Old Sean is an amateur in winemaking and an expert in drinking. Needless to say, David, as soon as the two of them drank it, they knew that this wine definitely didn't look like it was newly brewed.

In the lingo of the wine industry, newly brewed wine is also called "young" wine. In fact, this type of wine does not need to be awakened and can be drunk immediately after opening the bottle. However, the strong-bodied old wine must be awakened and must be "changed".

The bottle is poured into a "decanter" to allow the tannins in the aged wine to fully contact with the air, so that the bitter taste will be removed and the aroma of the wine will be released.

From this perspective, old wine that needs to be sobered first is not necessarily better than new wine. The reason why old wine is expensive is that the quantity is limited. If you drink one bottle, you will lose one. In addition, old wine that can be preserved for decades or even hundreds of years must be the product of the past.

Being the best is actually a victory based on probability, but it does not necessarily prove that old wine will definitely surpass new wine. This is the biggest misunderstanding.

So Ellen just took out the wine decanter, which already made Old Xiao and the others feel very strange. However, although last year's wine was new, it was not outrageous to let it sober for more than ten minutes. But after tasting this wine bottle, Old Xiao

Well, they immediately felt something was wrong. Not only was this wine delicious and pure, it was also outstanding even among the second-grade wines. It also had a richness that could only appear after the old wine had sobered up. This was a taste that new wine could not produce.

It is also one of the reference standards for sommeliers to appreciate fine wines. Only real old wine drinkers and professionals like David can drink this.

By treating old wine as new wine and using it for 'exchange', is this bullying the people who don't understand wine at Mary Winery? That's it for old Sean. The most angry person is actually David. If Ellen hadn't smiled so elegantly and calmly, he would have really

I want to punch him. Let this guy know the consequences of underestimating him!

“My private secret is to make new wine have the richness that only old wine can have, which is enough to double its value.”

Ellen felt a hint of pride: "Of course this is not the key to determining the final quality of red wine, but in the eyes of people who really understand wine, it is also very important, isn't it?"

"To make new wine have the richness that only old wine can have? This is the biggest lie I have heard in my life."

David knew that red wine that has been cellared for three years or even more than five years is called "old wine". This is because the wine is isolated from the air in sealed oak barrels, and a substance called tannic acid is slowly produced in the wine.

During the sobering process, after tannic acid is fully exposed to oxygen, it will undergo various changes due to different time, location, temperature, and humidity when the bottle is opened. Why is the aged red wine in high-end restaurants always buried in ice?

Blocking? is to use physical cooling to keep the red wine in a constant and controllable change after opening the bottle. Even if it cannot reach perfection, it can still be maintained above the standard.

The real tasting masters look down on the use of ice cubes to control aged wine. They prefer to control it in a way they recognize and experience the strange changes of aged wine. These characteristics of aged red wine determine that only time can change the new wine.

In order to make this feature more prominent, top wineries like Mouton and Lafite even go to the extent of replacing oak barrels every three years to store wine for decades or even hundreds of years. This is even the case for winemaking masters at top wineries.

, do you, Ellen, have the power to steal the sky and violate the rules of time? Do you really think you are God?

David sneered. He would rather believe that Helen in Greek mythology was a pure virgin than believe Ellen's deceitful words.

"My secret cannot be shared with others. So I can only say this much."

Ellen smiled and said: "Of course, if you two gentlemen have doubts about my words, you can seek verification from authoritative sources. Don't Mr. Sean think that I will use old wine to pretend to be a new bar in front of Miss Emery?"

"Zhou, look"

Seeing Ellen's confident look, Old Sean and David ran out of ideas for a moment. This guy was right. Mermaid Manor already had an advantage, so there seemed to be no need to lie in front of the media, as that would not be consistent with themselves. Can't you make it? Willy is obviously not that stupid.

Feeling uncertain, Old Sean turned to look at Zhou Yi. Now he could only hope that his young partner could save the face of Mary Manor.

"Mr. Allen is indeed an imaginative person."

Ellen was as elegant as a gentleman, and Zhou Yi was as elegant as a knight, at least in the eyes of onlookers. He picked up the red wine from Mermaid Manor and took a sip. Zhou Yi, a guy who had never brewed red wine, quickly used the system to give him the gift. Knowledge analysis, judging Ellen's so-called 'secret'.

One sip, two sips, three sips. When Zhou Yi was about to finish the glass of red wine in his hand and Old Sean's heartbeat increased several times, Zhou Yi smiled. As expected, Ellen was not bragging, he had put in a lot of effort. It seems that Willy is not just a lustful fat man as he appears on the surface. He has a good vision and did not choose the wrong person.

"Purely hand-made, with near-perfect granulation, juicing processes and a kind of yeast suitable for grapes, right?"

Zhou Yi laughed in appreciation, but Ellen was obviously not in such a good mood. Her whole body was trembling, as if she had seen a ghost, and she almost threw away the red wine. What elegant demeanor and gentlemanly behavior? They all went to Java, and now he only has Zhou Yi in his eyes. Of course, this is not love, but fear.

"You, you actually saw my baking powder, you" even the voice trembled when he spoke. Ellen felt that the world was spinning. Damn it, could it be that coming to Bordeaux was a mistake? But shouldn't it be Mu who exposed his secret? Joseph from Chateau Tong and El from Chateau Lafite? They are actually Chinese. Did God also change his nationality?

"This amazing baking powder should be extracted from some kind of grape or fruit close to grape, right?"

Zhou Yi nodded and said: "This is a genius idea. Using this kind of fermentation powder speeds up the production of tannic acid in new wine. Although this cannot fundamentally change the quality of the wine, let alone turn the second-level wine into the first-level, it can It is enough to add icing on the cake and increase the recognition of sommeliers. Although this is not a revolutionary technology that changes the evolutionary history of red wine, it is a technology that can make a winemaker quickly become famous and even reach the top of the industry, right?"

Being looked down upon completely, this is how Ellen feels now. He sat down on the chair with his mouth open and didn't even know what to say. This is actually understandable, no one else can bear the hard work he has done for several years. Exploration. Finally figured out the secret secrets of secrets, and was about to work hard to become a legend in the industry, but someone saw through it at a glance.

Ellen felt like she had been stripped naked. That was all, but the other person was not doing it out of love or homosexuality.

Zhou Yi was feeling relaxed at the moment. Although Ellen's skill was in the heretical way, it gave him a lot of inspiration. Originally, the third-grade red wines from Mary Manor could not beat Mermaid Manor in any way. They could only be exchanged. 'For his sake, even he couldn't do anything about it, but Keilun helped him open a door, a door to cheating.

"I admire it. It turns out that Zhou is not only good at cooking, but also a brewing master."

Willy patted Ellen on the shoulder and told him to calm down: "But now is not the time to discuss baking powder. Let's continue our communication, Mr. Sean. My old friends, you have already tasted Mermaid Manor. of wine, it’s time to bring out your red wine, right?”

After all, he is the owner of the manor, and Willy sees the overall situation and grasps the key to the problem.

"Uh, okay, look at it Zhou"

Old Sean knew what his wine was, but no matter how thick-skinned he was, he couldn't compete with Willy with these third-grade wines, so he had to look at Zhou Yi again.

"What are you still hesitating about, Mr. Sean? Just take out the red wine I improved before."

Zhou Yi smiled lightly.

"Did you improve the wine?" Old Sean was confused. He looked at the sincere face of the Chinese youth. He was a little confused and thought to himself, "You have only been here three days and you are still hunting rabbits. When did you improve red wine?" "

"What? David didn't tell you? No wonder"

Zhou Yi chuckled and said: "Actually, Mr. Allen and I have similar ideas. We have also made some improvements to the red wine of Mary Manor. I didn't expect it to be used now. How about it? Mr. David comes with me and studies it." Get a bottle of the improved wine, please wait a moment for Mr. Willie, oh, and Miss Amery, this wine is very suitable for ladies to drink, you will definitely like it."

"I am Mr. Sean, Zhou and I are going to get the wine. Oh, that wine is so amazing."

David was startled for a moment, but he soon understood and started to brag along with Zhou Yi. Since Magic Zhou had said it, there would be a way. However, he didn't know why Zhou Yi wanted to pull him in, but he didn't know that Magic Zhou had been paying attention to him in the past two days. He was just looking at the scenery and hunting rabbits. He didn't even go to the large wine cellar of the manor. If he didn't close it, he might not even be able to find the door.

"Zhou, are you saying that with these third-grade wine, you can beat Mermaid Manor?"

Watching Zhou Yi walking around in the wine cellar, leaning down to smell the wine barrel from time to time, David felt very baffled. Who knows better than him? The best quality wine here is only a third-grade wine. The mid-range products in it, let alone compare with the second-level wines, might not even compare with the second-level wines if you are not careful. Even if it is a magical week, it is impossible to violate this fact.

"Third-grade wine? Ellen can use his carefully prepared yeast to improve the purity of the wine. Can't we improve the quality of third-grade wine? Although this is a bit tricky, it is the only way at the moment."

Zhou Yi patted a wine barrel and said, "That's it. David, please help me get a bottle out."

"I really admire you Zhou, how do you know that this barrel contains the best red wine of the season?"

Seeing that Zhou Yi found out the best new wine of Mary Manor just by sniffing it with his nose, David could put a goose egg in his mouth when he opened his mouth. It is true that a capable person can do anything. The magic Zhou's nose is definitely better than that of the house. Dawei was still alive, but he soon realized that this was a very rude metaphor. After all, Zhou was also his boss, so how could he use this to compare?

"Feel"

Zhou Yi didn't explain much. He took the wine from David, shook it up and down, and looked at the color of the wine: "It's barely usable, David, Mary Manor should have a small area of ​​ice grapes, right?"

In addition to those first-class famous wines, the aristocrats of French wine also include ice wine. Even the cheapest ice wine costs more than 500 francs, and the most expensive ones are even more valuable than 82 Lafite and 45-year-old Mouton. The reason is

This kind of wine is made from winter grapes, commonly known as 'ice grapes'. This is a genetically optimized product. Hundreds of years ago, the French consciously selected those grape varieties that are resistant to cold and vibration. Then

After repeated cross breeding, we finally got the ice grape that can grow in winter. The wine brewed from it is naturally refreshing. It is the best drink in the hot summer. But even the final survival rate of the ice grape is not

It exceeds 30%, and the usage rate is as low as 5%, so ice wine is more expensive than its peers and has become a treasure on the table.

In Bordeaux, almost all wineries produce a certain amount of ice grapes, especially third- and fourth-level wineries. It is difficult to sell their red wine at a good price, but ice grapes are different, even if they are daily table wine level ice grapes.

, its value is also equivalent to regional table wine level red wine, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is the lifeline of these small wineries.

So Zhou Yi believed that there should be ice grapes in Mary Winery. Ellen gave him a hint. The systematic skills of improving the quality of ingredients can definitely allow him to come up with something even more incredible than that kind of 'leavening powder'. But this also requires

Good materials, the higher the level of the original materials, the more perfectly the system skills can be brought into play.

"Yes, there are, but they are all low-quality goods left over from the manor's selection. They are all stored in the freezer to be eaten by the children."

David didn't understand what Zhou Yi wanted Bingpu to do. Does this have anything to do with the imminent 'exchange'?

Zhou Yi was not prepared to explain anything. He took a large plate of ice grapes that David had found and nodded: "Okay, it works. By the way, David. Please go out first and help me close the door of the wine cellar while I improve it."

After finishing this bottle of red wine, I will go back as soon as possible.”

"Oh, of course, of course."

Although David is very curious, he is a qualified winemaker. Naturally, he knows that master winemakers have strange tempers, especially when using special tricks, he is most afraid of people being present to learn from them.

Seeing David go out, Zhou Yi began to quickly pick out the ice grapes. These ice grapes were all discarded goods. Naturally, they were not full and fresh. There were even bad spots on some of them, but that didn't matter.

, as long as there is no deterioration or damage to the ice grape's genes, he can find ways to improve its quality. It doesn't have to be much higher, just to reach the level of the best ice grape that humans can cultivate.

"Ingredients analysis, low-grade ingredients can be transformed by consuming system potential points. Medium transformation requires 100 system upgrade potential points. Transformation of top-level ingredients requires 200 system upgrade potential points. Top-level ingredients will have additional effects, which are random."

It’s been a long time since I’ve used the system to cheat. Zhou Yi feels very friendly. He deserves that guy Willy’s misfortune. Although the 200 upgrade potential points are a lot, and since activating the main profession, Zhou Yi can no longer obtain upgrades through cheating methods such as absorbing treasure energy.

Potential points, fortunately, France not only has beautiful scenery, but also is a lazy and leisurely place. You can automatically get 20 upgrade potential points every day in Paris. After coming to Bordeaux, the hometown of red wine, the number has increased to 25 and 200 per day.

Upgrading potential points is really nothing, it's just a waste of eight days. The most important thing in the Book of Changes is time.

Without hesitation, he chose to transform the top ingredients. As Zhou Yi's hands stroked them, the dozens of ice grapes he picked out immediately became juicy and fresh. They were originally slightly dry, but now they have become plump, especially the color.

Changes: These ice grapes were originally white grape varieties. After his transformation, the skin is still white and transparent, but the flesh reveals a faint blue color.

"The transformation of the ingredients is completed, and the additional effect is blue fantasy"

Blue fantasy?

Zhou Yi looked carefully and saw that the orchid under the peel was flowing like water waves. It was indeed like a dream. He was so happy that he couldn't help but smile. He picked up the original granulating tool prepared in advance, just like the Chinese people used it.

Use the same garlic mortar as the garlic mortar, put the iceberg into it and mash it lightly

Pelleting and juicing are the most critical steps in manual brewing of red wine. This determines the level of the winemaker. Although the large-scale technological pellet press is standardized and is the best choice for assembly line production, it does not have the manual pressing of a winemaker.

The grains are very fine. The key to granulation is to mash the peel and fruit at the same time. The more authentic the kung fu is, the better the color of the red wine will be. Although Zhou Yi used the most primitive and difficult-to-use tools when granulating, every time

It contains inner energy, and under the subtle control of Jiuzhuan Xuanjin, this step has almost reached perfection.

"Okay, the next step is to squeeze the juice, and then add it to this bottle of third-grade red wine. The new grape juice is added to the new wine that has been initially fermented. I'm afraid I'm the only one who can do this, right?"

Zhou Yi smiled proudly, filtered the blue dreamy juice and added it to the red wine. Then he held the bottle of red wine in his hand, and the inner air seemed to be poured in for free. After a while, bubbles appeared in the bottle,

Makes a 'gurgling' sound.

Speed ​​up fermentation!

His method is not as simple as adding juice and fermenting it with internal air. His Dionysus-level analytical ability allows him to master the most perfect distribution plan. When the internal air penetrates into the bottle, his leisurely heart starts to turn, turning stone into gold! The bottle

The red wine that had been fermented for the first time and the juice that was added later were detected by Lei Ran's heart and inner energy, as clear as the lines on his fingers. Zhou Yi even faintly touched the internal mysteries of the two molecules. With a thought, he made

The perfect combination of the two molecules not only surpassed each other, but also formed a brand new substance. This substance is improved red wine!

"Haha, what should I call you?"

Zhou Yi held the bottle of improved wine and nodded with satisfaction: "Blue Dream, Mary Winery, well let's call it Mrs. Mary's Blue Dream, what a name!"

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