After listening to the instructions, Mario wrote them down one by one and prepared to go to Captain Jack to discuss the next development matters.
Not long after Mario left, Rose came to Nalant's study and said, "Sir, you brought them back. The grapes have been washed and dried!"
"Very good! Let's start brewing!" Nalant nodded and immediately followed Rose downstairs.
Now that grapes have been obtained and there are many on the island, the grapes will gradually mature, so there is not much time left for Naland.
He needs to try to make wine as soon as possible so he doesn't miss out on this year's batch.
Arriving in the vestibule, all the grapes have been cleaned and dried as required.
"Rose, please start making it according to the steps I told you!"
Although Narant has not tried winemaking himself, he remembers the process clearly. There is no technical content in winemaking.
First, wash and dry the grapes, then find a container, crush the grapes one by one with their skins and put them into the container, and add an appropriate amount of white sugar as an ingredient to increase the sweetness.
After completing the above steps, you can seal the container and wait for fermentation. When the fermentation is almost complete, open the container again and filter out the grape residue.
After removing the grape pomace, the residue is simply grape juice. However, at this time, the grape juice still cannot be called wine and needs to undergo a second fermentation until it finally becomes wine.
Narant even remembered that her grandmother specially added egg whites during the second fermentation.
Narant asked the reason out of curiosity because his grandmother told him that adding egg white during the second fermentation can increase the transparency of the wine.
Although I don't know if this method is true, it only works if he does the first step first.
As for whether to add egg white or not, we’ll see at that time.
Under Nalant's guidance, Rose and several maids helped the cook and began to crush the grapes one by one and put them into large clay pots.
It took more than half an hour and ten large clay pots to finally harvest and process more than two hundred kilograms of grapes today.
After adding the right amount of sugar and sealing it, the first step of making wine is completed.
"Rose, you are optimistic about these pots during this period, so you will remind me to check the pots after more than ten days!"
Although Nalant remembered the making process, he forgot the fermentation time.
But it is a rough estimate that the first fermentation will take ten days and a half. The weather is quite hot now, so if it takes about ten days, you can open a jar and take a look.
At that time, as long as all the grape residue floats, it means that the first fermentation has been completed.
"It's your lord!" Rose was slightly excited because she had heard her master say that he was brewing a very delicious and noble wine.
Rose doesn't know what her abilities are as she doesn't go out much.
The most important thing is that when it comes to making delicacies, Rose has blindly worshiped her master, to the point where every time her master makes delicacies, they are unique and exist in the world.
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After completing the exploration of the island and starting to experiment with wine making, Nalant finally had some free time.
Time flies and there are only three days left before the Harvest Festival.
"My lord, there is a convoy coming from outside the castle. It is sent by the earl!"
This morning, Nalant had just finished breakfast, and Thomas quickly found Nalant to report.
"Huh? The Earl sent a motorcade? Why did he send a motorcade at this time?" Nalant was a little confused.
Nalant is also waiting for the count and a group of nobles these days. All the work in the castle has been basically completed.
Even the seven manors in the Maiye Village Square have been decorated last night. As long as Nalant goes to check today and make sure everything is correct, everything will be ready.
Narant had expected that the Earl would send a messenger within these two days. After all, the Earl had to notify his arrival in advance, and the time and number of guests were such that Narant could be prepared to welcome him.
But now that the convoy was sent, Nalant was not there, which was expected.
"Bring them to the vestibule!" I was surprised, but the team still wanted to let them in.
Following Narante, the count was sent soon, and the convoy was put into the castle.
"Little Peter is your lord count, and your personal servant has met Sir Narante!"
"Sir Nalant is a villain. On the order of the Earl, he brought ten barrels of high-quality beer to Storm Territory in advance, plus 200 kilograms of Warcraft meat! These are also prepared for the noble gentlemen to eat in Storm Territory these days."
When the motorcade stopped in the vestibule, a middle-aged man immediately came to Nalant and bowed respectfully. At the same time, he informed the motorcade of the reason for its arrival.
Hearing this, Nalant was stunned because he didn't expect that the earl would actually send another good thing.
The last time he was in Tulip City, the Earl had already given him twenty gold coins as funding.
Really particular about people!
Nalant gave a big thumbs up to the earl in his heart.
Not to mention the high-quality beer, the two hundred kilograms of Warcraft meat, which is equivalent to two hundred gold coins, is estimated to be the meat of a whole Warcraft.
"Thank you, Lord Count, for your generosity!" Nalant, who was short-handed, immediately shouted respectfully into the distance.
After saying this, Nalant looked at the earl, the personal servant, with a smile on his face.
"Your Excellency Peter, you are very tired from the journey. Let's go to the lobby to chat. Leave it to me, the butler, here!"
As the saying goes, the seventh-rank officer in front of the prime minister is the earl to whom Peter returned, and the personal servant is the eunuch who was beside the emperor in his previous life even if he did not have a title.
Nalant did not dare to underestimate him and invited him into the inner fort because of his politeness.
Arriving on the first floor, in the reception hall, Narant asked Peter to sit on the sofa.
Peter originally said politely to Nalant, claiming that he was only a servant and did not dare to sit on the sofa, but Nalant continued to persuade him, but he did not persist.
It was obvious that this personal servant had enjoyed super-servant treatment in other places in the past.
When he was seated, Nalant was not in a hurry to speak. He waited until the servants had served the tea and cakes before he spoke, "Your Excellency Peter must be very tired from coming all the way, so let's have something to eat first! I am the leader of the storm, special. I don’t know if you are used to eating cream cake or not!”
"Thank you Sir Narante. I heard about Sir Narante when I was in Tulip Castle. I didn't expect that I would be lucky enough to eat the birthday cake today!"
When Peter saw the cream cake, his expression immediately brightened.
The polite word was that Peter took it very naturally and began to enjoy the cake with cream.
