amaotonovel Chapter 193 Guidance
Chapter 193 Guidance
The meal was a great success. Wen Qing prepared two bottles of Changxia Qinglao and two bottles of Changxia Tejiu for each guest. She also presented a jade pendant carved by Master Lin from Yangmei Village. The color of the jade pendant was medium to above average and it was placed in a customized wooden box, which was simple and elegant.
The four experts rode away on their bikes, and Director Xu said, "Xiao Wen, you've spent a lot of money today, haven't you?"
Wen Qing smiled and said, "It's nothing. It's rare for an expert to give me advice. Besides, you came forward to help me, so I can't be stingy and lose your face."
He added: "It didn't cost much actually, they are all our own products."
Director Xu: "What about the jade pendant?"
Wen Qing said, "That was also carved out when I was gambling on stones in the countryside. Later, I went on a business trip to Yangmei and asked a jade carving master to make it. I spent a little processing fee. Professor Xu, I have another one here for your wife."
He took out a colorful peony pendant carved from chicken blood stone. It was made from the leftover scraps of the Snow Mountain Red Plum ornament. Master Lin did not charge any extra money.
Director Xu took it and looked at it. It was a jade-colored camellia the size of a little fingertip, with red lines on the petals. It looked very much like a kind of camellia called "Scratched Beauty's Face". It was small and exquisite. He quickly declined, "This is too expensive." It was obvious from the carving that it was no ordinary item.
Wen Qing smiled and said, "This piece of chicken blood stone does not contain much blood, nor is it expensive, but the carving master has extraordinary skills. This is a gift for Master's wife, so please accept it."
After refusing for a long time, Director Xu had no choice but to accept it.
After that, Wen Qing often visited these experts to ask for advice, and the relationship between the two sides became closer and closer.
The next day, Deng Huaying and Yu Guomin came to Changxia Winery. Wen Qing took the two experts to visit the winery. Wang Jianguo rushed over immediately after hearing the news. His excitement was beyond words, no less than a fan meeting his idol.
The two experts first went to the old winery to visit the earliest wine cellars and read their test reports. Yu Guomin said: "From the data point of view, several key data of your wine cellars are not much different from those of Wuliangjiu Jiujiu Jiujiu, and are better than some of their wine cellars with a shorter age."
Wang Jianguo: "What do you think are the main differences between our Changxia Liquor and Wuliang Liquor?"
Yu Guomin pondered for a moment: "The wine cellar has a great influence on the quality of Luzhou-flavor liquor. The koji and blending techniques are also crucial. A good wine has a relatively balanced aroma of wine, koji and cellar. It should be characterized by a lasting and pure aroma, a rich and full body, and a smooth, sweet and comfortable taste."
Deng Huaying introduced some key steps in blending liquor and the pairing techniques of various liquors. Yu Guomin also talked about his experience as a blending master in a winery when he was young. Wang Jianguo nodded frequently.
Wang Jianguo waved his hand and said, "Expert Yu, Expert Deng, can you two guide me in mixing cocktails on the spot?" The two nodded and went to the blending workshop together.
Wen Qing asked the two experts to sit down and asked the staff to make tea with her tea leaves.
Wang Jianguo took out a few jars of wine, found a container, calmed his mind, calmly took out the wine dispenser and began to blend, mixing one, two, and three base wines together until the wines were mixed evenly.
Wang Jianguo poured the blended wine into several glasses and placed them on the table. He said to Deng and the others respectfully, "Expert Yu, Expert Deng, please taste it."
Wang Guozhang stood aside and watched. After the two experts Yu and Deng picked up the wine glasses, he also picked up the wine glass, smelled it, took another sip, and tasted it carefully in his mouth. Sure enough, the aroma of the blended wine was more obvious this time. After swallowing it, a little sweetness came from the root of the tongue, and when he exhaled, there was a little bit of burnt aroma.
Wen Qing also picked up a glass of wine and tasted it. The new flavor was really good.
Yu Guomin drank the wine, tasted it, rinsed his mouth, and then said, "This comrade is very insightful. This blending method highlights the soft flavor of your wine."
Deng Huaying also said: "By blending, we have achieved the purpose of enhancing the aroma and flavor. Well, the ester aroma is stronger."
The two asked Wang Jianguo to get some of the three base wines respectively, and pointed out their characteristics one by one after tasting them. Deng Huaying personally mixed a bottle of wine and motioned Wen Qing to pour it for everyone. She said modestly: "I haven't made it for a few years. I am sorry to show you my ugliness today."
Yu Guomin smiled and said, "I'm in for a treat today. Let's try Huaying's cooking."
Wen Qing picked up the cup and took a sip. It was indeed a completely different flavor, which also highlighted the rich and complex aroma of the Luzhou-flavor liquor.
While drinking, Wang Jianguo secretly recorded Deng Yinghua's techniques and blending proportions, and compared them with the flavor of the wine in the glass.
After the tour, Wen Qing invited the two into her courtyard, along with Liu Quan and Wang Jianguo, and cooked a meal herself. Although it was farm food, the ingredients were fresh and the taste was naturally delicious.
After dinner, Wen Qing asked the two experts to take a rest in the guest room. After the new factory was built, she took back the yard and converted the three offices into guest rooms. She arranged them like a single room in a hotel and placed the mahogany furniture she had bought in exchange for it, which was quite traditional in style.
It was not until 2:30 that we went to the new factory together. The old winery looked like a country winery, while the new factory looked like a completely modern winery.
After entering the workshop, Wen Qing introduced, "In order to improve efficiency, our new plant has automated some non-critical links, and only the critical links are manually operated."
Deng Huaying said: "In the future, if wineries want to expand on a large scale, they will definitely take the path of modern factories. Our country currently does not have a winery with an annual output of 10,000 tons, so scale is a problem."
Wen Qing nodded, and paused. The prices of many liquors will increase in the future. Should she stock up more now?
Wang Jianguo introduced the method of "cellar maintenance" to the two experts. He pointed to a row of wine cellars and said: "There are 100 mud cellars in this row. They have been maintained and are ready for winemaking."
Deng Huaying squatted down and touched the mud that sealed the cellar, and asked, "Is there an open mud cellar? Let us take a look."
Wang Jianguo led the two of them for a while and said, "This row is the wine cellar we are maintaining." He picked up a shovel and dug open the cellar sealing layer to reveal the cellar wall. Deng Huaying grabbed a handful of flour residue, pressed the mud cellar with his hand, smelled the smell on his hand, and asked, "How long has this wine cellar been in operation?"
Wang Jianguo: “Five months.”
Wen Qing puts the wine mud from the mature mud cellar into the space for aging for a period of time, and then smears it on the cellar wall. Through several fermentations at different temperatures, the rapid growth of microorganisms is promoted. They carry out chemical nutrition at each stage and then consciously improve it, so that a well-maintained wine cellar can present a wine cellar environment that simulates natural growth.
Wang Jianguo took out a few jars of raw liquor produced in the new factory. Yu Guomin and Deng Huaying tasted it and thought it was good, but also pointed out its shortcomings.
After seeing the two off, Wen Qing called a meeting with Wang Jianguo and his two apprentices, Wang Guozhang, Liu Quan, and Tan Yuanfang. The theme was how to stand out in this year's evaluation of famous and high-quality wines?