In fact, the time for red wine brewing is at the end of October and the beginning of November, but if this 10,000-acre winery does not hurry up to brew, Dong Shanhe feels that it will not be able to be brewed even in December.

Smith had already hired three agricultural services companies to work for, or one would not have been enough.

Three companies, more than 1,000 people, this day's salary is more than 2 million US dollars, according to the division of roads, each is responsible for a piece.

In the morning, Dong Shanhe got up early, because there were many people coming over today, in addition to Elon Musk, who chatted with Dong Shanhe last time, there were Zuckerberg, Ballmer, Larry Page and others, these people not only wanted to taste the new wine, but also wanted to invest in the winery by the way.

Dong Shanhe felt that since he cooperated once, then he could cooperate for the second time, his own power was very weak before, even if his personal ability was very strong, but he could not fight and kill for a lifetime, he could only give in temporarily, but there were two that could not be repeated, Dong Shanhe made up his mind, only these two opportunities, even if someone wanted to buy shares in the future, it was impossible for him to agree.

The first person to come was Dong Shanhe's surprise, Anna Shiv, Dong Shanhe didn't expect her to be the first to come.

Of course, this place is familiar to Anna Schiff, he has been here many times before, when it was not so full of life, and everything was still beautiful.

Anna, who got out of the car, was a little sad, if she had persevered at that time, would there have been a different ending, but unfortunately time could not go back to the past.

Immediately following Anna Schiff was Elon Musk, who didn't know why he was so attentive, so he ran over at nine o'clock.

"Elon, how have you been these two days?" Dong Shanhe hugged each other after meeting Elon Musk.

After a few words of greeting, Dong Shanhe came to Anna again, "Long time no see." "I haven't seen her for more than half a year, Anna has lost a lot of weight, and I used to have some baby fat feelings, but now I don't feel it at all.

"It's been a long time, but I didn't expect you to grow to this point now, and your spoken English is much better. Anna said with some embarrassment.

"Are you alone?" Dong Shanhe looked at Anna, then at the familiar car behind her, and couldn't help asking.

Dong Shanhe thought that Anna's sister was back, but he didn't expect that the person sitting in the car was not her sister, but another person.

"Anna, have you had a good chat, why don't you introduce me?" A woman stepped out of the car, looking very young, but Dong Shanhe knew that she was in her thirties after a closer look, and her delicate makeup perfectly covered the precipitation of the years and enhanced her charm.

"Dong, this is my friend, Ivanka. Anna pointed to Ivanka and introduced it to Dong Shanhe.

"Hello, hello!" Dong Shanhe didn't look carefully, but now when he heard Anna's introduction, he immediately knew that she was Trump's daughter Ivanka, that is, the legendary princess.

I have to say that the eldest princess is beautiful, and she is also very charming, she was once Dong Shanhe's dream friend, but since she got married, Dong Shanhe has changed her fantasy partner, and then Dong Shanhe also got married, so he completely threw her into a corner of his mind to eat ashes.

"Hello, Ivanka, can I call you that?" Dong Shanhe shook hands with Ivanka quite familiarly.

"Absolutely. Ivanka replied with a smile.

She was brought over by Anna, and she didn't know what was going on, except that Anna had asked her to accompany her to a winery to participate in the new wine making ceremony.

Ivanka was still very puzzled, at first she thought that Anna was in love, but after observation, she found that she didn't, or that she didn't look like the kind of woman who was deeply in love.

It started at about ten o'clock, and after half past nine, more and more people came, and soon the winery was full of cars.

The dozen or so Silicon Valley bigwigs who signed a contract with Dong Shanhe last time basically came, but Bill didn't come, and he was still sleeping lazily in Seattle.

"Let's get started now. "The grape harvest has been going on for a while and the winery is now full of ready wine grapes.

With Dong Shanhe's order, the machines in the brewery were started, all the machines in it were left by old George, and Dong Shanhe did not give up, because the more experienced the machine, the more it can give people an inexplicable feeling.

This is the first time Dong Shanhe has seen how red wine is made, and it can be regarded as an eye-opener.

First of all, the most important raw material for making red wine is grapes, and the grapes after harvest sometimes carry grape leaves and unripe or rotten grapes, and the winery will do screening before brewing and even carefully select the best grapes one by one, and hundreds of people are also selecting grapes in the winery of Dongshanhe.

Make up your mind to make the best red wine, of course, according to the strictest standards, so Dong Shanhe must do everything to the best, not afraid of spending a lot of money, but afraid that the quality of his own products will not be good at that time.

After cleaning the grapes and selecting the grapes, they need to be destemmed, the tannins in the stems are more astringent, and they often have a pungent grass smell when they are not fully ripe, so they must be removed in whole or in part.

Since the grape skin contains important components such as tannins, red pigment and aromatic substances, before fermentation, especially in red wines, the grape pulp must be squeezed out of the skin, so that the grape juice and the grape skin can come into contact so that these substances can be dissolved into the wine.

These three processes are being carried out in an orderly manner, because this is also the reason why Dong Shanhe recruits so many workers.

Dong Shanhe sometimes will let some guests choose some grapes by themselves, let them pick and remove the stems and skins by themselves, and then throw them into the press to press, and then the red wine they brew by themselves will be specially marked for them, and when it is stored for a certain time, it will be given to them at that time, which is also what Dong Shanhe learned from the tree, so that people can do it themselves, and there will be a special sense of achievement, as if the food they make is fragrant.

The cleaned grapes are thrown directly into the juicer, which is not only a modern machine, but also a traditional vertical press. Because this 10,000-acre winery can't all be pressed by traditional hand, because it is simply impossible to complete, even if it is half a year, it may not be completed, so there must be modern machines, of course, old George's winery is absolutely indispensable to traditional juicers.

Dong Shanhe will select the best grapes and press them with a traditional juicer, which can be regarded as creating his own top product, according to the chief winemaker, the traditional juicer with the air bag press is gentle, and the effect is better.

Once the grapes have been pressed by the juicer, they move on to the next process, which is the alcoholic fermentation of the grapes.

Usually the grapes themselves contain yeast, yeast must be in an environment between 10 and 30 degrees Celsius to function properly, too low a temperature will slow down or even stop yeast activity, too high a temperature will kill the yeast and make the alcoholic fermentation completely stopped. About 17 grams of sugar can be fermented into 1 percent of alcohol, so to make a wine with an alcohol concentration of 12 degrees, the concentration of sugar in the grape juice must reach less than 200 grams.

The alcoholic fermentation of red wine is generally carried out in oak barrels, so the most things in the winery are oak barrels, which are basically not the oak barrels used before, because the new oak barrels will give the wine a different sensation and will also change the taste of the red wine.

Dong Shanhe saw that a lot of red wine was packed into oak barrels, and he knew that there was nothing to do, because after the red wine was put into the oak barrels, these oak barrels would be transported to the cellar, and then naturally fermented for a year and a half, until the spring of the following year, it was a perfect red wine.

According to the winemaking procedure, the wine stored in the cellar must be transferred to another clean barrel every few months to remove the sediment that has settled at the bottom of the barrel, and this process also exposes the wine to the air slightly to avoid unpleasant reducing odours. This method is the clarification method that has the least impact on the wine.

What other filtration methods, adding sulfur dioxide and other things, but Dong Shanhe made up his mind to make the best red wine, of course, with the most stringent process, the most perfect process to manufacture, so other methods Dong Shanhe can avoid avoiding, as for the barrel change method will increase labor costs, this is not a matter for Dong Shanhe, when his red wine won the gold medal of the red wine exhibition, when the time comes to sell 800 or 1,000, it is not up to him to decide.

"Husband, why do these grapes put them in oak barrels after they are juiced?" asked Liu Miaomiao, who was holding the child, standing beside Dong Shanhe.

Liu Miaomiao looked at Anna and Ivanka behind Dong Shanhe and had a strong sense of crisis, those two beautiful women, they want to be charming, pure, pure, face, and figure, although their figure is proud, but it is only compared with the Chinese people, compared with the Western golden silk Yanma, it is still a step behind.

Although both of them deliberately stayed away from Dong Shanhe, Liu Miaomiao was still aware of that kind of non-existent look, but she didn't say a word, just hugged the child and followed Dong Shanhe's side, unwilling to stay away step by step.

The potential meaning of Liu Miaomiao's doing this is to declare sovereignty, he has Dong Shanhe's children and his wife, you wild women better get out of the way.

"The main reason why red wine is in oak barrels is that the biggest influence of oak barrels on wine is to stabilize the structure of the wine through moderate oxidation and integrate the aromas in the barrel into the wine. The woody cells in the walls of the oak barrel are breathable and allow a very small amount of air to pass through the walls and penetrate into the barrel to cause a moderate oxidation of the wine. Excessive oxidation can spoil the wine, but the slow penetration of a small amount of oxygen into the barrel softens the tannins, allowing the wine to ripen more and allow the fresh fruit aromas of the wine to develop into a rich and varied ripening aroma. So you have to know that the soft red wines you drink are fermented in oak barrels for a year and a half or even two years. Dong Shanhe meticulously explained to Liu Miaomiao.

"Since air can pass through the walls of the barrel, the wine in the barrel will evaporate into the air through the walls of the barrel. So after a period of storage, the wine in the barrel will be reduced and there will be gaps in the barrel. As a result, the wine oxidizes too quickly to improve its quality. Every once in a while, therefore, the winemaker has to "add barrels", adding wine to fill the barrels. After a year or two, the wine becomes more concentrated by evaporation. ”

"In addition to providing a moderate oxidation environment for the wine, the aromas inherent in the barrel are also incorporated into the wine. In addition to woody notes, depending on the degree of cask smoke, the wine brings aromas such as cream, vanilla, toast, toasted almonds, smoke and cloves. ”

The reason why red wine tastes different is because the barrels are different. Dong Shanhe pointed to the new oak barrels and said.

In fact, Dong Shanhe will let those top oak barrels add some space liquid after these guests leave, Dong Shanhe is afraid that if he does not add space elixir, he will not be able to beat the world's red wine with those optimized wine grapes alone, so Dong Shanhe can only choose to cheat.

"Of course, oak barrels are not all good for red wine, it also has other disadvantages, such as uncleaned or too old oak barrels, which not only bring bad smells such as musty and rotten wood to the wine, but also cause excessive oxidation and spoilage. In addition, poorer quality oak can bring inferior tannins to the wine, which in turn can become dry and unpalatable. ”

"In addition, the new and old barrels have a different effect on the wine, the newer the barrel, the better the closure, and the more woody aromas are brought to the wine. For example, if you want to maintain the fresh aroma of red wine, you can choose large oak barrels, which will not mature too quickly, and will not have excess woody aromas. But not all wines are suitable for cultivation in oak barrels. For example, some ready-to-drink wines can be cultured in oak barrels to lose their original freshness and fruitiness, and thus destroy the balance of taste. Wines that are light and less intense should also be cultured in oak barrels, lest the woody aromas and tannins of the barrels completely obscure the original flavor. Dong Shanhe said a lot to Liu Miaomiao, but basically Liu Miaomiao didn't listen, because she just made a look, wanting to show a kind of husband and wife love to the people outside, especially the two wild women in the back.