Chapter 972: traditional craft

Xia Ruofei was interested in watching, and the workers were very skilled at spreading out a basket of grapes and carefully removing the grape stems.
Cabelli said with a smile: "In summer, the grape stem contains a lot of tannins, which will bring a sour taste, so in order to keep the wine fresh, the grape stems must be removed. We have always used the most traditional craftsmanship. Brewing wine, these are hand-operated, although the efficiency is lower, but the quality of the wine produced is much higher!"
Xia Ruofei smiled and nodded and said: "Yes, quality is the most important thing. I am on the domestic farm, and it is also a boutique route!"
Feng Wei also said with a smile: "Now we all advocate the craftsmanship in our country. I saw Uncle West brewing them. I really feel the craftsmanship!"
Kabelli said with a smile: "This winemaking method has been circulating for a hundred or two years. Now many wineries have introduced advanced machinery, but West has always stubbornly adhered to the traditional brewing method! Although the efficiency has become lower, Labor costs have increased a lot, but he just refused to change!"
"Must be liked by Uncle West!" Xia Ruofei said with a smile. "Any line of quick success is not good. Only by making every detail to the extreme, can you make a real boutique!"
Some workers concentrate on removing the grape stems, while some workers peel the picked grapes into a high-temperature-sterilized stainless steel container. Each time they fill a container, someone will carry them into a small cold storage next to the winery. in.
"Aunt Kabelli! What is it doing?" Feng Wei asked curiously.
Aunt Kabelli said with a smile: "In order to extract the aroma of the grapes and the active ingredients in the skin, and to enhance the fresh fruit flavor of the grape varieties, we will carry the broken grapes and grape juice under temperature control before juicing. A low-temperature soaking procedure that makes the wine more rich and rounded!"
"Oh! Long see!" Feng Xiao said with a smile.
"Feng, in fact, this process is very boring!" Cabelli said with a smile. "The process of soaking in low temperature takes more than ten hours, and the fastest time is to start juice. So... let's take you to the vineyard in summer. Turn around?"
Xia Ruofei said with a smile: "Alright! Right, Aunt Kabelli, is the grape harvesting in the vineyard? We are just going to see and see!"
Aunt Kabelli smiled and shook her head and said: "Now there is no one working at the vineyard!"
"Oh? Why is this?" Xia Ruofei had some accidents.
Aunt Kabelli smiled and explained: "White grapes are very sensitive to temperature. High temperatures will destroy the elegant sound of white grapes themselves, increasing the risk of oxidized and microbial infections. Therefore, the time of picking is mostly in the early hours of the sun. Not finished before it is fully raised. Also be careful when harvesting, try to keep the fruit intact."

So trouble?
Xia Ruofei said.
Isn’t that Uncle West not very hard? So I’m going to organize grape picking and brewing during the day...


We are used to it, and the grape harvesting season will be harder every year.
Aunt Kabelli said with a smile,
but it is also very fulfilling!

"That can't be done! You are too old, so you can't take it with you..." Xia Ruofei said, "I can't do it. I hire someone to stare at the vineyard. You and Uncle West don't get up so early!"
"Yes! Aunt Kabelli." Feng Wei also said, "It's still important!"
Aunt Kabelli smiled and waved his hand and said: "He will not be relieved if he gives it to others! Let's say that we will also pay attention to rest. I take turns taking a break with him during the daytime brewing, and we slept very early at night. For a while, it’s fine to wait for the grapes to be harvested."
Xia Ruofei can't help her, but she can only helplessly say: "Then hire more workers, pick the grapes as soon as possible! Don't care about the increased cost!"
Aunt Kabelli smiled and said: "Summer, thank you for your concern, but the maturity of the grapes is not the same. Every time you pick up, it is calculated. Adding people does not solve the problem! Don't worry! Although this year two wineries Picking at the same time, but at most five days, you can pick it!"
"Okay! You must pay attention to rest!" Xia Ruofei said.
"Good!" said Aunt Kabelli, smiling.
Xia Ruofei thought about it and said: "Since no one is working at the vineyard, then we will not pass. It is better... we also help to work!"
Aunt Kabelli snorted and said, "Okay! Come... I will take you to wash your hands..."
This grape has no technical content, and the only requirement is that the heart is fine, so Aunt Kabelli does not worry that the two will affect the progress of the workers.
After Xia Ruofei and Feng Wei washed their hands, they joined the work team with great interest.
At first, Aunt Kabelli was worried that they were careless and could not remove the grape stems. However, she was completely relieved to work with the two for a while.
Both of them are very detailed, although the work efficiency is not as high as those skilled workers, but the quality of work is very high.
After Xia Ruofei was slightly adapted for a while, the efficiency of the work was also raised. The grape stems were quickly removed, and it seemed to be no different from those skilled workers.
One morning, everyone was busy working, and processed the grapes picked in the previous two days.
Xia Ruofei worried that Feng Xiao was tired and advised her to go to the side to rest, but Feng Wei insisted on working with everyone and refused to rest.
Seeing that Feng Xiao’s head was sweaty, Xia Ruofei’s heart could not help but feel some distress.
After the manual work in the morning, he immediately poured a glass of water to Feng Xiao. After blocking everyone's sight, he secretly took a few drops of petal solution from the space and dripped it into the water, and then gave Feng Wei a pass.
"Sister, drink some water!" Xia Ruofei said with a smile.
"Hey! The boss personally waited, how can I be a bit flattered!" Feng Xiao said with a smile.
"Are you still poor? Take a break! Look at you tired..." Xia Ruofei said.
Feng Xiaoran smiled, took the cup and snorted, then rubbed his eyes at Xia Ruofei and said, "I am not tired! Let's come back in the afternoon!"
"Don't be able to!" Xia Ruofei said, "I will rest on the farm in the afternoon..."
"It's not tired!" Feng said. "I think it's very interesting! Sitting in the office all day in the country, the cervical vertebrae and the lumbar spine are all strained. This occasionally dry and physically active, I feel that my body is loose!"
Old West came over and gave a thumbs up to both of them and said, "Xia, Feng, your de-stalking technique is already great! Thank you for your help!"
Xia Ruofei shrugged and said: "Uncle West, to say thank you, it should be me, I thank you! Aunt Kabelli has told me, you have worked hard during this time!"
Old West said with a smile: "Working hard is hard, but the sense of accomplishment is very high! In summer, the grape varieties you offer are really great! Not only in the first year of the incredible, the grapes that fully meet the winemaking standards are grown. And the quality is higher than the semillon grapes I've seen in the past few decades! I can't wait to see what quality wines will make with them!"
Feng Wei curiously asked in Chinese: "If you fly, is this grape seed you provide?"
Xia Ruofei smiled and said: "Well! I just know a better semillon grape, so I imported a batch to the Hunter Valley, and then let Uncle West dig all the grapes I planted, and replant it. New breed!"
"You are too courageous!" Feng Wei said. "In case there is a problem with this vine? Isn't that a few years?"
Xia Ruofei shrugged and said: "Uncle West also thought so, but...the fact is not proven? This is indeed a quality vine!"
After the two whispered a few words, Xia Ruofei said to the two: "Uncle West, Aunt Kabelli, then we will go back to the farm first, come back in the afternoon!"
"Just eat here!" Aunt Kabelli said quickly, "I will give you something to eat!"
"No, no!" Xia Ruofei said, "The farm is ready, let's go back and eat!"
The two old people have been so hard these days. Xia Ruofei really didn’t want to bother them, because if they both stayed for dinner, Aunt Kabelli must have prepared a very rich lunch. People are so tired, how can they be so funny? !
"That's alright!" said Old West. "But in the afternoon you will rest on the farm! Don't come over and help..."
Xia Ruofei smiled and pointed to Feng Wei and said: "I originally arranged this, but my sister is not willing! She likes the working atmosphere here!"
"Haha! Come on!" Old West said happily. "But pay attention to rest, not work as hard as in the morning!"
In the morning, Xia Ruofei and Feng Wei were harder than the workers. The two added up to handle dozens of baskets of grapes, and even the old Westers secretly admired.
"Know it!" Xia Ruofei said. "The sun is very poisonous at noon. You should rest and rest, don't work too early!"
The two left the West Winery and returned to the Wonderland Farm for lunch.
At Xianjing Farm, Xia Ruofei once again saw the farm's full-time deputy manager, Fu Fula. Although Liang Qichao deliberately concealed it, he still saw some inadvertent small details. Liang Qichao and Fufula should have been together.
While helping to clean up the tableware, Xia Ruofei whispered in the face of Liang Qichao: "Well, buddy! Come to Australia to promote our country! This foreign girl is very good, think about how you passed the old man, then put She will go home!"
Liang Qichao said with a bitter face: "There are still no words in the eight characters! Besides, my father is old and old, you don't know... How can he agree to a foreign woman? Or... Can you help me think about it?

Xia Ruofei said with a smile: "Sorry, I can't help you! You still have to find a way! Haha... take a nap!"
"Hey!" Liang Qichao screamed, but Xia Ruofei kept on foot, and soon took three steps and walked up the stairs in two steps. Liang Qi was so angry that the rag in his hand was thrown into the sink and said, "Too don't talk too much. Righteousness..."
In the afternoon, Xia Ruofei and Feng Wei were still working with the workers to carry out the boring grape peeling and stalking work.
When they finished processing all the grapes, the sky was completely dark.
Xia Ruofei still refused the invitation of the old West couple to dinner, and returned to the Wonderland Farm with Feng Wei.
The next day, Xia Ruofei and Feng Wei arrived at the West Winery early.
"Uncle West, willn't it still be broken today?" Xia Ruofei asked as soon as he met, "This work is boring!"
West is organizing workers to move the grapes picked in the early morning into the warehouse, and said with a smile: "This batch of new grapes is going to be stalked as soon as possible, but this work is handled by Cabelli, we Yesterday's grapes have been soaked in low temperature, and today we can proceed to the next step!"
Xia Ruofei’s eyes lit up and said,
That’s great! When will it start?


Immediately!
said Old West.
Two come with me!

Old West took Xia Ruofei and Feng Wei to the winery's brewery. Although he always insisted on traditional craftsmanship, Old West also did not exclude new technologies, such as in terms of sanitary conditions, hundreds of years ago. The ancestors are much better.
After the strict disinfection process, everyone was allowed to enter the brewery by Old West.
Wearing a rubber glove, the old West said: "Today, we must first carry out the process of juicing! This process must be done by experienced old brewers. They are old folks! They will come with me. Juice the low-temperature soaked grapes!"
By the side of the old West, a few old workers with gray hairs showed a hearty smile in the summer.
This time, Xia Ruofei and Feng Wei couldn't get into the hands. They looked at the old West and poured the grapes into a special container. Then they squeezed the juice by hand. The grape juice would flow into the stainless steel bucket from the small tube at the bottom of the container.
Old West said while operating: "The process of juicing must be fast and must be avoided in contact with the air, because the oxygen in the air will cause oxidation, deterioration and discoloration of the grape juice. At the same time, the movement is very gentle. Otherwise, excessive pressure may cause the grape skin to rupture, and the release of tannins and other substances may cause bitter taste."
Xia Ruofei nodded and said: "It seems that this process is quite critical!"
"Haha! Summer, you can rest assured! We have been doing these old folks for decades, absolutely no problem!" Old West said with a smile.
Old West, they are very efficient, and they have finished processing the grapes of the past half a day.
The workers moved a sealed stainless steel bucket filled with grape juice into a small cold storage and placed it neatly.
Old West said: "In summer, these pressed grape juices need to be allowed to stand under cooling conditions, so that large particles will be deposited on the bottom of the container. What we need to get the wine is the supernatant, use them for fermentation!

"How long does it take?" Xia Ruofei asked.
Old West smiled and said: "This time is almost the same tomorrow! Now some wineries often use centrifuges for separation, but this will cause the yeast to be removed, and artificial yeast needs to be added. ""
Xia Ruofei said with a smile: "I know that this is absolutely unbearable for Uncle West, who insists on traditional craftsmanship!"
"Ha ha ha!" Old West laughed. "Yes! This kind of innovation is wrong! They can say that I am old-fashioned, but I just stick to my point of view!"
"I like this old-fashioned old-fashioned!" Xia Ruofei cocked his thumb and said with a smile, "So... we will come again tomorrow!"
In the afternoon, the winery is sure to continue the work of the newly picked grapes. Xia Ruofei really feels a bit boring, so I decided to take Feng Wei to play in the Hunter Valley and continue to experience traditional winemaking tomorrow.