Old West said on the side: "Xia, this is the most perfect oak barrel I have ever seen in my decades of work, I don't think it could be better!

Xia Ruofei smiled and asked, "Uncle West, so these oak barrels have fully met the standards for use?"

Old West said with an exaggerated expression: "Of course! It must be closely monitored that Old Carl's unique logo will be imprinted!"

This is equivalent to a brand of Karl, but for any oak barrel marked with this logo, the old Karl will be fully responsible.

"That's great!Uncle West, I want two of the barrels, and the remaining four oak barrels, so let's keep them at the winery!" Xia Ruofei said happily, "Uncle Carl's barrel-making expenses should be paid from the winery's account!"

To Xia Ruofei's surprise, Carl said without thinking: "Xia, I'll make these barrels for you for free! As long as you can still hand over such wood to me for processing next year! And I will also give you a discount on the cost of making barrels next year!"

Xia Ruofei smiled and said: "Uncle Karl, Uncle West trusts your technology so much, I will definitely hand over the batch of oak barrels next year to you to make, but the money for these six oak barrels still has to be given, one yard to one yard!

After speaking, Xia Ruofei didn't wait for Carl to excuse himself, and motioned to Old West to write the check directly.

A top cooper like Carl, even if he provides raw materials for him to process, the production cost is very high, even more expensive than buying oak barrels directly on the market, but Xia Ruofei naturally doesn't care about these small money.

Each barrel cost $300 and the elder West quickly wrote a cheque for $1,800 and handed it to Carl.

Seeing this, Carl didn't shirk much, so he happily accepted the money, and then told Xia Ruofei to give him the order in the coming year.

After Carl drove away, Xia Ruofei and Feng Jing admired the oak barrel that Old West called a "work of art" for a while.

Both of them are laymen who watch the excitement, looking at the oak barrel here and there, and they can't see any doorway, but they think the workmanship is really good, and it is a very high-grade thing at a glance.

Old West actually wanted to keep all the six oak barrels, especially Xia Ruofei was even more distressed when he wanted to take away two barrels of grape juice liquid.

The quality of this year's grapes is surprisingly good, in Old West's opinion, Xia Ruofei took away two barrels of grape juice liquid, and the final result can only be all wasted, which is a crime for Old West, who is dedicated to the winery's career!

But who made Xia Ruofei the boss! Not to mention taking away two barrels, even if he wants to pour all the grape juice this year into the ditch, Old West can't stop it!

Therefore, when Xia Ruofei proposed to prepare to fill two barrels of grape juice liquid now, Old West also accepted his fate, stood up and prepared to arrange.

At this moment, Aunt Cabelli came over with Old West's mobile phone: "Hey! Your phone is from Golden Oak Winery!"

Old West took off his gloves and said to Xia Ruofei: "Xia, wait a minute, I'll answer the phone first!"

Xia Ruofei smiled and nodded.

After Old West took the phone, he walked to the side to answer the phone, and after a while he came over with the phone and said, "Xia, I'm very sorry, there are some things that I need to deal with at Golden Oak Winery, I'll let Cabelli fill it for you if you want grape juice liquid!"

Xia Ruofei asked with some concern, "Is there a problem with the Golden Oak?"

"Not really, the workers found something special about a batch of grapes ready for harvest, and I had to go and see it right away. Old West smiled lightly, even with a hint of anticipation, "Maybe it's a good thing!"

Xia Ruofei became even more interested when he heard this, and said, "Why don't you go and see it too!

Old West said happily: "Of course it's no problem, you're the boss!"

Xia Ruofei smiled and said to Feng Jing, "How about it?" Sister Jing, let's go to Golden Oak Winery together?"

Feng Jing smiled and nodded, and said in the tone of Old West: "Of course it's no problem, you're the boss!"

Xia Ruofei couldn't help but roll his eyes and said, "I'm very happy, isn't it?"

Feng Jing laughed and trembled.

The group got into Old West's old Horton sedan and drove towards Golden Oak Winery.

After more than half an hour, they arrived at Golden Oak Winery, also located in the Hunter Valley region.

Compared to Chteau West, Château d'Oro is larger and much newer, like the difference between a landowner's old fortune and a long-term worker.

Before the transfer to Xia Ruofei, Golden Oak Winery was one of the largest wineries in the Hunter Valley area, which was incomparable to Western Winery.

However, now that the winery is surnamed Xia, Robinson, the owner of Golden Oak Winery, who was full of superiority in front of Old West, has to accept the fact that the big winery, which he was once proud of, is now under the management of Old West.

Old West drove straight to the vineyard, and then the three of them got out of the car and walked in.

The vineyards of Château d'Oak are several times the size of Château West, occupying two hills and a valley, where rows of Semillon vines, replanted last year, stretch out into the distance.

A worker was waiting at the gate of the vineyard, and when he saw Old West's party, he immediately greeted him.

Xia Ruofei also knew this worker named Harrison, because Harrison was originally an employee of West Winery, a more effective worker under Old West, and he also had a lot of experience in growing grapes, so Old West specially sent him here to be responsible for the grape harvest.

"Harrison!" asked Old West, coming up, "where are the vines?"

"Uncle West, you can see when you climb over this mountain bag, that area was originally going to be harvested in the next two days. Harrison said.

"Let's go!" said Old West.

Xia Ruofei asked as he walked, "Uncle West, is there something wrong with the grapes?"

Old West smiled and said, "It's okay, it shouldn't be a bad thing, just take a look there." ”

Led by Harrison, the group climbed over the mountain along the trail and soon came to the area that Harrison had spoken.

Xia Ruofei's eyesight was very good, and he saw that the grapes in this area were a little different from what he had seen in the past few days.

The grapes have become a little shriveled, and the color is no longer golden yellow, but reddish-brown, and there seem to be some unsightly markings on the skins.

Xia Ruofei's first reaction was that the grapes were rotten, and he felt pity in his heart, and at the same time a trace of regret - he felt that it might be that Old West had postponed the grape harvest in order to wait for him to come to Australia, and the grape planting scale here at Golden Oak Winery was very large, so it would lead to the situation that it would be too late to harvest.

To Xia Ruofei's surprise, Old West saw these grapes that had become very ugly, but he sped up his pace as if he had found a treasure, and almost pounced.

Then he took a closer look, plucked a shriveled grape, looked at it repeatedly, and finally even put it in his mouth and chewed it, and then swallowed it with the skin, and did not care whether it was dirty or not.

Xia Ruofei and Feng Jing both felt a little chilly when they saw it—you must know that there is a layer of mildew on the outside of this grape! This is too heavy taste, right?

Old West and Harrison looked at each other, and then said, "That's right! It's noble rot mold! I'm familiar with the smell!"

Harrison was also very excited when he heard this, and said, "Uncle West, the grapes in this large area are like this, so to speak...... Is the winery going to make a fortune this year?"

Old West laughed and said, "I think Boss Xia must be very willing to hear this news!"

Xia Ruofei was confused and asked puzzledly: "Uncle West, are these grapes rotten? Aren't we losing a lot of money? Why does Harrison still say that he is going to get rich?"

Feng Jing also found it incomprehensible, the grapes in this large area have become like this, and they are no longer useful at a glance, why is Old West still so excited, just like going out to pick up money?

Old West laughed heartily and said, "Summer, these grapes are not rotten, to be precise, they are infected with mold!"

Xia Ruofei couldn't cry or laugh: "Isn't that a meaning? After all, it can't be used, so you can only let them rot on the tree!"

Old West waved his hand again and again and said, "No!no!no! Summer, these grapes can not only make wine, but also make the best noble rot!"

Xia Ruofei is a novice in the brewing industry, and he usually doesn't have a special hobby of wine tasting, so he doesn't know what noble rot wine is.

However, after Feng Jing heard this, she couldn't help but her eyes lit up and asked, "Uncle, you mean...... The expensive noble rot wine is made from this grape?"

Old West laughed, beckoned Xia Ruofei and Feng Jing to approach the vine, and then pointed to the grapes on it and said, "You see, the mold infected on the surface of this grape is noble rot mold, and only white grapes infected with this mold can make noble rot wine!"

Old West was in a very good mood, so he enthusiastically introduced noble rot wine to Xia Ruofei and Feng Jing: "In addition to the very high sweetness, noble rot wine will also produce glycerin and special aromas that make the taste more moist, such as dried fruits, honey, raisins and noble rot mold. Noble rot is known as 'liquid gold' and was once praised by King Louis XIV of France as 'the wine of kings, the king of wines'. ”

"So powerful!" Xia Ruofei couldn't help but say in surprise, "These grapes don't seem to be able to make wine at all......

Old West laughed and said, "That's why noble rot is called 'a surprise in the ashes'!"

When Xia Ruofei heard this, he felt that it was quite appropriate - these grapes that were originally bright and bright had already lost their moisture and become shriveled, and their color was also very ugly, really like ashes.

Old West then introduced the origin of noble rot wine to Xia Ruofei and Feng Jing, which couldn't help but surprise the two.

Many good things often come from accidents, and noble rot wine is a prime example of this.

Legend has it that during the 1650 harvest, Tokaj's winegrowers delayed harvesting until November due to war, and the late grapes became shriveled and even covered with a layer of mold, but winemakers who had no fresh grapes to use had to make wine from the moldy grapes. Surprisingly, the aroma of the vintage was full of honey, flowers and dried apricots, and it was full of body, high acidity, sweet but not greasy, and very attractive.

The occasional postponement of the harvest unexpectedly brought a new destiny to the Tokaj noble rot wine, and it has since been glorious ever since.

Chateau d'Yquem sold for $117,000 a bottle in 1811 and $100,000 in 1787. Even the most common botrytized wine can cost hundreds or even thousands of dollars.

The reason for this high price is that the conditions under which the botrytis grapes are formed are very harsh.

For example, there should be a humid mist in the morning, which is conducive to the growth and spread of noble rot fungi, which will drill small holes in the grape skin, and then there will be dry and hot weather in the afternoon, so as to inhibit the excessive growth of noble rot fungi and avoid its development into malignant gray mold, and at the same time, the dry and hot environment will evaporate the water in the fruit from the small holes, and the sweetness, flavor concentration and acidity of the grapes will naturally increase.

At the same time, this must happen in ripe grapes, otherwise noble rot will also develop into gray mold.

In addition, the production cost of noble rot liquor is also very high, it must be picked by hand, the fermentation time is very long, and the production is scarce, and it is easy to attract birds to steal it, so the high price is reasonable.

After listening to the introduction, Xia Ruofei knew that the climate in the Hunter Valley area was not suitable for the formation of noble rot grapes, and that the formation of such a large area of noble rot grapes this time was an unexpected joy from God in the eyes of Old West.

Old West laughed and said: "Originally, these grapes were going to be picked as soon as they were ripe, but because the summer was delayed for two days on Saipan, the entire picking plan was postponed a little, but I didn't expect such a surprise to be postponed!"

Xia Ruofei said with a smile: "Originally, I felt quite guilty in my heart! Now it seems that it is really a bad thing to a good thing!"

Feng Jing pursed her lips and smiled: "It seems that where there is a place to fly, there will always be all kinds of miracles, and we are all no strange!"

Old West burst out laughing, and then immediately asked Harrison to organize the men to prepare the noble rot grapes.

The noble rot grapes must be harvested entirely by hand, because not all bunches of grapes can be infected with noble rot bacteria, so they must be selected one by one, which is a very delicate work that must be done by experienced workers and the old West must also be checked on site.

Xia Ruofei's heart moved slightly, and said, "Uncle West, don't I want two barrels of grape juice liquid? one of them will help me change to this kind of noble rot grape!"

Tenderness in the steel gun said

Cover your face...... Yesterday, a few friends came to the steel gun house, and they drank the fragments directly, and they didn't recover for a day today, and now they are still groggy...... It's equivalent to two chapters of debt this month, and I feel so tired! But please rest assured, the steel gun will definitely pay off the debt in the second half of the month. Today's state is not good, plus the World Cup finals steel gun also want to see - the whole World Cup did not watch a few games, the last game can not be missed, so today is only this one, and please understand a lot!