554 Watt City Selling Wine (Part I)
Although Tang Ping has watched a lot of film and television dramas, it is true that girls crush grapes with their feet, but this kind of thing can be done directly with wood to make a few tools, why use feet?
Since the people on the dock wanted to learn how to make wine, Tang Ping didn't plan to hide it, so he directly asked everyone to do it together.
Everyone has a harvest and income, and it doesn't matter if they don't work for a few days, so almost every family in the entire dock has a person.
Lao Cui taught everyone to pick the grapes one by one, and then wash them, and especially told the hoarfrost-like thing on the grape skin not to rub it off.
Because there is natural yeast in this thing, it is time to ferment the grapes without adding new yeast when making wine.
It's about their own income, so everyone is very active, even the playful kids are squatting on the side and carefully picking and washing the grapes.
After washing and drying, the children fanned the grapes with large leaves, hoping that the grapes would dry faster.
Tang Ping: They also took out the containers on the ship and some medical gauze they had brought.
These gauze are the best filtered materials available.
Thanks to everyone's efforts, it took just over three days for all the grapes to be juiced and put into containers.
Now it's just waiting for fermentation.
Lao Cui estimated that it would ferment for about 15 to 20 days at the temperature here.
So the people on the dock went back to their usual lives, but everyone couldn't help but look over there as they passed by the room where the grape juice was kept.
"You say, 'Can this grape make wine?'"
"It should be possible, didn't that entourage of Don say that he often makes wine like this."
"But that sounds like it's too easy, doesn't it?"
"Where's the simplicity? If people don't say it, can you think of putting grape skins in it when making wine? ”
"That's right, there are those jars of grape juice, but they are steamed and boiled, and they are said to be sterilized, and there is poison in them that everyone can't see, and if you don't kill them, the wine will become moldy, and if you don't teach these things, you can know??"
"Hey, I'm not worried, am I worried?"
"Worried about what? Worried about people's selfishness? Hmph, I think you're too small-minded! ”
Of course, this kind of thing is inevitably discussed, but it is clear that Tang Ping's approach has won the favor of many residents on the dock.
There were even several people on Tang Ping's side.
Because the fermentation process is sealed, and it is not a glassware, you can't see what is going on inside.
As the days passed, those jars were just there, and it was inevitable that they would think about it.
Fortunately, more than ten days is not a long time, and Lao Cui calculated that the time was almost up, so he opened the smallest jar first.
The small room was full of people, and if it weren't for Alaric and Locke's help, they would have stuck their heads on top of the jar to see what was going on.
But although you can't see it, the taste can't deceive people.
Lao Cui opened the sealed jar, and a fragrant smell of fruit wine came out of it.
"It smells so good!"
"Out of the wine? It's really out of the wine!! ”
"I promise, that's what I smell outside the Southern Tavern."
"No, I think ours smells better than theirs."
This wine is really seven points to look at the material and three points to look at the technology.
So why is Lafite in '82 so expensive? In addition to the hype, it was also because the grapes of that year were really of good quality. And the grapes grown by everyone in this pier are not top-notch wine grapes, but they are indeed of high quality.
The resulting wine is intensely aromatic.
Old Choi strained it twice through a gauze strainer and put it into the glass they had brought with them on board.
"Wow, that's beautiful!"
"That's how the noble lord drinks? With such a beautiful wine, I'm afraid I have to drink a glass in the morning and a glass in the evening! ”
"So we can also make money selling wine!"
Everyone was excited, and no one would want to make more money and make their family's life better.
Tang Ping took the wine that Lao Cui handed him, he didn't understand it very well, but he drank some wine that was said to be very expensive with Gou.
He didn't know exactly what the taste of the wine was, but the alcohol content was okay, almost 15 degrees, and it was very comfortable to drink.
Then he gave the cup to Alaric again: "Uncle Alaric to taste." ”
Alaric carefully took the glass, took a sip and smiled and announced to everyone, "The wine we have made is really done." ”
After receiving his certification, everyone cheered.
"Here, put the wine on, let's go sell the wine!!" Alaric shouted again, and everyone responded with their hands raised.
"Wait!" Tang Ping stopped everyone who was excited, and then said to Araric: "Uncle Alaric, how long can these wines be sold?" It doesn't sell for much. ”
"But ......," Alaric glanced at everyone, "everyone's grapes are gone." ”
Tang Ping smiled slightly and said, "Uncle Alaric, although everyone's grapes have run out, didn't you say that everyone in this neighborhood is used to planting some ordinary ones for the children at home?" We can go and buy some nearby. ”
"You say that these wines sell for one coin in taverns in the south, but even if we sell two pots for one coin here, they are much cheaper than grapes."
The basin he was talking about was a kind of container used in Europe at this time, and it was made of wood.
At this time, the aristocracy mostly used silverware, and some ceramics were shipped from China, but the price was also high and only the nobility could use it.
Therefore, most of them are made of wooden vessels, and some of them are made of pottery.
Alaric drew Tang Pingbi the size of the basin he said, which was probably a big bowl, and a pot should be a catty.
Alaric only reacted after listening to Tang Ping's words.
Yes, it's definitely a lot cheaper to make wine from grapes than grapes.
He looked at the other residents of the docks, who were not stupid and understood.
"I know people from the eastern village, and I use my chickens to exchange grapes with them."
"I still have some iron coins at home, which should be able to buy a lot of grapes."
"My family has a slight surplus of grain this year, so I should be able to exchange it for some grapes."
Tang Ping asked Alaric to allocate it to everyone, don't rush to the same place to buy it, lest people think that grapes are a hot commodity and start the price.
Alaric was very familiar with the neighborhood and quickly arranged for it.
And he drove his sailboat and took Tang Ping and them to the town in the south to sell wine.