From the British Isles, France and Italy to Northern Europe, Hungary and Czech Republic, Teacher Cai has traveled almost all over Europe. The most mentioned in the book is not Opel and castles, but wine. I have always been sensitive to the word "wine" and have no good feelings. Drinking too much white wine will make you drunk. If you drink too much beer, the toilet should be ready at any time; And if Japanese sake is drunk too much, it will still make people drunk and have a headache. As for red wine, it is said that a glass before going to bed can not only help you sleep, but also help you stay beautiful. Unfortunately, if I drink a small glass at night, my face will break out in a rash the next day. Poor me, I don't even have a chance to maintain the beauty function of red wine.
Teacher Cai seems to love wine very much, and he will try all kinds of wine. At the beginning, he wrote five chapters about whisky. In the following chapters, he always mentioned visiting various private wine cellars or wineries and tasting private collections. Like China liquor, European liquor also contains a long history and culture.
Scotch whisky manufacturing equipment: grinding barley, grinding wheat teeth, saccharifying tank, fermentation tank, condenser, liquid collecting tank and finally wooden barrel. The book says that scotch whisky is best hidden in a Spanish barrel with sherry. Although I don't understand why, it must be the aroma of sherry left in the barrel that will add icing on the cake to scotch whisky.
There is a place in France called Champagne District. The whole city streets were hollowed out and used as wine cellars for hundreds of miles. One of the most famous is pink champagne. It is made of three kinds of grapes. After the first fermentation in the barrel and the second fermentation after bottling, the yeast has residue, which should be stored in the bottle for six months, and all the precipitated things sink into the bottleneck. Then put the whole bottle of champagne in ice at MINUS 20 degrees Celsius to let it solidify, and then open the bottle. The gas in the wine suddenly washed away the sediment in the bottleneck, and the champagne became pure. If you add red wine with good vintage, it becomes pink champagne.
Looking at Mr. Cai's description, even a person who has scruples about wine like me can't help but swallow. I remember when I was a child, even children who couldn't drink would secretly drink a few sips of champagne. Champagne is pale yellow, smells sweet and has a faint smell of alcohol. Take a bite, it's cool, and there is a kind of drunkenness that is about to grow up.
Teacher Cai's book is a collection of essays. Wherever you go, you can easily remember everything, write casually and read comfortably.