Although Tang Ping has seen many movies and TV shows, it is true that girls crush grapes with their feet, but this kind of thing can be done by making a few tools directly from wood, so why use feet?
Since everyone on the dock wanted to learn how to make wine, Tang Ping and the others didn't intend to hide their secrets and just asked everyone to do it together.
Now that everyone has harvest and income, it doesn't matter even if they don't work for a few days, so almost every family in the dock has a job.
Lao Cui taught everyone to pick the grapes one by one and then wash them. He also specifically warned not to rub off the white frost-like substance on the grape skins.
Because there is natural yeast in this thing, when the time comes to make wine, there will be no need to add new yeast to ferment the grapes.
It's about family income, so everyone is very active, even the playful children squatting aside to carefully pick and clean the grapes.
After washing and drying, these children fanned the grapes with big leaves, hoping that the grapes would dry faster.
Tang Ping and the others also took out the containers on the ship and some medical gauze.
These gauze are the best filtering items now.
With everyone's efforts, it took just over three days to squeeze all the grapes into juice and put them into containers.
Now it’s just waiting to ferment.
Lao Cui estimated that it would take about fifteen to twenty days to ferment based on the temperature here.
So the people on the dock returned to their usual lives, except that when everyone passed by the house with grape juice, they couldn't help but look over there.
"Do you think this grape can be made into wine?"
"It should be possible. Didn't Tang's follower say that he often makes wine like this?"
"But it feels like it's too simple, right?"
"How simple is it? If people didn't tell me, would you have thought that even the grape skins should be put in when making wine??"
"That's right, there are also those jars containing grape juice, but they are steamed and boiled. They say they need some kind of disinfection. There are poisons in them that everyone can't see. If you don't kill them, the wine will become moldy. If people don't teach you these things Can you know??”
"Hey, aren't I worried?"
"What are you worried about? Worried about Tang Zang's private life? Humph, I think you are too small-minded!"
Of course, this kind of thing is inevitably subject to some discussion, but it is obvious that Tang Ping's approach has won the favor of many residents on the dock.
Several people even sided with Tang Ping.
Because the fermentation process is sealed and it is not a glass vessel, no one can see what is going on inside.
As the days passed, those jars were placed there, and they would inevitably think about them.
Fortunately, more than ten days was not a long time. Lao Cui calculated that the time was almost up and opened the smallest jar first.
The small room was crowded with people. If Alaric and Locke hadn't helped stop them, these people would have put their heads on the jar to see what was going on.
But even though you can’t see it, the smell can’t deceive you.
Lao Cui opened the sealed jar, and a fragrant smell of fruit wine came out from inside.
"smell good!"
"Drunk? Really drunk!!"
"I promise, that's what I smelled outside the Southern Tavern."
"No, I think ours smells better than theirs."
When it comes to making wine, it really depends on the materials and techniques.
So why is the 1982 Lafite so expensive? In addition to a certain amount of hype, it was also because the grapes that year were of really good quality. Although the grapes grown by everyone at this dock are not top-notch wine grapes, they are indeed of high quality.
The wine produced is rich in aroma.
Lao Cui filtered it twice with a gauze filter, and then put it into the glass they brought on the ship.
"Wow, so beautiful!"
"Is this the kind of wine the noble lord drinks? For such a beautiful wine, I'm afraid I have to drink one glass in the morning and one glass in the evening!"
"So we can also make money selling wine!"
Everyone was excited, and no one wanted to make more money to make their family's life better.
Tang Ping took the wine that Lao Cui handed him. He didn't know much about it. He just drank some supposedly expensive wine with Young Master Gou.
He wasn't sure what the wine tasted like, but the alcohol content was pretty good, almost 15 degrees, and it was very comfortable to drink.
Then he gave the cup to Alaric again: "Uncle Alaric, have a taste."
Alaric took the glass carefully, took a sip and announced to everyone with a smile: "The wine we brewed is really done."
After receiving his certification, everyone cheered.
"Come on, put the wine in, let's go sell wine!!" Alaric shouted again, and everyone raised their hands in response.
"Wait!" Tang Ping stopped everyone who was excited, and then said to Alaric: "Uncle Alaric, how long can these wines be sold? They can't be sold for much money."
"But..." Alaric glanced at everyone: "Everyone's grapes are gone."
Tang Ping smiled slightly and said: "Uncle Alaric, although everyone's grapes have been used up, didn't you say that everyone around here is used to growing some for the children at home? We can buy some nearby."
"You said one bottle of these wines costs one coin in taverns in the south. Even if we sell two bottles for one coin here, it's much cheaper than grapes."
The basin he was talking about was a kind of container used in Europe at this time, which was made of wood.
At this time, most nobles used silverware, and some ceramics were also shipped from China, but they were expensive and only nobles could use them.
So most of them use wooden containers, and some also use pottery.
Alaric drew a picture for Tang Ping. He said the size of the basin was about a large bowl, and one basin should weigh one pound.
Alaric only reacted after hearing what Tang Ping said.
Yes, using grapes to make wine is definitely much cheaper than using grapes.
He looked at the other residents at the dock. These residents were not fools and they all understood immediately.
"I know the people in the village to the east, and I trade my chickens for grapes with them."
"I also have some iron coins saved at home. I should be able to buy a lot of grapes."
"My family has a little surplus of food this year, and I should be able to exchange it for some grapes."
Tang Ping asked Alaric to distribute the grapes to everyone, and not to rush to the same place to buy grapes, lest people think that the grapes are a hot commodity and the price will be raised.
Alaric was very familiar with the area and quickly arranged the place.
And he drove his sailboat and took Tang Ping and the others to a southern town to sell wine.
