? Wouldn't that take years to delay?
Xia Ruofei shrugged and said: Uncle West also thought so at the beginning, but isn't the fact proven now? This is indeed a quality vine!
After the two whispered a few words, Xia Ruofei said to the two: Uncle West, Aunt Cabelli, then we will go back to the farm first, and come back in the afternoon!
Just eat here! Aunt Cabelli said quickly, I will make you delicious food!
No no no no! Xia Ruofei waved his hand and said, the farm is ready, let's go back to eat!
The two old people have been working so hard these days. Xia Ruofei really doesn't want to trouble them, because if the two of them stay for dinner, Aunt Cabeli will definitely prepare a very rich lunch. They are so tired from work, how can they be embarrassed? !
OK then! Old West said, but you can rest at the farm in the afternoon! don't come help
Xia Ruofei pointed at Feng Jing with a smile and said, "I originally arranged it like this, but Sister Jing is not willing! She loves the work atmosphere here!
Ha ha! Come on then! Old West said happily, but you should pay attention to rest, you can't work as hard as in the morning!
In the morning, Xia Ruofei and Feng Jing worked harder than those workers. Together, the two handled more than ten or twenty baskets of grapes. Even the old West and his wife were secretly admiring.
Know it! Xia Ruofei said, the sun is very poisonous at noon, you also rest, don't work too early!
The two said their goodbyes, left West Winery, and returned to Wonderland Farm for lunch.
At the fairyland farm, Xia Ruofei also saw Diffra, the full-time deputy manager of the farm, again. Although Liang Qi deliberately concealed it, he still saw from some inadvertent details that Liang Qi and Devra should have been together.
While helping to clean up the dishes, Xia Ruofei whispered in Liang Qi's ear: Okay, buddy! Come to Australia to raise our country's prestige! This foreign girl is very good, think about how to pass your father's level, and then marry her home!
Liang Qi said with a bitter face: "The eight characters haven't been written yet!" Besides, my dad is so old-fashioned, you don't know how he could agree to marry a foreign woman? Why don't you help me think of a way?
Xia Ruofei laughed and said: I'm sorry, I can't help you! You have to figure it out for yourself! Haha take a nap!
Hello! Liang Qi screamed, but Xia Ruofei kept walking, and quickly walked up the stairs in three steps and two steps. Liang Qi was so angry that he threw the rag in the sink and said, it's too unethical.
In the afternoon, Xia Ruofei and Feng Jing were still doing the boring work of peeling and de-stemming the grapes with the workers.
By the time they had processed all the grapes, it was completely dark.
Xia Ruofei still declined the invitation of the old West couple to have dinner, and took Feng Jing directly back to the fairyland farm.
The next day, Xia Ruofei and Feng Jing arrived at West Winery early.
Uncle West, won't it still be peeled and stemmed today? Xia Ruofei asked as soon as they met, this job is so boring!
West is organizing workers to move the grapes picked this morning into the warehouse. Hearing this, he said with a smile: This new batch of grapes will be de-stemmed as soon as possible, but this work will be handled by Cabelli. We yesterday The grapes have been low temperature soaked, and the next step can be taken today!
Xia Ruofei's eyes lit up and said, "That's great! When does it begin?
immediately! Old West said, you two come with me!
Old West brought Xia Ruofei and Feng Jing to the winery's winemaking workshop. Although he always insisted on using traditional crafts to make wine, Old West also did not reject new technologies. For example, in terms of sanitary conditions, it was better than hundreds of years ago The ancestors were much better.
After everyone went through strict disinfection procedures, the old West was allowed to enter the brewing workshop.
Wearing rubber gloves, Old West said, "Today we have to do the juicing procedure!" This process has to be done by seasoned old brewers, Bill and they're all old folks! They'll come with me to juice the cold soaked grapes!
Beside Old West, several gray-haired old workers showed hearty smiles to Xia Ruofei.
This time, Xia Ruofei and Feng Jing couldn't get their hands on it. They watched Old West pour the grapes into a special container, and then squeezed the juice by hand. The grape juice would flow from the small tube at the bottom of the container into the stainless steel barrel.
Old West said while operating: The juicing process must be fast, and contact with the air must be avoided as much as possible, because the oxygen in the air will cause oxidative deterioration and discoloration of the grape juice. At the same time, the action should be very gentle, otherwise the excessive pressure may cause the grape skins to crack, releasing substances such as tannins and causing a bitter taste.
Xia Ruofei nodded and said: It seems that this process is quite critical!
Ha ha! Xia, don't worry! We old folks have been doing it for decades, absolutely no problem! Old West said with a smile.
Old West and the others are very efficient, they finished processing all the grapes from yesterday in half a day.
The workers moved sealed stainless steel barrels containing grape juice into small cold storage and placed them neatly.
Old West said: In summer, these squeezed grape juices also need to stand under cooling conditions, so that large particles will be deposited on the bottom of the container. What we need to make wine is the supernatant, and use them for fermentation!
How long will that take? Xia Ruofei asked.
Old West said with a smile: This time tomorrow is almost there! Now some wineries often use centrifuges for separation for convenience, but this will cause the yeast to be removed together, and artificial yeast needs to be added.
Xia Ruofei laughed and said: I know, this is absolutely unbearable for Uncle West who insists on traditional craftsmanship!
Hahaha! Old West laughed, yes! Such innovation is wrong! They can say I'm old-fashioned, but I just stick to my point of view!
I love old-fashioned stuff like this! Xia Ruofei gave a thumbs up and said with a smile, then we will come back tomorrow!
In the afternoon, the winery must continue the work of breaking the skin and stemming the newly picked grapes. Xia Ruofei really felt a little bored, so he decided to take Feng Jing to play in the Hunter Valley, and continue to experience traditional winemaking tomorrow.
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