Xia Ruofei watched with great interest. The workers skillfully spread out baskets of grapes and then carefully removed the grape stems.

Carbery smiled and said, "Summer, grape stems contain a lot of tannins, which will bring a sour taste, so in order to keep the wine fresh, grape stems must be removed cleanly. We have always used the most traditional process to make wine, which are hand-operated. Although it is less efficient, the wine produced will be much higher in quality!"

Xia Rufei smiled and nodded and said, "Yes, quality is the most important thing. I am also taking the high-quality route in my domestic farm!"

Feng Jing also smiled and said, "Now our country advocates the spirit of craftsmanship. When I saw Uncle West and the others brewing wine, I really felt the spirit of craftsmanship!"

Caberie smiled and said, "This method of brewing has been passed down for a hundred or two years. Now many wineries have introduced advanced machinery, but West has always insisted on the traditional brewing method! Although the efficiency has become lower and the labor cost has increased a lot, he just refuses to change it!"

"We must give a thumbs up to Uncle West!" Xia Ruofei said with a smile, "Any industry is eager for quick success and instant benefits. Only by doing every detail to the extreme can we create a real fine product!"

Some workers are concentrating on removing the grape stems, while some workers break the skins and put the picked grapes into stainless steel containers that have been disinfected with high temperatures. Every time a container is filled, someone will carry them into a small cold storage next to the winery.

"Aunt Kaberie! What are you doing?" Feng Jing asked curiously.

Aunt Carbery said with a smile: "In order to extract the aroma of grapes and the active ingredients in the skin and enhance the original fresh fruity aroma of grape varieties, we will soak the broken grapes and grape juice under temperature control before juicing, which will make the wine taste more rich and round!"

"Oh! I've seen it a lot!" Feng Jing said with a smile.

"Feng, this process is actually very boring!" Caberie said with a smile. "The low-temperature soaking procedure takes more than ten hours, and the juice will only start tomorrow as soon as possible, so... why not let Xia take you to the vineyard?"

Xia Ruofei smiled and said, "It's good! By the way, Aunt Kabery, are you picking grapes in the vineyard? We're just going to see it!"

Aunt Kaberie smiled and shook her head and said, "Now there is no one working in the vineyard!"

"Oh? Why is this?" Xia Rufei was a little surprised.

Aunt Carbery explained with a smile: "White grapes are very sensitive to temperature. High temperatures will destroy the elegant sound of the white grapes themselves, increasing the risk of grapes being oxidized and microbial infection. Therefore, the picking time is mostly done in the early morning and before the sun has fully risen. And you must be very careful when harvesting and try to keep the fruit grains intact."

"Is it so troublesome?" Xia Rufei said, "Wouldn't Uncle West work very hard? He had to organize grape picking so early and brew wine during the day..."

"We are all used to it. The grape harvest season will be harder every year." Aunt Carbery said with a smile, "but it is also very fulfilling!"

"That's not possible! You are old and can't stand it like this..." Xia Rufei said, "If it's really not possible, just hire someone to stare at the vineyard. Don't get up so early!"

"Yes! Aunt Kabery." Feng Jing also said, "It's still important to be physical!"

Aunt Kaberie smiled and waved her hand and said, "He won't be relieved to leave it to others! Besides, we will pay attention to rest. I will take turns to rest during the day when making wine, and we slept very early at night. It's only during this period, and it's enough to wait until all the grapes are picked."

Xia Ruofei couldn't resist her, so she could only say helplessly: "Then hire more workers and pick the grapes as soon as possible! Don't care about the increased costs!"

Aunt Kaberie smiled and said, "Xia, thank you for your concern, but the maturity of grapes is different. The amount of picking is calculated every time. Increased manpower does not solve the problem! Don't worry! Although the two wineries are picking at the same time this year, it can be picked in five days at most!"

"Okay! You must pay attention to rest!" Xia Ruofei said.

"Okay, okay!" Aunt Kaberie said with a smile.

Xia Rufei thought for a while and said, "Since there is no one working on the vineyard, we can't get through. Why not... let's help with the work too!"

Aunt Kaberie was stunned for a moment, then said, "Okay! Come on... I'll take you to wash your hands and disinfect..."

The grapes have no technical content in removing stems and broken skins. The only requirement is to be careful, so Aunt Carbery is not worried that the two of them will affect the work progress of the workers.

After Xia Rufei and Feng Jing washed their hands, they joined the work team enthusiastically.

At first, Aunt Kaberie was a little worried that they were careless and could not remove the grape stems. However, after working with the two of them for a while, she felt completely relieved.

Both of them are very meticulous. Although their work efficiency is not as high as skilled workers, their work quality is very high.

After Xia Rufei adapted for a while, his work efficiency also increased. He quickly removed the grape stems, which seemed to be no different from those skilled workers.

One morning, everyone was busy working and processed more than half of the grapes picked two days ago.

Xia Ruofei was worried that Feng Jing was tired and advised her to go to the side for a rest, but Feng Jing insisted on working with everyone and refused to go to rest at all.

Seeing Feng Jing's sweaty look, Xia Rufei couldn't help feeling a little sad.

After the hand-made work in the morning, he immediately went over and poured Feng Jing a glass of water. After blocking everyone's sight, he secretly took out a few drops of petal solution from the space and dripped it into the water, and then brought it to Feng Jing.

"Sister Jing, drink some water!" Xia Ruofei said with a smile.

"Oh! The boss is serving me personally, why am I a little flattered!" Feng Jing said with a smile.

"I'm still poor? Take a break! It's so tired..." Xia Ruofei said.

Feng Jing smiled, took the cup and finished drinking it, then blinked at Xia Rufei, and said, "I'm not tired! Let's come again in the afternoon!"

"Don't show off!" Xia Ruofei said, "I'll rest on the farm in the afternoon..."

"I'm really not tired!" Feng Jing said, "I think it's quite interesting! I sit in the office all day long in China, and the cervical and lumbar vertebrae are strained. I feel like I feel relaxed when I do physical work occasionally!"

Old West came over, gave the two thumbs up, and said, "Xia, Feng, your meme removal skills are already great! Thank you for your help!"

Xia Ruofei shrugged and said, "Uncle West, if you want to say thank you, it should be me. I would like to thank you! Aunt Kabery has told me that you have worked hard during this period!"

Old West said with a smile: "Thank you is hard, but the sense of accomplishment is very high! The variety of grapes you provide is really great! Not only did it grow grapes that fully meet the winemaking standards in the first year, but the quality is higher than the semillon grapes I have seen in the past few decades! I can't wait to see what quality the wines made with them will achieve!"

Feng Jing asked curiously in Chinese: "Ruofei, did you provide this grape seedling?"

Xia Ruofei smiled and said, "Well! I happened to know a better semillon grape, so I imported a batch to Hunter Valley, and then asked Uncle West to dig out all the grapes they originally planted and replant the new variety I provided!"

"You are too brave!" Feng Jing said, "What if there is something wrong with the vine? Wouldn't it be delayed for several years?"

Xia Rufei shrugged and said, "Uncle West also thought so at the beginning, but... the facts have not proved now? This is indeed a high-quality vine!"

After the two of them chatted in a low voice, Xia Rufei said to them: "Uncle West, Aunt Caberie, then we will go back to the farm first and come here again in the afternoon!"

"Just have dinner here!" Aunt Kabery said quickly, "I'll make something delicious for you!"

"No, no!" Xia Ruofei waved his hand and said, "The farm is ready, let's go back and eat directly!"

The two old men have worked so hard these days, and Xia Rufei really doesn't want to bother them, because if they stay for dinner, Aunt Kaberi will definitely have to prepare a sumptuous lunch again. They are so tired of work, so how can they be embarrassed!

"Okay then!" said Old West, "But you can rest on the farm in the afternoon! Don't come and help..."

Xia Ruofei pointed at Feng Jing with a smile and said, "I made this arrangement, but Sister Jing doesn't want to do it! She likes the working atmosphere here!"

"Haha! Then come on!" Old West said happily, "but you have to pay attention to rest and don't work hard like you did in the morning!"

In the morning, Xia Rufei and Feng Jing worked harder than the workers. The two of them processed more than ten or twenty baskets of grapes together, and even the old West and his wife were secretly applauded.

"I know!" Xia Rufei said, "The sun is very poisonous at noon, so you can rest as well, don't work too early!"

The two left West Winery and returned to Wonderland Farm for lunch.

At Wonderland Farm, Xia Rufei also met the farm's full-time deputy manager Defra again. Although Liang Qichao deliberately concealed it, he still saw from some unintentional details that Liang Qichao and Defra should have been together.

While helping to clean up the dishes, Xia Rufei muttered in Liang Qichao's ear: "Okay, buddy! I'm here to Australia to promote my country's power! This foreign girl is pretty good. Think about how to pass your father's level and then marry her home!"

Liang Qichao said with a bitter face: "I haven't even said one of my horoscopes yet! Besides, my dad is so old-fashioned, you don't know... how could he agree to me marry a foreign woman? Or... would you please think of a solution for me?"

Xia Ruofei laughed and said, "Sorry, I can't help myself! You'd better find a way! Haha... Let's take a nap!"

"Hey!" Liang Qichao shouted, but Xia Rufei kept walking, and soon walked up the stairs in two steps in three steps. Liang Qichao was so angry that he threw the rag in his hand into the dishwasher and said, "It's so unkind..."

In the afternoon, Xia Rufei and Feng Jing were still working with the workers to break the skin and remove the stems.

When they finished processing all the grapes, it was completely dark.

Xia Rufei still politely declined the invitation of the old West and his wife to have dinner together and took Feng Jing directly back to the Wonderland Farm.

The next day, Xia Rufei and Feng Jing rushed to West Winery early.

"Uncle West, I'm not going to get rid of my skin today, right?" Xia Rufei asked as soon as he met, "This job is so boring!"

West was organizing workers to move the grapes picked in the early morning to the warehouse. He smiled and said, "This batch of new grapes should be removed as soon as possible, but this work is handled by Cabernet. Our grapes yesterday have been soaked at low temperatures. Today we can proceed to the next step!"

Xia Rufei's eyes lit up and she said, "That's great! When will it start?"

"Now!" said Old West, "Come with me!"

Old West brought Xia Rufei and Feng Jing to the winery's brewing workshop. Although he always insisted on using traditional crafts to brew wine, Old West also did not reject new technologies. For example, in terms of sanitary conditions, it was much better than the ancestors hundreds of years ago.

After the strict disinfection procedures, everyone was allowed to enter the brewing workshop by Old West.

Old West said while wearing rubber gloves: "Today we must first carry out the juice pulping process! This process must be done by experienced old winemakers, Bill and the others are old guys! They will join me in juicing the grapes soaked in low temperatures!"

Next to Old West, several old workers with gray hair showed cheerful smiles at Xia Rufei.

This time, Xia Rufei and Feng Jing couldn't get involved anymore, so they watched Old West pour the grapes into a special container and then manually squeezed them. The grape juice would flow into the stainless steel bucket from the small tube at the bottom of the container.

Old West said while operating: "The juice squeezing process must be fast and you must try to avoid contact with the air, because the oxygen in the air will cause the grape juice to oxidize, deteriorate and discolor. At the same time, the action should be very gentle, otherwise excessive pressure may cause the grape skin to rupture, release tannins and other substances to cause bitter taste."

Xia Ruofei nodded and said, "It seems that this process is quite critical!"

"Haha! Xia, don't worry! We old guys have been doing it for decades, so there is absolutely no problem!" Old West said with a smile.

Old West and the others were very efficient and had finished processing all the grapes from yesterday in half a day.

The workers moved sealed stainless steel barrels filled with grape juice into small cold storage and arranged them neatly.

Old West said: "Summer, these squeezed grape juices need to be left to stand under cooling conditions, so that large particulate matter will be deposited on the bottom of the container. What we need to get from brewing wine is the supernatant liquid, which is used for fermentation!"

"How long will it take?" Xia Ruofei asked.

Old West smiled and said, "It's almost done tomorrow! Now some wineries often use centrifuges to separate for convenience, but this will cause the yeast to be removed together, and artificial yeast needs to be added."

Xia Ruofei laughed and said, "I know, this is absolutely unbearable for Uncle West who insists on traditional craftsmanship!"

"Hahaha!" Old West laughed, "Yes! Such innovation is wrong! They can say that I am old-fashioned, but I just stick to my own point of view!"

"I like such old-fashionedness!" Xia Ruofei raised his thumbs up and said with a smile, "Then... we'll come here tomorrow!"
Chapter completed!