Zhang Yuan led the gold coin around the side of the villa, and there was a smooth road leading to the back of the villa.

The gold coin was happy on the road, chasing butterflies and insects for a while, running around Zhang Yuan for a while, lying on Zhang Yuan's feet when he was tired, and waiting for Zhang Yuan to pick him up.

Zhang Yuan was helpless, this little guy was too naughty, and he tossed all his strength in just a few minutes. The Golden Retriever is a dog that likes to play very much, but their physical strength is not outstanding, and the Lalawang, who also like to play, have much better physical strength than the Golden Retriever. Not to mention that the gold coin is still small, the energy is really limited, and he didn't go far, Zhang Yuan had to hold the gold coin in his arms, and the little guy really had no strength.

When I walked to the vineyard, I found that the grapes in the vineyard had been basically harvested, and only a few hanging branches were left, partly because they were not fully ripe, and partly because they were left for food. This year's grape yield is record-high, with a yield of more than 6,000 catties per mu, not because of the number of fruits, but because of the large size of the fruits, each grape is like a small egg, and the vines are about to be crushed.

Even with this part of the grapes hanging on the branches, the harvest still exceeded the total number of grapes in previous years. And this year's grapes are particularly suitable for consumption, the variety is wine grapes, but such edible is still unheard of before. The vineyard farmer and the new winemaker didn't understand what was going on, but thought it was a genetic mutation in the grapes. Only Zhang Yuan knew that all this was a change brought about by the druid's life energy, but he couldn't say anything about the joints, and if he said it, he would either be regarded as a madman, or he would be sliced and sliced, for the sake of his own life, he decided to keep it mysterious, let them guess for themselves.

I picked a bunch of grapes casually, threw one into my mouth, and pressed my tongue lightly, the sweet and sour grape juice burst into my mouth, and the taste was better than before.

I ate happily, and I also gave a few gold coins to eat, and the little guy ate it sweet, his eyes narrowed, and he licked his nose vigorously, and he wanted to eat it again.

After a while, a large bunch of grapes was eaten clean by Zhang Yuan and the gold coin, and the bare grape stalks were thrown into the ground, and Zhang Yuan entered the winemaking workshop with the gold coins.

This winemaking workshop is the "heart" of the red wine. The biggest difference between red wine and white wine is that red wine extracts the pigments and tannins from the grape skins by macerating the skins. Once the grapes are harvested from the vineyard, they are optimally vinified within 24 hours, by means of machines and manuals, to remove rotten or unripe grapes. After the grapes have been destemmed by the skin-breaking destemmer, the skins are moderately squeezed to prepare them for fermentation.

The broken skins are soaked with the juice to extract the desired pigments, tannins and flavours from the skins, usually depending on what the winemaker is looking for, for example, a light Bordeaux wine is usually only macerated for five days, while a top Bordeaux red wine lasts two weeks or more. During the maceration process, fermentation takes place at the same time, the sugars are converted into alcohol by yeast, the tannins and pigments in the grape skins are slowly dissolved, and the fermentation temperature of red wines is slightly higher than that of white wines, between 25°C and 30°C, so that the pigments and tannins in the grape skins are extracted more quickly, and the fermentation time is generally between 2 and 4 weeks.

In Zhang Yuan's winemaking workshop, the maceration process of wine has just been completed and fermentation is underway. There are special fermentation equipment to ensure that the wine is kept at a constant temperature and try to make perfect wine.

When Zhang Yuan arrived, Tony was constantly patrolling the machine, which is part of the winemaker's job, and they have to check the fermentation status of the wine from time to time, relying on experience to determine when to stop fermentation. When fermentation stops, the press begins, where the wine is separated from the lees, and the resulting wine is placed in oak barrels to enhance the aromas of the wine and to give it a smoother taste.

Whether it was the preliminary work or the follow-up work, Zhang Yuan didn't understand anything, he only knew all this through Tony's introduction.

In the face of the new boss, Tony is still very enthusiastic, but the gold coins are left outside the workshop, and Tony does not allow the gold coins to enter the workshop. Fortunately, the gold coin is also well-behaved, Zhang Yuan touched its little head, and it obediently lay outside the workshop, not noisy or noisy, too well-behaved.

This extraordinary well-behaved made Tony look at the gold coins a few times, and then Tony took Zhang Yuan to inspect the brewing workshop.

The winemaking workshop is divided into three parts, the outermost workshop is the winemaking workshop of red wine, and now the wine has entered the fermentation state, theoretically it is possible to drink, but it is not delicious...... In short, a red wine that is not made is certainly not as good as a wine that has been made.

After looking at the red wine brewing workshop for a while and learning more about the brewing process, he walked through the red wine brewing workshop and came to the white wine brewing workshop under the leadership of Tony. The most important feature of white wine is that it is pressed and then fermented, which is the opposite of red wine!

The specific difference between the two wines is mainly reflected in the maceration process. White wine does not need to be macerated, after the skin is broken, the skin and flesh will be separated, and without the pigment in the grape skin, the wine will appear a light white color. Another difference is that white wines are not fermented in oak barrels, and most are made in stainless steel containers, depending on the grape variety and winemaker. And Tony, without a doubt, is this kind of winemaker. Originally, the winery did not produce white wine, and the two workshops used to produce white wine in previous years. But this year Tony came, and after seeing two almost identical sets of equipment, he went straight to the white wine.

"The grapes on the estate are very high in sugar, I don't know why, but there is no doubt that this batch of grapes is suitable for making sweet wines. If you like to drink traditional wines, I will make a special batch, and if you don't have special requirements, this year's wines will be mainly dessert wines. ”

While inspecting the brewery, Tony explained.

Dry or semi-dry wines are more common on the market, semi-sweet wines are relatively rare, and the number of dessert wines is relatively small. However, each person's taste is different, and some people like to drink sweet wine, so the market for sweet wine is also very large, and it is mainly concentrated in Asia. If Zhang Yuan's batch of wine is going to be sold in Asia, then it is a good choice to make more sweet wines.

Although these wines are to be sold, it mainly depends on Zhang Yuan's meaning, whether the sugar is retained, but the fermentation process is different, and the winemaker can easily control the process.

Zhang Yuan thought about it, it is not easy to sell it to Asia, his wine is basically supplied to a few small towns around the manor, and the number of them into big cities is not much, so he finally decided that most of it will be made into dry wine, and only a small part will be made into semi-sweet and sweet wines.