In the afternoon, Xia Ruofei took Feng Jing to the Hunter Valley Garden under Brokeback Mountain.

This is Xia Ruofei's old place again, last time he brought Lin Qiao here, and because he happened to meet Lin Qiao's high school classmate Tan Lili, it later caused a series of things.

Of course, because of that turmoil, Xia Ruofei finally took over the largest Golden Oak Winery in the Hunter Valley area.

Now that he has come to the Hunter Valley Garden again, the scenery is still beautiful, and the theme parks are like a dreamy fairyland, Xia Ruofei can't help but sigh a little.

Time has changed, and the scenery here is still the same, but those people at the beginning may have their own life trajectories.

Tan Lili, who returned to China to repeat her studies, should be the most nervous moment to prepare for the college entrance examination, right?

and Tan Lili's boyfriend Zheng Peng, who had already left Australia with his parents selling their assets.

Robinson and Brody of Golden Oak Winery will certainly not dare to stay in the Hunter Valley after the sale of the winery.

Of course, these people are all to blame, Xia Ruofei is just a little emotional, and he will not sympathize with them because of this.

Feng Jing came to the Hunter Valley Garden for the first time, and like Lin Qiao, she was deeply attracted by the theme park here.

Snow White, Mickey Mouse Donald Duck, Cinderella...... The scenes in the fairy tales are reproduced here, and Feng Jing couldn't help but burst into a girl's heart, so Xia Ruofei helped her take a lot of photos.

The two played for a long time and returned with great fun.

The next morning, they met again and went to the West Winery.

Today, the first batch of musts has been settled, and the old West organizes the workers to pour the upper liquid into oak barrels for fermentation.

After Xia Ruofei and Feng Jing inquired, they learned that the fermentation of white wine has very strict temperature requirements, which must be controlled between 18 and 20 degrees, otherwise the aroma and taste of the wine will be greatly affected.

In addition, the whole fermentation process takes about 2 to 3 weeks, which means that the juice in oak barrels is left in a constant temperature warehouse for about 20 days before the main fermentation period is completed, and then it may take another week or two for the whole fermentation process to be completed.

By that time, the grape juice has actually turned into wine, and the oak barrel can be opened to smell the rich booque.

Of course, it will continue to be cultivated in oak barrels. At this stage, the yeast that dies after fermentation settles at the bottom of the barrel, and the winemaker stirs it regularly to mix the dead yeast with the liquor, giving the wine a rounded taste.

Finally, after a period of clarification to remove impurities such as dead yeast and grape detritus from the wine, bottling can proceed.

After listening to the introduction of Old West, Feng Jing was a little disappointed and said, "It will take so long! It seems that we can't wait for the wine to be bottled......

It will take at least a month before and after, and it is definitely impossible for Feng Jing to stay in Australia for so long regardless of the affairs of domestic companies.

Xia Ruofei has this possibility.

Xia Ruofei said with a smile: "Why don't you just take a vacation! I will approve you for a month's vacation, and you will come to Uncle West's place every day to learn how to make wine!"

"Don't want it!" Feng Jing said, "Since it can't be completed here for a while, let's hurry up and return to China!"

"Or ...... I'll take you here again in a month?" Xia Ruofei said with a smile.

In the past few days, Feng Jing has been seriously involved in the whole process of winemaking, Xia Ruofei can see that Feng Jing is still quite interested in this, maybe this is also a way for her to relax!

Feng Jing hesitated for a moment and said, "Let's see when the time comes......"

This is obviously heartbeat, if it was changed to before, Feng Jing would definitely refuse without thinking about it.

Xia Ruofei looked at Old West again, and asked with some curiosity: "Uncle West, I just heard you say that these Semillon wines will be bottled in about a month?

Old West said with a smile: "Summer, this is the characteristic of semillon wine in the Australian Hunter Valley region, its maturation process is not completed in oak barrels, but in the bottle......!

Xia Ruofei nodded frequently, feeling that he had gained a lot of knowledge.

Knowing that there is knowledge everywhere, he used to know only some basic knowledge of Semillon, but this time, through his own experience of the sake brewing process, he also felt that there are many details that deserve attention, and these are valuable experiences that have been passed down from generation to generation.

"Of course, oak barrels are still very important, and the fermentation and cultivation processes of Semillon are completed in oak barrels, in which the woody and grassy aromas of the oak barrels are integrated into the wine, making the wine richer." Therefore, good oak barrels are also very important for winemaking. ”

"Oh?" Xia Ruofei said, "What about our batch of oak barrels?"

Old West smiled and said, "It's not bad! Of course, if it was a Semillon grape from previous years, it would have been enough to use such an oak barrel, but this year's grapes are of extremely high quality and I would have liked to find a better one, but unfortunately it is not easy to do......"

Xia Ruofei's heart moved slightly, and an idea suddenly popped up: "Uncle West, can you give me two buckets of these grape juice liquids that are going to be sent for fermentation?"

Old West was stunned for a moment and said, "Xia, it's not that I won't give it to you, the whole winery is yours, and it's definitely okay if you want two barrels of grape juice...... However, the fermentation process must be strictly controlled at a temperature, if you are given it...... The juice will eventually become very sour, and it will be a waste!"

Xia Ruofei said with a smile: "Uncle West, you don't care about this, anyway, our production this year is so high, if we want to waste at most, we will waste two barrels, and I will ......drink it myself."

Old West was actually reluctant in his heart, this year's grapes were of very good quality, and all the wines were the same as his heart's meat, so why was he willing to take two barrels out at once!

Besides, Xia Ruofei did not use his power to suppress people, but discussed with him calmly, plus two barrels were indeed not too much, so in the end he nodded helplessly.

Old West beckoned a worker to take him to the thermostat to bring out two barrels of must, ready to ferment.

Xia Ruofei hurriedly waved his hand and said: "Uncle West, don't worry! I have a friend in Australia, the oak trees he planted seem to be good, I want to buy two oaks from him, can you help see how the quality is? If the quality is good, please help me ask someone to make a few oak barrels to come out, and then the grape juice I want will be packed in new oak barrels, how about it?"

"The oak trees here in Australia seem to be very ordinary!" said Old West, with some hesitation.

Xia Ruofei said with a smile: "Wait for the wood to be shipped! If the quality is not good, then use the oak barrels of the winery." It's only two barrels anyway, no problem, right?"

Old West smiled bitterly and said, "Xia, you are the owner of the winery! Of course there will be no problem with your request!"

"Thank you!" Xia Ruofei said happily, "Uncle West, then we will leave first! After the oak is shipped, I will send it to the winery as soon as possible!"

Old West was busy processing the grape juice liquid, hurriedly said goodbye to Xia Ruofei, and devoted himself to his work again.

Walking out of the West Winery, Feng Jing asked curiously: "Ruofei, do you still have friends who plant oak trees in Australia?"

"Yes, I have a lot of friends!" Xia Ruofei said with a smile, "I'm going to contact Oak Tree in the afternoon, you can either rest on the farm for half a day, or let Brother Liang take you around the neighborhood! No problem, right?"

"Of course it's no problem!" Feng Jing said with a smile, "I'm not a child, and I still need you to accompany me all day long!

Then, Feng Jing couldn't help but ask: "Ruofei, according to Uncle West, this fermentation process has such strict requirements for temperature control, and you asked for two barrels of grape juice to come out, isn't it wasted?"

"I'm useful!" Xia Ruofei said with a mysterious smile, "And I won't leave them in the Wonderland Farm, I have to send them to a friend, anyway, you don't care!"

"It's mysterious, can't it be the friend who planted oak trees again?" Feng Jing joked.

"Amazing, just guess it!" Xia Ruofei said with a smile, "He also has his own winery, and he gave him two barrels for experiments." ”

Xia Ruofei naturally didn't have any other Australian friends, let alone giving away two barrels of grape juice for experimentation, he wanted to put them in the space.

As for the oak tree, Xia Ruofei wanted to cut down two oak trees planted in the space, at that time, in order to cultivate truffles, Xia Ruofei planted a lot of oak trees in the space, and the oak trees multiply quickly, and cutting down one or two will not affect the truffle yield.

He also wanted to know what level of quality these oak trees growing in the space could reach.

But these can't be said to Feng Jing, Xia Ruofei can only talk like this.

Feng Jing didn't doubt it, after all, this was Xia Ruofei's private matter, so she didn't ask any more.

Back at Wonderland Farm, Xia Ruofei asked Liang Qichao to help arrange a flatbed truck for transporting wood during lunch.

As for the loading location, Xia Ruofei said that he didn't know where his friend would unload the wood, so after asking Liang Qichao to contact the car, tell him the driver's contact information, and he would contact the driver directly when the time came.

Liang Qichao didn't doubt it, and agreed with his mouth.

Xia Ruofei went back to the room directly after lunch, locked the door and entered the space.

In the space, Xia Qing is still dutifully managing those precious crops for Xia Ruofei, and with his efforts, the scope of the medicine garden is also expanding, and in the future, the space medicine garden alone will be able to meet the raw material needs of the pharmaceutical factory.

After being rectified by Xia Ruofei once, the white raccoon has been very honest recently, and most of the time it has been comprehending the rules of space - this stable spatial structure that is very close to the outside world is equivalent to a huge treasure house for it, and it lives here very peacefully.

Xia Ruofei smiled and said, "You all are busy!

After Xia Qing and the white beaver left, Xia Ruofei brought a chainsaw from the Yuan Chu Realm, selected two oak trees to put them down, and then removed the branches and vines, and soon got two logs.

After dealing with it, Xia Ruofei left the space in a hurry.

He looked for the keys to the pickup truck that Liang Qichao wanted to come to the farm, and left the farm alone.

Australia is vast and sparsely populated, and some desolate places are often deserted within a radius of hundreds of kilometers, Xia Ruofei easily found a remote highway - he observed that there was no one within a few kilometers nearby, and it would only take a long time for one or two cars to pass by, which can be said to be very desolate.

After Xia Ruofei got out of the car, he took out two pieces of wood from the space with a thought, put them on the side of the road, and then took out his mobile phone to contact the driver.

He had already determined his location through the satellite positioning system, and after reporting the location to the driver, the driver told him that it might take two or three hours to come over now - no way, Australia is very large, and it is far from the crowded area.

After Xia Ruofei hung up the phone, he simply took out a reclining chair and a parasol from the space, and lay under the parasol to kill time.

When it was getting dark, the flatbed truck finally arrived.

In the process of waiting, not a single car passed on this road, which shows how remote it is.

The driver also knew in advance that he would have to transfer two pieces of wood, so he also brought hinges and other tools, and there were several workers with him.

The driver was also very curious about this desolate loading location, Xia Ruofei explained that it was sent by a foreign driver who was not familiar with the road, and he unloaded the things and returned, and he could only call another car to transfer them.

Xia Ruofei also pretended to be indignant and complained a few words.

The driver didn't ask much, anyway, the money would not be less than his, and immediately organized the workers to start loading the car.

Everyone skillfully tied the wood, hoisted it into the car and fixed it with a wire rope, and then Xia Ruofei drove the pickup truck in front to lead the way, and the two cars drove to the West Winery one after the other.

By the time we arrived at the winery, it was already dark, and the workers had gone home after a busy day, and the winery was quiet.

Xia Ruofei rang the doorbell at the door of the winery, and then shouted: "Uncle West, come and open the door!

After a while, there was a sound of footsteps, and Old West came out in his pajamas—because they had to get up very early to pick grapes, they usually went to rest after dinner.

Xia Ruofei said with a hint of apology: "Uncle West, I'm sorry to disturb your rest! The oak I said in the morning has arrived, you open the door and let the car go in to unload the wood, and then you can continue to rest......"

Old West smiled and said, "It's okay, it's okay, we just lay down...... Xia, your friend is quite efficient!"

Xia Ruofei said: "The driver sent it to the wrong place, and I also found a flatbed truck for transfer, otherwise it wouldn't have been delivered to ...... so late."

"Come in!" said Old West, opening the winery door and letting two cars in.

There were only two logs, so the workers quickly unloaded them into the open space in the winery.

Then the truck driver drove away with the workers - the freight was naturally settled with Wonderland Farm.

"Uncle West, I'm sorry, you should go and rest quickly!" Xia Ruofei said, "Remember to help me find a cooper tomorrow to take a look, and if you can use it, you can help me make a few oak barrels." ”

Old West smiled and said, "Don't worry! Don't worry, I'll see how your wood is......"

With that, Old West walked to the side of the hallway and turned on the headlights, then paced to the side of the wood, crouched down and observed.

In fact, Old West didn't have much hope for wood, good oak is in demand for wineries, and the quality of oak in Australia is actually average, the wood that can be transported so quickly, the planting place must not be very far from the Hunter Valley area, he has not heard of any good oak in this area!

In fact, most of the oak barrels used in the winery come from the United States, France and Hungary.

But when he looked at it a few times, he couldn't help but rub his eyes, and then he couldn't wait to get closer to take a look, and the whole person was almost lying on the wood.

Xia Ruofei looked at Old West's appearance, and knew that his oak was definitely not bad - in fact, he never worried, bathed in a rich aura in the Lingtu space all day long, how bad could the quality of the oak trees grown in such an environment be?

"How is it, Uncle West!" Xia Ruofei asked with a smile, "Can this oak be used?"

Old West stood up suddenly, looked at Xia Ruofei with feverish eyes, and asked, "Xia, where did you get this oak?"

"Didn't I say it, a friend gave it to me!" Xia Ruofei said with a smile.

Old West patted his head and said, "Look at my memory! Xia, do you still have such oak in your friend's place?

Xia Ruofei asked with a smile: "So, these two oaks are still usable?"

"Not only can it be used!, it is the king of oaks!" said old West, excitedly, "you see the finesse of the grain! Even the best Hungarian oak among the new riches of oak is no match for it! You know what? The tighter the grain, the less tannins will be released, and the more delicate the aroma will be!

Old West was very excited, pointed to the two oaks and said: "Also, I have smelled it carefully, and the aroma of this oak is very unique, very charming, and has a feeling that makes people feel like it! I can't imagine how charming the wine would be if we used it to ferment our semillon!"

Then, Old West looked at Xia Ruofei feverishly and asked, "Xia, tell me quickly, do you have any such oak in your friend's place?"