my wife is a goddess

Chapter 99Wine Tasting

When He Zhuo was studying in France, he also dabbled in some western etiquette.After that period of contact, he understood that drinking red wine was the main way to judge a person's status.

But this is in China, and the situation is a little different.But the same goal by different routes, those real rich children and upper-class people have also cultivated this kind of western etiquette.As for these circles in Huaxia, the most important thing is the project of face. If you want to hit Qin Ming, drinking red wine is a huge breakthrough.

In Western table manners, drinking red wine is a relatively cumbersome procedure.From holding the wine glass, pouring the wine, smelling the wine, and finally tasting the wine, every aspect is extremely particular.

When He Zhuo proposed to talk about wine tasting with Qin Ming, he wanted to impress Liang Kelan as a man of knowledge and talent, apart from the idea of ​​hurting Qin Ming.

In China now, worshiping foreigners is a bit serious, and some things from the West, especially the etiquette of the upper class, are even more flocking to.He believed that Liang Kelan would also follow his example.

"When I was in France, I studied Western culture for a period of time, and this red wine is one of them." He Zhuo sorted out his thoughts and said, "There are three steps in tasting red wine: observing, smelling, and tasting. These two steps are extremely important. Experienced red wine lovers can appreciate the wine through these three aspects, and can roughly analyze the age of the red wine. Let's talk about "view" first." After a pause, He Zhuo took a look Liang Kelan, seeing that she was listening carefully, felt complacent, so she showed off even more, "Pour the wine into a colorless wine glass, and observe the color of the wine at eye level. Good red wine is ruby ​​red. High-quality red wine The clarification is almost transparent, and the brighter the better. The color of the second wine or the red wine with other things added is not correct, and the brightness is very poor.”

He picked up the red wine in his hand and put it under the soft light,

"Let's talk about 'smell', which is the most obvious and reliable way to judge the quality of wine. We only need to smell it to distinguish the quality. The aroma of high-quality red wine is relatively light, showing the aroma of wine and aging without any unpleasant smell In particular, it is pointed out that poor-quality wines all have an unpleasant "smell" or a pungent smell that cannot be eliminated."

"Finally, let's talk about 'tasting'. When we drink red wine, we first raise the wine glass, place the mouth of the glass between the lips, press the lower lip, tilt the head back slightly, and inhale the wine into the mouth. Like this, "Speaking, he made a regular job of drinking red wine, "Afterwards, gently stir the tongue to distribute the wine evenly on the surface of the tongue, and then control the wine in the front of the mouth and swallow it later. Every time you taste The inhaled wine should be about half a sip. The entrance is round and feels good in the mouth. The wine taste and astringency are harmoniously balanced. After swallowing, the mellow and slightly astringent feeling stays in the mouth for a long time. The mellow and fragrant feeling of medium sugar can not be appreciated in other wines. It has pure oak aroma and unique aroma of liqueur, delicate, elegant, mellow and mellow."

As he spoke, he took a sip of the red wine in the glass, shook his head slightly, and pretended to be intoxicated.

'Clap clap clap'

Several friends of He Zhuo applauded lightly, applauding him, "He Zhuo, you are awesome, what you said is wonderful!"

"These are simple experiences of wine tasting, which are familiar to ordinary red wine lovers, so they are nothing."

He Zhuo waved his hand modestly, without any gesture of pride.

Seeing Liang Kelan's eyes showing admiration finally, he couldn't help but feel proud. When he looked at Qin Ming, he found that Qin Ming shook his head lightly.

He Zhuo's face changed, "Why, did I say something wrong?"

"What you said is roughly correct, but you seem to have forgotten the most important step, which is...shaking the wine." Qin Ming said calmly, "Shaking the wine properly can allow oxygen to enter the wine. Let the vinegar, ether and acetaldehyde in the wine be released, and react with oxygen to make the wine produce aroma. After doing this step, it will get twice the result with half the effort when you smell the wine."

"Uh..." He Zhuowei hesitated, and said, "You are right, shaking wine is indeed an important step in wine tasting. However, shaking wine is very demanding, and you must hold the glass in the correct posture and rotate counterclockwise For the wine, the rotation range should not be too large to prevent the wine from splashing out. Shaking the wine does not mean that you can just shake it indiscriminately. A master of wine. For lovers like us, without in-depth study, it may be difficult to achieve this step. Qin Ming, what do you think?"

Qin Ming didn't answer, just smiled and started to move his hands.

I saw that he was holding the right hand of the wine glass, shaking it gently in a counterclockwise rhythm, very elegant and beautiful.I saw that the light purple red wine was like a whirlpool, swirling along the wall of the glass, as if the wine in the glass was hindered by an invisible force above the quilt, and there was absolutely no overflow.After half a moment, Qin Ming stopped his movements, and the wine naturally stopped.

At this time, someone observed the wall of the cup and found that the hanging wine began to fall naturally.This phenomenon is called "beautiful legs of wine" by wine lovers, and "hanging cup" by professionals.How well the glass hangs indicates the alcohol level of the wine.And after Qin Ming shakes the wine, if you smell the wine carefully, you will find that the aroma of the red wine is very different before and after shaking the glass, which is also one of the most attractive aspects of "shaking the glass".

"..."

He Zhuo was speechless. He had seen some wine masters shake the wine before, and the technique was just like this.He stared at Qin Ming blankly, as if he couldn't believe it.

Qin Ming ignored He Zhuo's shock, and said to Liang Kelan, "Kelan, my technique of shaking wine can only be regarded as just getting started. However, I can tell you an experience, which was summed up by the senior who taught me how to shake wine. You Look, from the horizontal direction of the front side of the wine glass, shake the wine glass to see the speed of the wine flowing down the glass wall evenly. The more viscous the wine, the slower the flow, and the better the wine quality."

As he spoke, Qin Ming shook the wine glass a few more times, so that Liang Kelan could observe the speed at which the wine flowed down the glass.

"According to what you say, this bottle of red wine is not bad."

Liang Kelan saw the wine slowly flowing down the wall of the cup, and said.

In fact, Liang Kelan has also learned the steps of drinking red wine. She also knows the steps that He Zhuo mentioned. Just now, she just expressed her appreciation to He Zhuo politely.But after Qin Ming shook the wine, she was a little surprised.This method, even Gu Hezi is nothing more than that, he also said that he is just getting started, isn't this pretending to be 13?

Qin Ming smiled reservedly, and said in a very classy way, "The last step is wine tasting. Generally speaking, don't eat sweet food before tasting red wine, otherwise it will feel sour, bitter, and astringent. For most people ,Wine tasting refers to taking a sip of wine and swallowing it quickly, but this is not called wine tasting. Wine tasting is something that is done with the taste buds. Remember, let the wine spread around your mouth, on the sides of your tongue, on the back of your tongue , the tip of the tongue, and extends to the bottom of the throat. The taste buds on the tongue can distinguish the four basic tastes of sour and bitter. The tip of the tongue tastes sweet, the sides of the tongue taste salty, the upper side of the tongue tastes sour, and the root of the tongue tastes bitter."

As Qin Ming spoke, he took a sip of the wine lightly in his mouth, and it took about ten seconds before he swallowed it.

"Well, this wine is not bad. It smells of violets and acacia. If I'm not mistaken, it should be 'Spanish Lafite'. But the taste of this wine is not very authentic, it should be from other places Surrogate."

"How is it possible? The friend who sold me said that this is authentic Spanish Lafite. He bought it himself from a Spanish vineyard. How could it be a fake?"

The Tang Hui who contributed the wine, Tang Shao, was in a hurry, saying that the wine was produced on behalf of him, didn't he slap him in the face.

Qin Ming didn't explain it, but said, "The taste is slightly different, and most people can't drink it. And I'm not saying it's fake, it's just that it's not produced and sold in Spain, but produced in other places. Craftsmanship In fact, they are all the same, but the water quality is different in each place, and the red wine produced will naturally not be exactly the same."

"So this is ah."

Tang Hui nodded. Judging by his expression, he obviously believed Qin Ming's words.

Qin Ming's knowledge of red wine is trustworthy. Although Qin Ming has no evidence to say this and it is just his own opinion, he can still see that Qin Ming will not deceive him in this regard.

Tang Hui's ability to collect a bottle of red wine is not just for flirting, but because he is really interested in red wine.Seemingly convinced by Qin Ming's performance just now, he raised the cup and offered a toast to Qin Ming.

Even other people looked at Qin Ming differently, with less arrogance and more intimacy.

It's just that He Zhuo felt very uncomfortable at this time. He was obviously trying to find fault with Qin Ming, but he didn't expect that he would help Qin Ming in the end, making Qin Ming instantly integrated into his circle of friends.And he couldn't show the anger in his heart, so he could only pretend to smile and agree with a few people.

Once Tang Hui and the others talked with Qin Ming, they discovered that Qin Ming was actually a very knowledgeable person.No matter what the topic is, Qin Ming can chat about it.Especially those highly professional topics, as if they came to Qin Ming's door, they came easily.

At first, He Zhuo wanted to defeat Qin Ming in other places, but what he didn't expect was that Qin Ming's knowledge was comparable to some of his mentors.Every time he wanted to criticize, but he just couldn't, and Qin Ming's comments on his remarks were often sharp

This made He Zhuo feel a sense of frustration, Qin Ming's performance was like a mountain, and he couldn't breathe under the pressure.

"Ah, I remembered, Liang Kelan, you are the general manager of Ziyuan Health Club, right?"

Suddenly, the stylishly dressed girl yelled loudly, her words were full of surprise and disbelief.

When Liang Kelan heard what she said, she nodded casually, and said, "Yes, have you gone to my place for a beauty treatment? Come again next time, and I'll give you a discount."

"That's great. Ziyuan is the best health club in Mingzhu City. Even Gu Hezi from Dongcheng Group is a member of it. Ke Lan, you are so amazing. You are actually the general manager of Ziyuan."

Listening to the conversation between the two, He Zhuo was completely stunned.

Liang Kelan turned out to be the general manager of Ziyuan Health Club!