Chapter 973 Excited Old West(1/2)
In the afternoon, Xia Rufei took Feng Jing to the Hunter Valley Garden at Brokeback Mountain.
This was a revisiting place for Xia Rufei. Last time he brought Lin Qiao here, he met Lin Qiao's high school classmate Tan Lili, which later caused a series of events.
Of course, because of that storm, Xia Rufei finally accepted the largest Golden Oak Winery in the Hunter Valley area.
Now that I have come back to the Hunter Valley Garden, the scenery is still beautiful, and the theme parks are like dreamy fairylands, Xia Rufei can't help but sigh.
Times have changed, and the scenery here is still the same, but those people at that time may have their own life trajectories.
Tan Lili, who has returned to China to resume her studies, should be the most tense moment in preparing for the college entrance examination now?
And Tan Lili's boyfriend Zheng Peng has already left Australia in shame after selling his assets with his parents.
Robinson and Brody of Golden Oak Winery will definitely not dare to stay in Hunter Valley after selling the winery.
Of course, these people were all blamed. Xia Ruofei just felt a little emotional and would not sympathize with them for this.
This is Feng Jing's first time to come to Hunter Valley Garden. Like Lin Qiao, she is deeply attracted by the theme park here.
Snow White, Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Cinderella... The scenes in fairy tales are truly reproduced here, and Feng Jing can't help but burst into a girl's heart, so Xia Rufei helped her take a lot of photos.
The two of them spent a long time traveling and returned home with great pleasure.
The next morning, they made an appointment to go to West Winery together.
The first batch of grape juice that started brewing today has been settled. Old West organized workers to pour the upper layer of the liquid into oak barrels for fermentation.
After Xia Rufei and Feng Jing asked, they realized that the fermentation of white wine is very strict in temperature and must be controlled between 18 and 20 degrees, otherwise the aroma and taste of the wine will be greatly affected.
In addition, the entire fermentation process is about 2 to 3 weeks, which means that the grape juice contained in the oak barrel must be left in a constant temperature warehouse for about 20 days before the main fermentation period is completed. It may take another week or two before the entire fermentation process will be completed.
By then, the grape juice had actually turned into wine, and you could smell the strong wine smell when you opened the oak barrel.
Of course, the subsequent cultivation must be continued in oak barrels. At this stage, the dead yeast will precipitate at the bottom of the barrel after fermentation. The brewer will stir regularly to mix the dead yeast and the wine to make the wine more rounded.
Finally, after a period of clarification, the impurities such as dead yeast and grape debris contained in the wine can be bottled.
After listening to Old West's introduction, 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 to go around this. Feng Jing will definitely not be able to stay in Australia for so long without caring about domestic companies.
Xia Rufei has this possibility.
Xia Rufei smiled and said, "Or why don't you just take a vacation! I will criticize you for a month's vacation, so you can come to Uncle West every day to learn brewing!"
"I don't want it!" Feng Jing said, "Since it's impossible to complete it here in a short while, let's hurry up and return to China!"
"How about... I'll take you here again in a month?" Xia Ruofei said with a smile.
Feng Jing has been involved in the entire process of brewing these days. Xia Rufei could see that Feng Jing is quite interested in this. Maybe this is also a way to relax for her!
Feng Jing hesitated for a moment and said, "Let's see it then..."
This is obviously a temptation. If it were the case before, Feng Jing would have refused without thinking.
Xia Rufei looked at Old West again and asked curiously: "Uncle West, I heard you just now that these SE wines will be bottled in almost a month? Aren't the wines all stored in oak barrels? Why are they bottled so early?"
Old West said with a smile: "Summer, this is the characteristic of Se wine in the Australian Hunter Valley region. Its ripening process is not completed in oak barrels, but in a bottle! What's amazing is that the s mature in the bottle is lively and fresh when it is young, with a hint of lemon flavor. After ripening for a period of time, it will develop a classic golden tone and the texture will become rich in layers, such as toast, honey, grass fragrance, etc...."
Xia Rufei nodded frequently, and felt that he had gained a lot of insight.
Pay attention to learning everywhere. In the past, he only knew some basic common sense. This time, by experiencing the brewing process personally, he also felt that there were actually many details worth paying attention to, and these are valuable experiences passed down over the years and generations.
Old West said: "Of course, oak barrels are still very important. Se fermentation, cultivation and other processes are completed in oak barrels. In this process, the smells of the wood fragrance, grass fragrance and other odors of the oak barrels will be integrated into the wine, making the wine aroma more abundant. Therefore, good oak barrels are also very important for winemaking."
"Oh?" Xia Rufei said, "Then how about our batch of oak barrels?"
Old West smiled and said, "It's pretty good! It's medium and upper level. Of course, if it was the SE grapes from the previous few years, it would be enough to use such oak barrels, but this year's grapes are of extremely high quality. I originally wanted to find a better oak barrel, but unfortunately this is not easy to do..."
Xia Rufei's heart moved slightly, and a thought suddenly came to his mind: "Uncle West, can I give me two buckets of these grape juice liquids that are about to be sent to ferment?"
Old West was stunned for a moment and said, "Summer, it's not that I don't want to give it to you. The whole winery is yours. It's definitely okay if you want two barrels of grape juice... However, the fermentation process must strictly control the temperature. If you are given... these grape juices will definitely become extremely sour in the end, and that's a waste!"
Xia Ruofei smiled and said, "Uncle West, don't worry about this. Anyway, our production this year is so high. If we want to waste at most, we will waste two barrels. Just think that I drank it myself..."
Old West actually didn't want to do it. The quality of this year's grapes is particularly good. All the wines are the same as his meat. How could he bear to take two barrels out at once? However, Xia Rufei is the owner of the winery, and even if he opposes, it will be ineffective!
Besides, Xia Rufei did not use his power to suppress others. Instead, he discussed with him calmly. In addition, the two barrels were indeed not too much, so he nodded helplessly in the end.
Old West waved to a worker and prepared to take him to the constant temperature warehouse to carry out two buckets of grape juice that was ready to ferment.
Xia Rufei waved his hand and said, "Uncle West, don't worry! I have a friend in Australia. The oak trees he planted seem to be pretty good. I want to buy him two oaks. Please help me see the quality? If the quality is good, please help me ask someone to make a few oak barrels. Then the grape juice I want will be put in the new oak barrels. How about it?"
"The oak trees on Australia seem to be very ordinary!" Old West said hesitantly.
Xia Ruofei smiled and said, "Let's talk about it when the wood comes in! If the quality is not good, then use the winery's oak barrels. Anyway, it only costs two barrels! Is it okay?"
Old West said with a wry smile: "Xia, you are the owner of the winery! Of course, there will be no problem with your requirements!"
"Thank you!" Xia Ruofei said happily, "Uncle West, then let's say goodbye first! After the oak is shipped over, I will send it to the winery as soon as possible!"
Old West was busy processing the grape juice clear liquid, hurriedly said goodbye to Xia Ruofei, and then focused on his work.
Walking out of West Winery, Feng Jing asked curiously: "Rofei, do you have friends who plant oak trees in Australia?"
"Yes! I have so many friends!" Xia Rufei said with a smile, "I'm going to contact Oak in the afternoon. You either have to rest on the farm for a long time, or you can ask Brother Liang to take you around nearby! No problem?"
"Of course there is no problem!" Feng Jing said with a smile, "I'm not a child, I'm going to accompany you all day! Just go busy!"
Then, Feng Jing couldn't help asking: "Ruofei, according to Uncle West, the fermentation process is so strict with temperature control. If you ask for two buckets of grape juice, isn't it was wasted?"
"I have my own use!" Xia Rufei said with a mysterious smile, "And I won't leave them in the Wonderland Farm. I have to send them to a friend, anyway, don't worry!"
"I'm a mysterious person, I can't be that friend of the oak tree again, right?" Feng Jing joked.
"Awesome, I'll be right!" Xia Ruofei said with a smile, "He also has his own winery, and giving him two barrels is for testing purposes."
Xia Rufei naturally had no other Australian friends, and he didn't give two buckets of grape juice to someone for experimentation, he wanted to put it into the space.
As for oak trees, Xia Rufei wanted to cut down two oak trees planted in the space. At that time, in order to cultivate truffles, Xia Rufei planted many oak trees in the space. The oak trees reproduced very quickly, and cutting down one or two of them would not affect the yield of truffles.
He also wanted to know what quality these oak trees growing in space can reach.
But we can't tell Feng Jing about these things, and Xia Ruofei can only speak so voluntarily.
Feng Jing had no doubts. After all, this was Xia Rufei's private matter, so she didn't ask any more questions.
When she returned to the Wonderland Farm, Xia Rufei asked Liang Qichao to help arrange a flatbed truck for transporting wood during lunch.
As for the loading location, Xia Rufei said that he didn't know where his friend would unload the wood, so he asked Liang Qichao to contact the car and told him the driver's contact information, and he would contact the driver directly at that time.
Liang Qichao did not doubt it and agreed.
After lunch, Xia Rufei went back to the room, locked the door and entered the space.
In the space, Xia Qing is still managing those precious crops for Xia Rufei with all his efforts. With his efforts, the scope of the medicine garden is also expanding. In the future, the space medicine garden alone can meet the raw material needs of the pharmaceutical factory.
After being cleaned up by Xia Rufei once, the white world ripped has been very honest recently. Most of the time, I have been experiencing the spatial rules, a stable space architecture that is very close to the outside world, which is equivalent to a huge treasure house for it, and it lives here with great peace of mind.
Xia Ruofei smiled and said, "You guys are all busy! Don't worry about me!"
After Xia Qing and the White Realm Ridge left, Xia Rufei took a chainsaw from Yuanchu Realm, chose two oak trees to put them down, and then removed the branches and vines, and soon obtained two woods.
After the processing was completed, Xia Rufei hurriedly left the space.
He asked Liang Qichao to come to the farm to pickup truck and drove away from the farm alone.
Australia is vast and sparsely populated, and some desolate places are often deserted for hundreds of kilometers. Xia Rufei easily found a remote highway and he observed it. There were no people within a few kilometers nearby, and it took a long time to pass by one or two cars, which can be said to be very desolate.
After Xia Rufei got out of the car, he took out two pieces of wood from the space with a thought, placed them on the side of the road, and then took out his cell phone to contact the driver.
He had determined his location through the satellite positioning system and reported the location to the driver. The driver told him that it might take two or three hours to come here. There was no way. Australia is very large and it is far away from the settlement area.
After Xia Rufei hung up the phone, he simply took out a lounge chair and a parasol from the space and lie under the parasol and spent time.
When it was dark, the flatbed truck finally arrived.
While waiting, there was no car passing by on the road, which shows how remote it is.
The driver also knew in advance that he wanted to transport two pieces of wood, so he also brought hinges and other tools, and there were several workers on the train.
The driver was also very curious about this desolate loading location. Xia Rufei explained that it was sent by a foreign driver who was not familiar with the road. He unloaded the items and returned. He had to call another taxi to transfer the goods.
Xia Rufei even pretended to be angry and complained a few times.
The driver didn't ask much, and he would immediately organize workers to start loading the truck.
Everyone skillfully tied the wood, lifted it onto the car and fixed it with a wire rope. Then Xia Rufei drove the pickup truck in front and led the way, and the two cars drove towards West Winery one in front and one behind.
When we arrived at the winery, it was already dark. The workers who had been busy all day went home, and the winery was quiet.
Xia Rufei rang the doorbell at the door of the winery and shouted: "Uncle West, come and open the door! My oak has been shipped!"
After a while, footsteps sounded, and Old West walked out in his pajamas because he had to get up early to pick grapes, so the two of them usually went to rest after dinner.
Xia Rufei said with a hint of apology: "Uncle West, I'm sorry to disturb you for rest! The oak I mentioned in the morning has been transported. Open the door and let the car in and unload the wood, and then you can continue to rest..."
Old West said with a smile: "It's okay, we just lay down... Xia, your friend is quite efficient!"
Xia Ruofei said: "The driver sent the wrong location. I also found a flatbed truck to transfer it, otherwise I wouldn't have been delivered so late..."
"Come in!" Old West opened the door of the winery and let the two cars drive in.
There were only two pieces of wood, so the workers quickly unloaded them onto the clearings in the winery.
To be continued...