Ever since I learned that girls tread grapes in both white and red wine, I have been interested in the production process of red wine, especially now that red wine is increasingly coming to the tables of ordinary people.
A good bottle of red wine should be planted from the time it is still grapes, choose a climate with a large temperature difference between day and night, water the grapes in a timely manner, racking, pest control, and protect the grapes before the arrival of storms.
One by one, the grapes, full of sweetness and aroma, are finally ready to be harvested. After careful picking, the first step is to wash the grapes with flour and water to remove the “tannins” inside so that they don’t have a bitter taste.
The grape skins are then mashed and placed in oak barrels with purified water and yeast for fermentation, where the sugar in the grapes is converted to alcohol with the help of yeast. This is the first fermentation of the red wine. It takes about 3 weeks to change the fermentation barrels.
The second fermentation takes about twice as long as the first, and then the third barrel change takes longer than the last.
Finally, the fermentation takes more than six months, sometimes up to three years. During the production process, samples of red wine can be taken from time to time for inspection and sometimes for replenishment. Only when everything is up to standard can it be bottled.
Moreover, it is said that the most fragrant red wines are made from the feet of girls, and the fullest red wines are made from the feet of young women, because this method allows for better dissolution of tannins and some of the substances that optimize the taste of red wine, without breaking the seeds of the grapes. To this day, some of the finest red wines are still made using this ancient winemaking method. The question is, if you were lucky enough to drink a glass of red wine from a girl’s foot, would you want to?
