The grapes were picked back, and some of the good ones were picked for fruit to eat, and the rest were prepared to be used to make wine. Chu Jiaqiang also sent a lot of them to the research institute and other places so that others could also taste them.

"We seem to have wine in ancient times! I don't understand that wine has not been favored by the ancients. Someone said. He only remembered a poem called "Glow-in-the-dark glass of grape wine!" That means that wine existed in ancient times.

"Chinese wine was also introduced from the Western Regions during the Han Dynasty. At that time, the Silk Road not only brought China's superb technology and various luxury goods, but also brought back a lot of technology, which had a great impact and played a key role in world cultural exchanges. Hong Lao said.

The origin of wine is almost universally recognized as the Kingdom of Persia, one of the origins of ancient civilizations.

Legend has it that in ancient times, there was a Persian king who loved to eat grapes, and once pressed the grapes tightly and stored them in a large clay pot, marked "poisonous" to prevent people from stealing them.

A few days later, one of the king's wives and concubines became tired of life and drank a drink made from grapes in a clay pot marked "poisonous" without permission.

She gave a cup to the king, who admired it. Since then, the king has issued an order to collect ripe grapes, which are pressed and fermented in containers in order to obtain wine.

"I heard that to make wine, grapes don't need to be washed. These grapes don't need to be washed, and we can accept them, after all, they have not been sprayed with pesticides or anything like that. Ye Jisheng said.

Just now, everyone eats grapes, they all pick up the hoarfrost on the surface with their hands, and throw it into their mouths, few people will say that they love to wash grapes cleanly, that is too troublesome.

According to Professor Wen, grapes with hoarfrost on the surface are of the best quality, and that hoarfrost can still be kept fresh, which has a great effect.

"It's best not to wash, because the soil brewing and fermentation is fermented by wild yeast microorganisms attached to the surface of the grapes, and you must not wash it with your hands and brushes, let alone use detergents, potassium permanganate and other disinfectants. It is necessary to ensure the survival of microorganisms to the greatest extent. Li Quan called his friend again just now and asked for help.

In fact, grapes are not washed in industry, and many large wine companies have their own grape plantations, and the use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides is strictly prohibited. It is true that it is difficult to guarantee that no pesticides are used in commercially available grapes, but it is also very taboo for fruit growers to spray pesticides directly on grapes, because this will form spots on the grape skins and shorten the shelf life of grapes.

"Help! Don't just eat. Li Quan said to Zhou Furong and others who were sitting on the side and eating wildly.

At this time, it is necessary to pick the bunches of grapes and try not to affect the quality of the wine.

Then, with washed hands, the grapes are torn and crumpled as much as possible, and the skins and seeds are canned together. Industrially, it is crushed with a pulverizer. The flesh is squeezed into the main fermenter, and then the skins are also put into the fermenter, don't throw away the skins, because there are wild yeasts on the skins to start natural fermentation, and the color of the skins is needed for wine.

"The traditional French method is to hire a beautiful young girl to climb into a barrel of grapes and trample them with her feet." Li Quan said.

"That was a thing of the past, and it's almost not now." Jackton et al. said. They are the tycoons of the West, what high-end liquor has not been drunk? Wine is the most common type of wine, and it is very popular in the West. For some of the ancient techniques of these winemaking, you will more or less have heard of it.

In addition, there is a set of research on how to choose, taste, and store wine.

In the selection of wines, many people are based on the vintage, and the longer the vintage, the purer the taste. In fact, Jackton felt that after drinking so much wine, he felt that the older the wine, the more suitable it was for him. Indeed, in general, the vintage is directly proportional to the mellow aroma of the wine. However, it is not possible to say that you like it. Chu Jiaqiang's Yunkai Immortal Brew, just brewed, is just as intoxicating.

There are even more things to pay attention to in wine tasting, and in them, there is a special profession called sommelier.

It has been said that wine tasting is not about drinking, wine tasting is a science. For example, if you don't have the cultivation of art and music, if you don't have the cultivation of art and music, it is impossible to say whether it is good or bad. Wine tasting is not the preserve of the masters, master it and you will truly enjoy the beauty of the wine.

Some people also say that tasting wine is like tasting tea, only cherishing the wind and moon, and not knowing the scriptures, just like plowing the cow and drinking the canal. Wine tasting is like a **** before warming, and there must be a few actions before tasting. The goal is to make the effect more provocative and enjoyable. Wine is usually tasted by sight, smell and taste, which is similar to tea tasting.

Among them, there are how to hold the cup, look at the color, shake the cup, smell, entrance, etc., each action has very strict requirements. In the West, one can judge whether a person is a gentleman or not by the act of tasting wine.

As for wine storage, the best place is in the basement, where the temperature is kept cool and the sun exposure is minimal. The ideal wine cellar doesn't have to be big. As long as there's enough space for comfort, there are plenty of wine racks. Keep the temperature at 0-5 degrees Celsius. If it's a white wine, the temperature is a little lower.

"They people in the West seem to like to use wooden barrels for wine." Someone spoke.

He remembered that he had made so many movies, especially the more famous Pirates of the Caribbean, all of which were filled with wine in wooden barrels, making them like ** barrels.

"Huh! It's just a habit of others. Chu Jiaqiang said with a smile.

When filling the grapes to about 70 of the fermenter capacity, stop filling the grapes and close the lid, but do not tighten them completely. During fermentation, a large amount of carbon dioxide gas is produced, which can overflow valuable wine juice if it is overfilled; If the cap is tightened too tightly, it may cause the bottle to explode; Grape fermentation also requires trace amounts of oxygen.

Chu Jiaqiang here, but there is no so-called professional fermenter outside, and all the traditional Chinese jars are used.

"Okay, that's it for now." After Li Quan listened to the phone, he said. This guy is posing like an expert, and isn't he holding his mobile phone to convey other people's words? This made quite a few people roll their eyes.

Chen Wu and the others moved them to the cellar of the old house, and after that, they had to go down every day and press the grape skins floating on them into the wine. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to register as a member to recommend this work, your support is my biggest motivation. )