Chapter 371: Champagne
Everyone wiped their chopsticks with hot towels and began eating, and the waiter opened champagne and poured it for everyone.
Champagne refers to the white wine produced in the Champagne region of France, but the word champagne was first used in wine in 1657 in a village in Switzerland, and the word champagne was first used in 1906 in the Champagne region of France.
In 1998, France asked Switzerland to stop using the word champagne on the condition of opening its European skies to Switzerland, and Switzerland agreed, so Champagne became a French exclusive wine term, and Champagne became a French specialty. But in fact, champagne was first born in England, at least twenty years before France, when champagne did not have bubbles six times the pressure of the air.
Later, in France, the secondary fermentation method was produced, which made Champagne a sparkling wine. Champagne was also produced in China, using French techniques, but was later discontinued due to the protection clauses of European and American laws for champagne.
The waiter holds the bottom of the neck with his left hand, tilts the bottle mouth 15 degrees outward, and with his right hand, peels off the wrapping paper on the bottle mouth and loosens the twisted part of the wire mesh sleeve lock. While removing the net cover with the right hand, press the left thumb on the cork that is about to be flushed out at the right time, and then replace the left thumb with a napkin cloth with the right hand and pinch the cork with the palm of your hand.
When the cork rushed out, the right hand quickly unveiled the cork to the right, and the crisp sound of "pop" was not very loud, but it was heard very clearly.
When pouring the champagne, the waiter holds the middle of the bottle with his left hand, supports the neck of the bottle with his index finger, and gently supports the bottom of the bottle with his right hand. When the bubbles are first poured into the glass, the waiter pours a small amount of it, and when the bubbles are reduced, he will continue to pour half the glass, and then straighten the bottle upwards to prevent the wine from leaking out.
Among all wines, only champagne must be sealed with a cork, other types of wine do not matter, most of them do not use cork, only the wine sold in China no matter what quality and type use cork, I don't know why.
Champagne is the king of wines and is known as the wine of victory.
An Kee old shop sells Sec and Demi Sec from Beaumont-sur-Vesle in France, sweet white wine, which is the most suitable wine for Chinese to accompany Chinese food, which Lao Chen got in through what relationship, and selected two vintages produced in 88 and 90 years, and the champagne quality of these two vintages is the best in history.
Chinese learn something from the outside has always been based on interests, and taking the skin out of context is a common way to open it.
The definition of the so-called famous brand wine is set by the Chinese people, foreigners drinking wine is a kind of culture, there is no brand and famous wine, all wine has no brand, the so-called brand is just the name of the winery produced.
Like Lafite, it's just that because the light was right that year, Château Lafite produced a batch of high-quality wines, which does not mean that Château Lafite's wine is a famous wine and a big brand.
The price of wine is also determined by the quality rather than the brand.
Perhaps this year, this winery produced a batch of high-quality wines, which were famous all over the world for a while, but the next year, because of some problems, the quality of the wine declined, and it was immediately worthless and abandoned, so foreign wineries are desperately researching the process, striving to improve the viticulture technology, and improving the quality of the wine, instead of advertising and boasting about the world with the brand.
It seems that something changes its taste as soon as it arrives in China.
The waiter held the bottle of champagne with a napkin, bowed slightly, and said, "The wine is poured, please use it slowly." "Gently cork the champagne in your hand and place it on a special stand, which has ice underneath the stand to effectively maintain the temperature of the wine.
Aunt Wang picked up the goblet and looked at it and said, "What kind of wine is this? It smells good, isn't it intoxicating?"
The waiter bent down and said not far from Aunt Wang's ear: "Auntie, this is French champagne, that is, white wine, sweet, drinking a little less is not intoxicating and not topping, it feels similar to soda, and the degree is a little higher than beer." ”
Aunt Wang slowly took a sip and said with a smile: "It's delicious, it's much better than that beer, like juice, and it's okay to put a few bottles at home in the future." By the way, how much does this wine cost?"
The waiter glanced at Xiao Wei, Xiao Wei smiled and said, "This is imported from France, and we sell it for 1,002 for such a bottle." ”
Aunt Wang was drinking, and after listening to Xiaowei's words, she choked and coughed, Xiaohong and the waiter hurriedly patted her back, coughed more than a dozen times, Aunt Wang took a few deep breaths to stop coughing, stretched out her hand and patted the waiter to express her gratitude, and then said: "My mother, scared me to death, such a bottle of more than 1,000 yuan? ”
Xiaowei smiled and said: "If you like to drink, you can drink a few bottles, I can afford it, you and my uncle can just do it, eat what you want, drink what you want, happy and healthy are better than anything else, isn't it just to spend money to make money, keep it and see?"
Chen Hui said: "Yes, auntie, don't always think about how much money, we always earn more than we spend." You have to learn from my parents and enjoy it, and it is my business and Xiaowei to earn money and spend money. ”
Aunt Wang glanced at Xiaowei, her eyes fell on her daughter's little face, and said with a smile: "Okay, no matter, I'll drink it if you bring it." ”
At this time, there are more people eating, almost half of the downstairs are seated, and I don't know how many tables there are in the private room upstairs. As soon as there were too many people, there were more smokers, and the waiter went over to turn on the exhaust.
As soon as the music played in the stereo stopped, the performers wearing classical costumes slowly walked to the middle stage with the guqin in their arms, bowed slightly to all sides, and then sat down and put the piano flat, closed their eyes and was quiet for a while, and their fingers moved, "Zheng", the sound pressure of the piano was silent in the venue, everyone closed their eyes slightly and listened, and even the people who were walking slowed down significantly.
A guqin song, the sound of the piano is not dispersed, the girl who played stood up and bowed and hugged the piano to get off the stage, a boy in ancient costume changed up, did not speak, the bamboo flute in his hand was horizontal, and the tactful and melodious flute music sounded, Xiaowei raised his eyebrows and whispered to Chen Hui: "Add people?"
Chen Hui looked at the stage and said: "The one from the Conservatory of Music came over and signed an agreement on the internship base, and now the stage is not empty all day long, and there are too many people to come, so I can only pick it up." ”
Xiaowei nodded and said, "Yes, choose a few more ancient musical instruments and change more tricks." Is there a song that you can sing with an instrument?
Chen Hui scratched his head and said, "Yes, it's too little, I don't think it's appropriate after listening to a few paragraphs." Let's look for it slowly, I really can't find someone to write a few paragraphs. ”
Xiaowei glanced at Chen Hui and said, "You should write pop songs? This is not easy to do, don't draw a tiger and become an anti-dog." ”
Chen Hui said: "No, I know it in my heart, and you can listen to it when the time comes." Xiaowei nodded, took a bite of a fried dumpling, looked at the filling, and nodded.
Chen Hui took a sip of champagne and asked, "Hey, your house is so big, does it have my room?"