Maotai Town, Renhuai City, Zunyi City, is located on the banks of the Chishui River. In 1915, Maotai won the gold medal at the Panama World Expo; in 1935, the Long March crossed Chishui here. It combines ancient salt culture, Long March culture and wine culture, and is known as the first wine town.

When everyone came to the town, not only the national wine Maotai, but now there are wineries everywhere on the streets and alleys. The name of Maotai Town wine is mixed and uneven.

Johnson Johnson was very interested in the Moutai brewing process and called Vader to arrange a site visit. He met a sales manager of a winery and enthusiastically led him to start the tour.

Following the strong aroma of wine, everyone came to the factory all the way, and saw more than a dozen female workers wearing blue and elegant clothes busy putting the wine chorus into a rectangular wooden frame.

After filling it up, he actually danced quickly with his bare feet, and his flexible and skillful movements seemed to be...

Seeing Johnson's surprised expression, Manager Hu smiled and said, "You don't have to be surprised. Such a scene is called "Steping in the brewing process. It seems simple, but it is the most critical step."

"The old saying goes: Qu is the bone of wine. As a saccharification and fermentation agent for brewing wine, the quality of Qu directly determines the taste and style of the original wine."

"You see, the woman's feet jumped alternately, stepping the wine song inside the rectangular abrasive tool into a turtle-back-shaped blank. The tread has strict requirements on body weight. The treaded blank is tight on the outside and loose on the inside, so that it is easier to crush and ferment."

"Only young girls are light and their strength can achieve this goal. The ideal weight is between 40 and 50 kilograms."

After hearing this, Xia Long shuddered suddenly, and something seemed to be rolling in his throat. He said disgustingly: "I really didn't expect that a bottle of thousands of Maotai would be..."

Manager Hu laughed and probably experienced this kind of thing a lot, saying meaningfully: "Dragon Boat Festival step on songs, Double Ninth Festival is the sand. Every time the Dragon Boat Festival is on the golden age of music production, a large number of carefully selected young girls are rushing in major breweries."

"Just like the Western blonde beauty stepping on grapes, in ancient Maotai music production, girls who have not been experienced in personnel must be qualified. Now the policy is relaxed, and only girls who are not married can be required!"

Johnson shook his head and heard from Ding Mengyao that stepping on grapes in Europe is also waiting for the grape harvest season. The girls washed their legs, wore shorts, and went to the granite wine trough together and danced barefoot.

The grape juice I stepped on is used to make the best wine. A few days ago, there was not a variety show called Fengwei. The two male gods directly drank this kind of foot washing water on TV...

"Step the chorus and crush the wheat, add water and the chorus and stir it, and place it in a wooden box. After the girl washes her feet with flowers, she stands on the box and stomps with her feet until the chorus is finished."

Manager Hu said seriously: "Through modern microbiology research, it was found that this method of stomping, which has been passed down for thousands of years, is the crystallization of the production experience of ancient people in Maotai Town and has high scientific value."

"In the fifth month of the lunar calendar, the temperature here is high, the air humidity is high, and the light is sufficient. The microorganisms in the natural environment grow and reproduce vigorously, and the number of species is the largest."

"By stepping on koji, these microorganisms can fully contact the raw materials of koji such as wheat, forming a high-quality winemaking microbiome."

"Girls have less secretions and less mold. Even if they sweat during the stomping process, the amount of sweat is smaller. This can ensure that the pH of the koji will not change significantly and ensure the pure naturalness of the koji raw materials."

"What is more important is that the microorganisms of various brewing wines balance and rapidly grow, reproduce and diversify. Only the wine brewed by this high-quality wine koji will have better quality and deserve the reputation of national wine!"

Johnson gave a thumbs up and said serious nonsense!

Looking at the young girls in the distance walking on the hot air, everyone was sweating profusely, suddenly there was a thought:

This scene should be put online. Isn’t it popular for foot fetish now?

Moutai's sales are absolutely...

"Wheat is made into curved pieces by stomping, wrapped with grain and straw to fill the warehouse. After about 10 days, the warehouse will be turned up and down, so that each side can fully contact the microorganisms. The warehouse will usually be turned twice before and after..."

"In another 30 to 40 days, the curved pieces can be out of the warehouse, chop them up, the better. Clean them with boiling water above 90 degrees Celsius several times, splash and mix them, so that the raw materials can absorb water evenly. It can not only wash away the residue, but also allow the sorghum to absorb water..."

"Shut the steamed sorghum out of the steamer, and the winemaker keeps turning it on with a shovel to dissipate it, and replenish the water lost due to evaporation. The temperature drops to about 35 degrees Celsius..."

"The most critical core technology is the combination chorus. The overall ratio of sorghum and wine chorus is 1:1, but wine chorus must be added in nine times, and the amount added is different each time. This is the secret of the winery."

After visiting them all, they finally arrived at the warehouse. Manager Hu scooped out a bowl of Maotai from the wine jar and showed it: "This is a round wine that has just been roasted. It has a strong sense of stimulation. After long-term storage, the taste will become mellow and softer, and the sauce aroma will be more prominent. The longer the storage is, the more gentle the fragrance will be, the more elegant the aroma."

He handed it to Johnson to taste it, and saw that the other party frowned and smiled and said, "The aroma of the wine comes out is different. It is divided into three types of wine: sauce flavor, mellowness and cellar bottom. The wine produced in the third to fifth times is the best, and it is called Dahui wine."

"The sixth time I got called Xiaohui wine, and the seventh time I got the wine was chasing wine. Among them, the wines that were produced three, four or five times were the best. The first and second time I was sour and spicy, and the last time I was burning and bitter. But each time I had usefulness, and the ones that left the factory must be blended between different batches of wines."

After saying that, he pointed to the laboratory not far away and said, "The blending has always been a mysterious process in the brewing process. The winemaker combines it with taste, just like the five elements are mutually generated and restrained, mixing different rounds of wine together to find the balance and layering between the taste."

Johnson nodded. Since it was a secret, it would definitely not be able to visit it. He was satisfied with his curiosity and everyone left the factory.

In recent years, as the leader, Moutai has been rising. The ex-factory price on New Year's Day in 2017 has increased by 18%, and the market retail price has exceeded 2,000 per bottle. As soon as the boss makes efforts, other younger brothers respond.

In April 2011, a bottle of Handi Moutai was sold at a sky-high price of 9.968 million. Goethe 2012 Spring Auction Aged Moutai special event, with a total transaction volume of 140 million. One bottle of Kweichow Moutai five-star wine sold for 4.945 million.

The most expensive liquor in China is a bottle of Lai Mao produced in 1935. It was sold by Mr. Lai, a native of Ningde, at a sky-high price of 10.7 million, becoming the real king of liquor.

Manager Hu brought everyone to the sales department and sat down to chat and said, "There was a good person online who calculated the cost of a pound of Moutai: 3-4 yuan/catties of wheat, 4.5-4.5 yuan/catties of small sorghum, 2 taels of wine per pound of sorghum, which is equivalent to a bottle of 500ml of Moutai. The cost is only 50 yuan?"

"It's just a fart!" He stood up and took out a bottle of ten-year-old wine and said: "Little sorghum is now 15-17 yuan per kilogram, the cost of wine rosy wheat is 3-5 yuan, and the winery is 48 cellars, 50,000 yuan per year. Hydropower is 140,000 yuan per month, coal is 630 yuan per ton, and there are also wages, taxes, cellar costs, etc.."

"Nine steaming, eight fermentation, and seven wine picking. A bottle of the most common Moutai takes at least five years from feeding to leaving the factory. It goes through various processes of koji making, wine making, storage, blending and packaging, and goes through 30 processes and 165 process links..."

"A qualified winemaker has an annual salary of at least 200,000 yuan, monopolizes the best sorghum and stores all kinds of base wine. Even if other wineries spend money to poach us, it is useless to have no good wine mix. As the saying goes: A good cook cannot cook without rice!"
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