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, "Sir, the grapes you brought back have been washed and dried!"
"Very good! Let's start brewing!" Nalant nodded and immediately followed Rose downstairs.
Now that the grapes have been obtained, and the grapes on many islands will gradually mature, there is not much time left for Nalant.
He needs to try to make wine as soon as possible so he doesn't miss out on this year's batch of grapes.
Arriving in the vestibule, all the grapes have been cleaned and dried as required.
"Rose, now follow the steps I told you to start making!"
Although Narant has never tried winemaking himself, he remembers the process clearly. The main reason is that 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 on and put them into the container, and add an appropriate amount of 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 and filter out the grape pomace.
After removing the grape pomace, what remains is pure grape juice. However, the grape juice at this time still cannot be called wine. It still 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, and his grandmother told him that adding egg white during the second fermentation can increase the transparency of the wine.
Although he doesn't know if this method really works, but now he has done 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 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 process more than two hundred kilograms of grapes picked today.
After adding the appropriate amount of white sugar and sealing, the first step of making wine is completed.
"Rose, please keep an eye on these pots during this period, and then remind me to check the pots in more than ten days!"
Although Narant remembered the general process of making it, he forgot the fermentation time.
However, it is roughly estimated that the first fermentation will take ten days and a half, and the weather is still hot now, so you can open a jar and take a look after about ten days.
At that time, as long as all the grape residue floats, it means that the first fermentation has been completed.
"Yes, Lord!" Rose was slightly excited, because she had already heard from her Lord that this was brewing a very delicious and noble wine.
Rose doesn't know what her master's other abilities are because she doesn't go out much.
But when it comes to making delicious food, Rose's admiration for her master has reached the point of blindness. Every time her master prepares delicacies, they are all unique in the world.
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After completing the exploration of the island and trying to make wine, Nalant finally had some time to relax.
Time flies and there are only three days left before the Harvest Festival.
"Sir, there is a convoy coming outside the castle, sent by the Earl!"
This morning, Narant had just finished breakfast, and Thomas quickly found Narant to report.
"Huh? A convoy sent by the Earl? Why send a convoy at this time?" Nalant was a little confused.
Nalant is also waiting for the arrival of the earl and a group of nobles these days, and all the work on the castle has been basically completed.
Even the seven manor houses in the Maiye Village Square had been decorated last night. As long as Nalant goes to check today and confirm that 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 the arrival time and the number of guests in advance, so that Narant could be prepared to receive them.
But now that the convoy was sent, it was not what Nalant had expected.
"Bring them to the vestibule!" He was surprised, but the convoy still had to be let in.
Following Nalant's instructions, the convoy sent by the Earl was soon put into the castle.
"Little Peter, the personal servant of the Earl, has met Sir Narante!"
"Sir Nalant, I have brought ten barrels of high-quality beer to the Storm Territory in advance on the orders of the Earl, plus two hundred kilograms of Warcraft meat! These are prepared for the noble gentlemen to eat in the Storm Territory in the next few days."
The motorcade stopped in the vestibule. A middle-aged man immediately came to Nalant and bowed respectfully. At the same time, he also informed the motorcade of the reason for its arrival.
Nalant was stunned when he heard this. He didn't expect that the earl would send another good thing.
The last time he was in Tulip City, the Earl had already given him twenty gold coins as funding.
It really pays attention to people!
Nalant gave a big thumbs up to the earl in his heart.
Not to mention high-quality beer, just 200 kilograms of Warcraft meat is equivalent to 200 gold coins, which is probably the meat of an entire Warcraft.
"Thank you, Lord Count, for your generosity!" Nalant immediately shouted respectfully into the distance as the man with short hands was short of hand.
After saying that, Nalant looked at the earl's personal servant with a smile on his face.
"Your Excellency Peter, you are very tired from the journey. Let's go to the hall to chat. I'll leave this place to my butler!"
As the so-called seventh-rank official in front of the prime minister, this Peter is also the personal servant of the earl. Even if he does not have a title, he can be regarded as the eunuch beside the emperor in his previous life.
Nalant did not dare to look down upon him and immediately invited him into the inner castle politely.
Arriving at the reception hall on the first floor, Narant asked Peter to sit on the sofa.
Peter was originally polite to Nalant, claiming that he was just a servant and did not dare to sit on the sofa.
However, Nalant just continued to persuade, but he did not persist.
Obviously, this personal servant has enjoyed super-servant treatment in other places in the past.
After sitting down, Nalant didn't rush to speak. He waited until the servants had served the tea and cakes before he spoke, "Your Excellency Peter, you must be very tired from coming all the way. Let's eat something first! This is the specialty of my Storm Territory.
Cream cake, I wonder if you are used to it!"
"Thank you Sir Nalant. I heard about Sir Nalant's birthday cake when I was at Tulip Castle. I didn't expect that I would be lucky enough to eat it today!"
When Peter saw the cream cake, his expression immediately brightened.
After being polite, Peter began to enjoy the cream cake very naturally.