Chapter 86: Cooking Wine in August
Today is the hottest day in August and it is the end of the month.
It's a good time of year to make wine.
At the beginning of the year, Gu Yunsong was inspired by Gu Yi to make a plan for a wine business. For more than half a year, he had been running around planning various matters with a few old partners, and he had a plan in mind.
This August, the wine to be brewed is the osmanthus rice wine, the first wine of this wine tasting venue.
It is a fashionable series of wine designed by Gu Yi specifically for young consumer groups. It has a low alcohol content, a pure and soft taste, and is overflowing with cinnamon fragrance upon opening. It is suitable for drinking by both men, women and children.
Gu Yiding's winery production lines are divided into two. One line is high-end aging, specifically targeting the wine industry gourmets and the high-end gift market.
The other is in the fashionable wine industry, targeting young people and pursuing creativity.
The main focus of the aged wine is the medicinal wine recipe passed down from generation to generation by the Gu family, as well as the medicinal wine recipe unearthed from the inheritance of the mountain guardians contributed by Gu Yi. It is sold starting from five years and will be reincarnated every ten years. It requires continuous large quantities every year.
Stock up on wine and form a rotation.
While waiting, Gu Yunsong needs to use the decades-old wine he has saved over the years to develop the market and establish a reputation.
Of course, this kind of wine cannot be given away or sold too much. It is rare and expensive, so it must create a feeling that it is a rare commodity.
Of course, Gu Yi is also confident that anyone who has tasted his grandfather's vintage wine will never forget the taste of this amber wine.
I will definitely think about it all the time and talk about it often. Invisibly, this is the best kind of publicity.
Every year, two hundred kilograms are taken out from the inventory, and then the wine of that year is replenished. Gu Yunsong's wine warehouse will not be much less.
As for the fashionable series of wines aimed at young people, Gu Yi remembers a small bottle of wine in his previous life that was very creative.
A small bottle of wine with one mouthful, its compact appearance, and the nice and fresh copywriting on the bottle packaging are an excellent selling point.
In his previous life, Gu Yi remembered that he and his friends would often order this kind of wine in small bottles. The taste couldn't be said to be top-notch, it could only be regarded as average. I don't know why, but I just liked the small size and could drink it in one or two sips.
I feel like I am finished, and I also like to chat with my friends about the short skit on the bottle packaging.
There will always be something touching. This small bottle of wine sells more, perhaps because of feelings.
Moreover, these small bottles, despite being cheap, can often be consumed by a person who drinks seven or eight bottles. That is a hundred or so drinks, and a table of people can easily drink hundreds or even thousands.
Therefore, Gu Yi customized the first wine launched by Gujiayipin Winery to be Osmanthus Rice Wine.
For this reason, Gu Yi also specially designed several wine gourds made of ceramics. The wine gourds are small and exquisite in appearance and can be called works of art. Coupled with the fresh and meaningful sentences above, it is even more admirable.
Of course, the internal volume of each bottle is basically the same, basically around two taels.
As for the price, Gu Yi is going to set it at 2781 gourds. The price is naturally much higher than other ordinary wines, but Gu Yi believes that with the taste of his osmanthus rice wine, everyone will understand it as long as they taste it once.
Definitely worth the price.
Of course, if the ceramic gourd can be recycled, five yuan can be deducted, which is what Gu Yi decided.
But the funny thing is that when the first batch of osmanthus rice wine was sold at Gujiayipin Winery, only a few bottles were returned.
After asking, I found out that the buyer was interested in the small gourd that held the wine. He bought it back to play with and refused to return it. He would rather not spend the few dollars.
Some people even bought it just to collect these different styles of wine gourds, and threatened to collect all the styles and copywriting of the wine gourds for Gujiayipin Osmanthus Wine.
It made everyone in the Gu family dumbfounded. Gu Yi would constantly update this series of wine bottles, and the styles and copywriting would constantly change. I really don't know how long it will take for these collectors to collect them all.
Of course, this scene is an afterthought. The Gu family has not yet touched the first batch of wine.
The morning sun had just broken through the clouds, and the air was still slightly cool, when a curl of white smoke rose from the Gu family's mansion.
A huge coal stove was set up, and pieces of chopped dry firewood were thrown into it. The blazing flames were burning, and the traces of white smoke were exactly the traces of moisture in the firewood that had not yet dried.
There is a blower under the stove, which is working hard to deliver air into the stove. There are boxes of briquettes next to the stove.
In the yard, Gu Yi's grandfather Gu Yunsong had already gotten up, preparing a set of equipment for making his own wine. Today was the time to start brewing. Also getting up together was Gu Yi's grandmother Jiang Yuezhen. The old people were already asleep.
few.
Gu Yi, knowing that he was going to start making wine today, got up early and prepared to help out and learn the art of wine-making together. After all, the Gu family's art still needs to be passed down.
As soon as Gu Yi finished washing up, the front door of his house was pushed open, and it was his third grandfather who came. Today they started brewing wine, and as a partner, he naturally wanted to help.
Under the action of the blower, a thick layer of red charcoal was soon laid in the coal stove, and then the coal cakes were put into it one by one.
Gu Yunqing, who had just arrived at the yard, also helped with tasks such as cleaning bamboo strips, wooden barrels and gauze.
After a while, there was another roar of three-wheeled motorcycles outside the Gu family's house.
"Oh, it should be Lao Chen who is here, Gu Yi, hurry up and open the door." As soon as he heard the sound of the motorcycle, Gu Yunsong raised his head and shouted to Gu Yi.
"Oh." Gu Yi responded casually and walked quickly towards the courtyard door.
The door opened, and a three-wheeled motorcycle drove in with a large tank truck. The driver was a young man. An old man who was skinny but energetic and had piercing eyes stood in the side of the car, holding his hand with one hand.
Standing on the vat, your body is as stable as Mount Tai.
The young man driving the car also had a muscular body. He was tall and tall, with a straight waist. He turned over and got out of the car with quick movements. He had a somewhat military temperament at first glance.
The old man's name was Chen Sixi, whom Gu Yi had met several times with Gu Yunsong. He was the maker of the Gu family's wine jar. The young man's name was Chen Jun, and he was Chen Sixi's son. His identity was just as Gu Yi expected, he was a soldier, and he was that
The kind who have been in the military for seven or eight years.
Maybe he is still a moderate officer, but he has an old father at home and a filial son will not travel far away.
"Gu Laojiu, the tank you requested has been delivered to you. Come and take a look. It will definitely work." As soon as the car stopped, Chen Sixi jumped out of the car with great agility and shouted to Gu Yunsong.
Chapter completed!