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Seeing off Heywood and the others, Qin Shiou continued to go back to plan the construction of the fishing ground, and at the same time called Bill Thatch, the account manager of Dick Marine Vegetation Company, although he is mainly engaged in marine vegetation, but after all, he is also in agriculture, and he also understands the part of vineyard planting.

Knowing that Qin Shiou wanted to develop the vineyard, Bill, who had come all the way, laughed, waved his hand and said, "No, no, Qin, this is not suitable." Most of Canada's vineyards are concentrated in the south, and Farewell Island is even more in the south, but this is not appropriate. ”

"Why?"

"You're right here by the sea! You can't grow vineyards by the sea, the humidity is too heavy at night, the grapes can't stand such moisture, they don't die, but the taste that grows is very bad, especially sour and bitter! Bill explained.

Hearing him say this, Qin Shiou shrugged his shoulders and didn't accept this explanation, yes, he knew that the seaside was not suitable for planting vineyards. Canada's vineyards are concentrated near the Southern Lakes region – because of the large bodies of water that alleviate the extreme cold weather in Canada during winter and early spring and protect the vines.

In addition, the lake area is different from the ocean, both have water, but one has no wind and one has strong winds, the other has no tide and the other has a strong tide, and they are two different environments.

In fact, Canada is not suitable for vineyard development, and the vast country of more than 10 million square kilometers has only four important wine-producing regions: Ontario, British Columbia, Nova Scotia and Quebec.

Among them, Ontario is the most important. It accounts for about 75% of the country's production, and only Ontario and British Columbia meet the VQA standard of the Canadian Wine Quality Alliance.

And even these two provinces. There are very few high-quality dry red and dry white that can be produced, and the main production is ice wine. Of course, Qin Shiou developed vineyards, in addition to planting a little edible grapes for his own consumption, and also focused on making ice wine.

Qin Shiou doesn't care about the taste of grapes produced on the coast, he wants to survive, as long as he can survive. Instilling the vines with Poseidon energy, the grapes produced are absolutely delicious.

Bill explained. Qin Shiou didn't listen, and only asked him how to develop the vineyard and which kinds of grapes were more appropriate.

Qin Shiou checked the information, before the eighties of the last century. The grapes grown in Canada are mostly hardy American varieties. However, the wine produced from these strains was astringent and sour, so after the 80s, European wine grape varieties gradually became the mainstream of cultivation.

Of course, the so-called European grape varieties chosen by Canadian vineyarders are also hybrids, such as the red grape variety Barco Noir and the Marechal-Furch hybrid, and the white grape white Sewa and Vidale hybrid, which are cold tolerant.

White grape varieties such as Riesling, Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay, Gewürztraminer and Pinot Grigio, and red grape varieties such as Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon and Syrah. These pure, high-quality European wine grapes do not survive in Canada's bitter cold climate.

Qin Shiou didn't care about these, he would choose whatever grape variety was good, and directly asked Bill to recommend the best grape variety to him.

Bill saw him as stubborn. He could only shrug his shoulders and say, 'The customer is God', and then he called a friend in the grape growing industry and recommended a few varieties to Qin Shiou.

Qin Shiou made a choice, and the main variety he ate was North American red grapes, which is a delicious grape that emerged from California in the United States and is now sold all over the world. But this grape is very cold-tolerant. Bill is not optimistic about surviving Farewell Island.

To make grapes, Qin Shiou chose two kinds. Red grapes are Cabernet Sauvignon and white grapes are Riesling, both of which are the most famous winemaking grapes.

Bill Jianyì Qin Shiou chose Willdale, a hybrid grape that is now largely grown at Ontario's ice wine wineries.

Qin Shiou studied and found that this kind of grape in Vidale ripens slowly, has a strong ability to resist severe cold, and is very suitable for survival in severe cold areas. In addition, it has a thick skin, is not easy to rot, is easy to preserve, and can still hang on the branches for three or four months after ripening to resist the invasion of cold in high latitudes, so it is often used to make ice wine.

However, the acidity of the ice wine brewed by Vidale is too low, too sweet and greasy, and it lacks the fragrance and floral aroma of wine, which Qin Shiou does not like very much.

In contrast, the Riesling variety is much better, and the grapes ripen slowly, but the wine is very delicate in taste and aroma.

In addition, the Riesling grape needs a long, cold climate to develop its elegant flavor, during which the high acidity of the grapes can be maintained, and the sweetness of the icewine is well balanced, making the wine full-bodied and layered, and the aroma is amazing.

It's just that Riesling is very squeamish, and the production is reduced due to sunshine, temperature and epidemic at every turn, so it has not been popularized in Canada.

Qin Shiou knew that there were tigers in the mountains and preferred to go to the tiger mountains, so he chose these delicate varieties.

In addition, Riesling and Cabernet Sauvignon were chosen because they are famous and delicious, and because they are suitable for growing in sandy areas, which is just right for the fishing grounds.

After choosing the grape variety, Qin Shiou asked Bill to help him purchase grape seedlings, and he and the fishermen reclaimed the small land and built it according to the requirements of the vineyard.

Grapes like light, and vineyards require good wind and light conditions. This small plateau is completely up to standard, where the terrain is high and not prone to water accumulation, and after the construction of drainage culverts, even if the heavy rain invades, the impact is not great.

The best time to plant grape seedlings is after the leaves fall in autumn or before bud break in spring, and spring in Canada comes late, which is also considered the bud break period, and the seedlings are not finished.

One hundred and fifty acres of highland, Qin Shiou is divided into eight planting areas, basically a planting area is about 20 acres, a planting area is planted with edible grapes, red grapes are the main, other black grapes, green grapes are also available, a total of more than 20 varieties.

The remaining seven growing areas are all used to grow grapes, and Shaq ploughs the entire land in a rotary tiller, which rotates rapidly to chop up the long-unused sandy soil.

Occasionally, rocks, shells, and the like were turned out in places, and the Kraken would drive a cart with a nail-toothed rake to clear them out.

At this time, the importance of pickup trucks can be seen, and these farm tools can be connected to pickup trucks for use.

After ploughing the land, Shaq set up the boundaries of the operation area, which was to smash out roads with a ballast, and from which people and vehicles would walk when they entered the plantation.

The roads in the area are smooth and straight, parallel or perpendicular, cutting the entire vineyard into small squares.

Qin Shiou bought enough wood from St. John's, and then used a pile driver to plant all the wood into the land, and pulled steel bars and wires between them for the grapes to climb later.

In this way, all that remains is to wait for the arrival of the vines. (To be continued) R580