Traveling through 70's wine

Chapter 192 Ask for advice

Wang Jianguo's second apprentice Tang Lin was working in the wine koji room. He had just finished his work and came out to greet Wen Qing.

Tang Lin: "Director Wen, during the Spring Festival, I went to Huainan and watched their Peach Blossom Song. I brought some of it back. Spring is coming soon, and I want to make some myself."

Wang Jianguo had done Peach Blossom Song before, with good results; now Tang Lin wants to do it, Wen Qing will definitely support it.

Peach Blossom Qu is a specialty of Huainan. The qu is made when the peach blossoms are in full bloom and fermented for more than 20 days. The qu is ready when the peach blossoms wither. A well-made peach blossom spring qu has a layer of white frost on the surface, and the core of the qu is like jade when cut. The wine brewed with peach blossom qu has a subtle fragrance and tastes sweet and mellow.

Tang Lin went on to say: "The raw materials of Taohuachunqu are similar to those of our qu, but there are additional processes of high temperature fragrance enhancement and qu turning. I want to make a batch of qu first to try it out."

Tang Lin introduced his experience in making koji to Wen Qing, and took her to the koji room to see the fermenting koji.

Wen Qing told him to proceed tentatively and not to rush into anything.

Now the total amount of money in Wen Qing's various accounts exceeds 1000 million yuan, which she has deposited in several banks. What should she do? Buy a house? Buy antiques? Invest in building a factory? Finally, Wen Qing sighed and decided to wait for opportunities.

She is not a person who pursues wealth or enjoyment. Everything she does now is the result of fate.

Wen Qing took out the computer books she bought in Gangcheng and read them. Personal computers had already appeared in 85. With computers, industrial automation could be promoted more quickly. She had learned a little about computers before, but had forgotten it all over the years. Now she was teaching herself to catch up with the computer wave.

After practicing, her mental strength increased greatly, and her ability to learn and understand also improved significantly. She finished learning the book in three or four days. Wen Qing felt that she needed to put it into practice.

After the spring, Wen Qing took the time to get to know the experts from the Ministry of Light Industry. The Industrial University was very familiar with all the industry-related ministries. Wen Qing found Director Xu and tried to ask him if he could help.

Director Xu remembered Wen Qing, a student who had great ideas about automobile mechanics, and asked, "Xiao Wen, why don't you tell me what you want to do so I can help you."

Wen Qing chuckled twice, "Director Xu, I have opened a winery now, and I would like to find some experts to give me some advice."

Director Xu looked at her and said, "Drinking. I like that. How about this? You buy us a meal and bring the wine so we can taste it."

Wen Qing was overjoyed, "What do you want to eat?"

Director Xu looked at her with a smile, "Anything suitable for drinking will do."

Wen Qing wrote down Director Xu's phone number and gave him her own phone number, asking him to let her know when he had made an appointment so she could book a restaurant.

Director Xu was very helpful. He called her back three days later and told her that he had made an appointment with several experts and asked her to book a place. Wen Qing immediately booked the Pingjing Hotel, which was closer to the ministry.

On the day of the dinner party, Wen Qing arrived at the restaurant first, took out 2000 yuan and deposited it at the counter, telling the cashier that she would refund the excess and make up the shortfall. She then carefully learned about the restaurant's signature dishes, sought the waiter's opinion, and ordered a few cold dishes first, "We'll order a few more when the guests arrive."

Director Xu arrived on time after six o'clock in the afternoon. Wen Qing expressed her gratitude. Director Xu said, "Xiao Wen, if the wine doesn't taste good, don't blame us for finding faults."

After a while, the four experts invited by Director Xu arrived one after another, including Yu Guomin, who was in his 50s, Wang Lishan, who was in his 60s, Xie Zhenghao, who was in his 50s, and Deng Huaying, a female expert in her 40s.

Director Xu introduced Wen Qing to everyone, "Wen Qing is a graduate of our University of Technology. Experts, please give us your guidance."

Wen Qing asked Director Xu and the experts to order the dishes. Everyone declined for a while and ordered their own dishes. Wen Qing took the menu and added five more dishes to make a table.

She took out her own wine and introduced it, "All of you teachers are seniors in the wine industry. I am a new student who has just started to learn winemaking. Although I have devoted myself to studying it, I have only been there for a short time and there is a big gap. I would like to ask the seniors for some advice."

First, Changxia Qingniang was poured for everyone. Deng Huaying, who was sitting next to her, motioned her to pass the bottle to her. Wen Qing handed the bottle over. Deng Huaying looked at the bottle carefully and handed it to Xie Zhenghao. After several experts had looked at it, Director Xu asked the experts to pick up their glasses.

Wen Qing introduced: "Dear seniors, this Changxia Qingniang is a medium-temperature Daqu-flavored liquor. It adopts the double distillation method, and the liquor is not allowed to fall to the ground. The bottle of liquor you drink today is 10 years old. It is the first batch I brewed. I also used a special cellaring method. You experts will know it once you drink it."

Director Xu: "Xiao Wen, stop talking. The dishes are on the table now. Let's start tasting them."

Pick up the wine glass, smell it first, then taste it, and drink it all in one gulp.

Wang Lishan was not tall, with a head full of white hair and an ordinary face except for a slightly large nose. He drank the glass of wine carefully and said with a smile, "Little girl, you are still keeping me in suspense. This wine is clear in color and has a faint floral scent, a bit like Gutan wine. It is soft and mellow in the mouth, with gentle and rich changes in layers, just like a 30-year-old wine."

Yu Guomin also said: "There is such good wine in Pingjing? It seems that I am ignorant."

Xie Zhenghao: "The raw material is five grains, right? I feel that the rice flavor is stronger than that of Jin wine."

In the beginning, Changxia Qingjiu was made with five kinds of grains, but now they basically don’t use rice anymore, only sorghum, corn and wheat.

Deng Huaying: "It tastes sweet at first, with a sweet aftertaste and light bitterness. It should be popular among northerners."

Sichuan people have a strong taste for liquor and prefer stronger flavors, northerners like salty and fragrant flavors, and southern China people like lighter flavors. They find it easier to accept this kind of liquor with less bitterness and more prominent fragrance.

Wen Qing nodded, "We participated in the Canton Fair with this wine last year, and the sales were very good, but of course it can't be compared with some old famous wines."

Director Xu smiled and said, "Their old brand of famous wine has accumulated many years of experience. You should learn from them."

Wen Qing nodded in agreement.

Wang Lishan picked up the Changxia Special Brew again, poured it himself, looked at it carefully, tasted it carefully, and said after a long time: "Part of the flavor of the strong-flavor liquor comes from the cellar. I think your wine should not be cellared for a long time, but the body is full and the aroma is outstanding. Compared with the wines produced in other old cellars, each has its own merits."

Director Xu looked at Wen Qing, and Wen Qing replied, "Mr. Wang is truly a senior in the wine industry. You will know the difference after just one tasting. We have learned the brewing methods of Meizhou Laojiao and Gutan wine, and adopted the original cellar brewing method. As for the cultivation of the wine cellar, we have created our own cellar cultivation method, so that the microorganisms in the cellar mud can quickly reach the standards of the old cellar."

Deng Huaying was very interested. "We are also developing cellar technology. Xiao Wen, can I visit your winery?"

Wen Qing said happily: "Teacher Deng, of course you are welcome to come and give us guidance."

Xie Zhenghao: "The process of making strong-flavor liquor is more complicated than that of light-flavor liquor. The core competitiveness lies in the cellar. If you can improve the quality of the cellar, you will have a promising future."

The dishes ordered by Wen Qing were all Pingjing Hotel's signature dishes, and they were accompanied by fine wine. Everyone was in the wine industry, so in addition to commenting on Changxia Baijiu, they also commented on famous domestic wines and introduced some winemaking techniques. These experts were truly technical talents who had grown up on the front line and had personally participated in the production of many types of liquor. They were very different from the experts Wen Qing had seen on TV in her previous life. Wen Qing listened silently and benefited a lot.