Volume 2 Blue Eyes Joy Chapter 74 Washington (3) On Wine
Chuan Yu led a few servants to bring up a few jade bowls. The jade bowl is carved into the shape of a blooming calla lily, the bowl is extremely thin, and a butterfly-like handle is carved on one side of the bowl, as if the butterfly has just fallen on the flower, and is sniffing the calla lily.
"What a beautiful jade bowl." Dou Funing exclaimed.
Chuan Yu picked up a long oval jade bottle and filled the jade bowl in front of each person with wine. A refreshing fruity aroma hits the nose. The wine and the jade bowl complement each other, the clear air of the wine and the crystal clear of the jade are perfectly integrated, under the reflection of the candlelight, showing an otherworldly brilliance, everyone lifts the jade bowl, the wine ripples in the jade bowl, as if it is a clear and clear autumn water.
"Come, guys, please taste this wine." Hua Chong Road.
The entrance is even more bizarre. This wine seems to be soft, but it is extremely strong, and it seems to be no different from white wine.
"It's spicy." Dou Funing said: "This is clearly liquor. Hua Junshou, your wine is too strong, too strong. As he spoke, he stuck out his tongue and gulped down tea to dilute the spiciness.
Xiao Jianpin smacked, shook his head and said, "No, this shouldn't be liquor." Liquor, more or less, will have the bad smell of grain. But this wine is not bad, but fruity. Although it is spicy at the first taste, after entering the throat, it is extremely smooth and instantly moistens the internal organs. The aftertaste is also very sweet. After drinking it in one sip, the mouth is full of fragrant, and the whole body is refreshing and cool. Funing, you drink in small sips, don't swallow in big gulps, and then taste a good taste, see if what I say is right. ”
Dou Funing took another sip, and as he said, although the wine was quite strong, it was indeed full of fruity aroma and cool in the stomach, so he said: "Sure enough, there is the aroma and taste of fruit." So is this fruit wine? ”
Rong Yong smiled: "It shouldn't be fruit wine." Although this wine has a fruity aroma, it has no sweetness and is quite powerful. I have limited knowledge, but the fruit wine I have drunk before has a distinctly sweet taste of the fruit, and the strength of the wine is not so strong. Moreover, this wine is clear and translucent, colorless and turbid. Ordinary fruit wine, due to the brewing process, will inevitably be a little cloudy, and it will inevitably have the original color of the fruit. ”
Zhao Yun blinked and said, "Could it be that fruit wine and white wine are blended?" The people of Songyan Dao themselves like to use different wines to blend new wines. ”
Dou Funing said: "Oh, yes, yes, yes, yes." It must be a mixture of fruit wine and white wine, or Yun is the smartest. ”
Hua Yun glanced at Hua Chong, and then said with a smile: "No, yes, this is not a blend of fruit wine and liquor. ”
Dou Funing said in frustration: "Oh, look at you. Say it, say it. It's time to die in a hurry. ”
Hua Chong smiled heartily and said, "Okay, since Gongzi Dou said so, the old man won't sell Guanzi." It's actually, wine..."
Dou Funing took a closer look at the wine again, took another sip, tasted it carefully, shook his head and said, "No, no." How can this be wine? The wine from the national tribute of Kamitani County is not like this. Wine doesn't taste like that. The crowd agreed.
Hua Chong said: "This is indeed wine, but it is not a wine made by the ordinary brewing method that we drink on a daily basis. You should know about the Dong family, a winemaking family in the upper valley, right? Then they said, "Yes." Hua Chong said, "The Dong family has been making wine for generations. In recent years, the Dong family has produced a winemaking genius named Dong Kan. This Dong Kan inherited the Dong family's winemaking skills for generations, and at the same time loved new methods and new brewing. Dong Kan learned from the strengths of various brewing methods, innovated, invented a variety of novel brewing methods, using grapes as raw materials, and repeated trials and experiments with other winemaking methods, and invented many wines that amazed the world. ”
Xiao Jian said: "The Dong family, everyone in the world knows it." This Dong Kan has also heard of it. But the wine he brewed by the new method had only seen the green mash from Shanggu Gonglai before, and he had never seen any new wine. Huajun guarded his hand, Dong Kan created a lot of new wines that amazed the world, which is really unheard of. ”
Hua Chong smiled: "There is a reason for this. The new and old products produced using the new brewing method are not circulated in the world because the yield is very low. Second, the method of new brewing is not yet complete, and the quality and taste of the wine have changed greatly, and the old man guessed that the king of Shanggu County did not dare to pay tribute rashly. The new green mash is a new wine created by Dong Kan when he was a teenager, and the brewing method is quite mature, so Shanggu dares to pay tribute. Probably, I think, it's because of this. ”
Xiao Jian said: "The Huajun Shou is reasonable and taught. ”
Dou Funing said: "Then what is the name of this wine today?" What's the new brewing method? ”
Hua Chong said: "The wine we drink today is a new creation by Dong Kan in recent years, and the production method is very exquisite, it is really the wine in the wine, and it can be called the fairy in the wine." It's wonderful. ”
Dou Funing was curious: "How can you pay attention to the law?" And why is it called the wine of wine? How can it be said that it is wonderful? ”
Hua Chong said: "This wine, drawing on the brewing method of liquor, is made by repeatedly distilling and purifying the wine that has been made, that is, the ordinary wine we usually see. The method is to use the wine into the retort, steam the gas, use the vessel to take the drip dew, three steaming and three systems, in order to enter the precious fragrance. Moreover, although this wine borrows from the brewing method of baijiu, it does not use bad as an introduction, so there is no 'bad smell' at all, and it can retain the fruity aroma of grapes. In addition, the furnace shape, steamer, fire temperature, filter, etc. used in this method are all specially made and special methods by Dong Kan, and the rules are extremely difficult to use, and they are all top-secret and non-public. This is all a general production method, and the specific production details, the old man does not know. ”
Xiao Jian said: "This is really the elixir and jade liquid in the world." No wonder it's called the wine of wine, it's wonderful. This Dong Kan is really willing to put his mind into it. Xiao Jian said, "If it weren't for the Huajun guard, how could we drink such a precious delicacy in the world." Come, let's have a cup together. ”
Everyone toasted together, and Hua Chong repeatedly said, "Don't dare, don't dare." ”
Dou Funing drank a few glasses and said, "Huajun Shou, how can you be so blessed." There is no such elixir in the palace, such a wine in a wine, but you can get it. ”
Xiao Jian suddenly said: "Funing, don't be rude, Hugh is talking nonsense." ”
Dou Funing was originally just an unintentional casual question, but in fact, Hua Chong fell into a dangerous predicament. The palace did not have the opportunity to taste this fine wine, but Huajun Shou, as a courtier, could taste it. If this matter is said to be small, it is just a trivial matter of drinking, a trivial matter, and it is indeed not worth mentioning; But if someone makes a big fuss about this matter and asks for a charge of "trespassing", it is also in line with etiquette and rules. Because of this, Xiao Jian is just looking at Dou Funing.
But where did Dou Funing understand this, he was confused by Xiao Jian's shouting, looked at Xiao Jian suspiciously, and said, "What's wrong with me?" Brother Jane, have you ever drunk this wine before? ”
Dou Funing's simplicity made Xiao Jian speechless for a while.
Hua rushed out to relieve the siege and laughed: "Hahaha." Dou Gongzi is really innocent, he is really cute, cute. The old man thanked His Royal Highness for his kindness in protecting the old man. However, Dou Gongzi's doubts are originally natural questions, and it doesn't matter. The old man was able to get this wine, and it was indeed a special opportunity. Yun'er, tell Your Highness and your sons about it. ”
"Yes." Hua Yun said, "Your Highness, ladies and gentlemen, grapes were originally the fruit of Suomidara's specialty, and wine was also a specialty of Suomidara's wine. Because Suomithara is located in the extreme west, geographically isolated from our country, a boundless desert, only the people of Suomithara can come to our country, and the people of our country cannot go west to Sumida; Moreover, the state system of Somida is treacherous and mysterious, and does not allow our people to cross the desert with its caravans into its territory, so Suomithara and our country can only be contacted through the one-line channel of the Somida caravan. It was with the Somidar caravan that the grapes and wine entered our country. This was hundreds of years ago. Due to the close commercial activities of the Fahrenheit caravan and the Somidar caravan, it was the first to come into contact with grapes and wine. In the beginning, the Fahrenheit caravan was only used as the next home of the Somidra caravan, helping it sell the wine made and shipped in the country, and later, the Somitrala caravan introduced grape seedlings to China and gave them to the Fahrenheit caravan, and the Fahrenheit caravan gradually began to try to grow grapes and try to make wine all over the country. However, although grapes are tenacious and easy to survive, high-quality grapes have very strict requirements for land, wind and rain, and it is very difficult to grow high-quality or top-quality grapes that can make good wines. Fahrenheit's self-grown wines, although the planting method and brewing method have been passed down by the winemakers of Somida, but due to the unsuitable land, wind and rain, the flavor of the grapes grown is not good, and the quality of the wine produced is of course poor, and the taste is far from those wines made in the country. More than 100 years ago, the Fahrenheit caravan finally found the best place to grow the best grapes in the country of Upper Valley, and the wine made from the Upper Valley grapes was finally comparable to the Somida wine. Your Highness, ladies and gentlemen, the grapes and wines in all parts of the country are in fact the property of the Fahrenheit caravanserais. Because of this, my father was able to taste all kinds of new sake that had been tasted first. ”
"I see." Humane.
Dou Funing said: "Hua Yun, you are really lucky. You can get anything good in the world. In the future, if I want something rare, I can ask you directly, is it okay? ”
Hua Yun said: "That's nature. Just ask, I'll do my best. ”
Hua Chong said with a smile: "Your Highness, ladies and gentlemen, what the Hua caravan did was originally some business business, in the final analysis, it was all small business, but because of the business travel, it was very convenient to find some strange gadgets." Your Highness and the princes have what they need, just ask. ”