: Borrowing You Two Talents

After the waiter left, Fan Xueqing asked, "Why do you always have to eat Western food with wine?"

Zeng Lingfeng said: "This is mainly because wine itself is a kind of wine to accompany the meal. It is usually the drinking place during meals and banquets. Due to the different characteristics of the wine, it can be scientifically matched with the dishes to more perfectly reflect the sensory style of the wine."

"Can you give an example?" asked a girl next to her.

Zeng Lingfeng nodded and said, "For example, dry red wine contains certain phenolic substances. It will be better enjoyed with braised pork, steak, jī, duck and other meat dishes. On the one hand, dry red wine can relieve the greasy feeling of the meat and make the dishes more delicious. At the same time, the dry red wine can increase the festive atmosphere of friends' gatherings. Generally speaking, red wine and red meat are in line with the cooking rules. The combination of tannins in the wine and protein in the red meat makes the digestion work begin when you eat."

"Oh. I have to drink red wine when I eat meat?" The girl finally understood, and the other Fan Xueqing's classmates at the deskmate also nodded as if they had gained something.

"It's not the case." Zeng Lingfeng shook his head. "When red wine is paired with certain seafood, high-content tannins will seriously damage the taste of seafood. The wine itself will even bring an annoying metallic flavor. The wine does not have a hardness, which stipulates that a certain wine must be matched with a certain food. But if it can be properly matched with the food, it can complement each other. Because wine can clear the taste buds and induce the delicious food. The appropriate food can make the beauty of the wine more vivid and get a tasteful enjoyment."

"I don't understand very much, but I heard that it is red wine with red meat, and white wine with white meat. Is that true?" A boy next to him said something excitedly when he saw Zeng Lingfeng talking.

Zeng Lingfeng nodded and said, "The general principle of popularization is to use red meat with red wine, and white meat with white wine, but occasionally making bold attempts can also make new discoveries. For example, dishes with heavy taste must be matched with strong taste, and they do not have to follow the principle of red meat with red wine, and white meat with white wine. Sometimes, for heavy taste braised fish, they can also be matched with light red wine, and poultry foods with heavy taste can also be matched with rich white wine and lighter red wine. This is all personal experience, and it is not necessary to copy it."

"You know so much..." The girl who asked before couldn't help but sigh, and then asked curiously, "Why are these eight wine kings all from Bordeaux, France?"

Zeng Lingfeng shrugged his shoulders and said to her: "Most people think this is because the wines in Bordeaux, France have a long history and good quality of wine. In fact, it is not the same thing! The history of wines in Italy is much earlier than him! It's just that the French make it early, which means they can hype them, so they will naturally become famous. In addition, there are hundreds or thousands of wineries, isn't it enough to produce a few wine kings?"

After chatting for a while, the food and food were all served, and a pound of lobsters were also served. However, for the first time, everyone came out with Zeng Lingfeng, and they were in a place with a strong historical flavor in the International Hotel. They were a little restrained. They sat there staring at each other and stared at each other, and no one started to eat.

Zeng Lingfeng stood up and said to the students around him, "Students, please take care of yourself. I am very light in alcohol, so I won't toast them one by one. Everyone is still the same goal. Eat well and drink well!"

As soon as the host said this, everyone's mind became more active and the meal became much more lively. Although Western food is basically about mood and quiet, everyone obviously does not have so many concerns. It is a tradition of Chinese people to eat and chat!

Zeng Lingfeng always felt that the dining room was a bit noisy, so he called the waiter to come over and asked him to find some piano music to play. After a while, the waiter found an old phonograph and put on the bakery song plate, and played it out with the classical music inside.

"Sir, are you going to turn on the wine now?" asked the waiter.

Zeng Lingfeng nodded, and the waiter skillfully wiped the wine bottle clean, then used a knife on the bottle opener to cut off the bottle seal, and then wiped the bottle mouth clean with a tissue, then chā the tip of the screw drill of the bottle into the center of the cork, slowly rotated along the clock direction to drill into the cork, then pulled down the handle, supported another support point at the bottle mouth, held it with your left hand, then lifted the handle straight with your right hand and held the cork with your hand, shaking it gently, then pulled out the cork very gracefully, and wiped the bottle mouth clean with your tissue.

"Very professional moves." Zeng Lingfeng couldn't help but praise him after watching it.

There are also some specialties in opening the bottle. The waiter's technique in front of you undoubtedly brings people a visual enjoyment. If it is pulled out at once, it will seem to be tasteless.

After pouring out the wine, Zeng Lingfeng held the goblet and shook it gently in his hand. He explained to the two girls at the same table: "This action calls sobering wine. The aroma of wine usually takes some time to emit it. Sobering wine is of great help to the emitting of the smell. When rotating and shaking the goblet, the area where the wine contacts the air is increased, which can accelerate the oxidation and release the aroma of the wine more. Of course, generally ready-to-drink red and white wine does not have to spend too much time sobering. Sometimes there may be a smelly sulfur smell and some odor, but it will dissipate in just a few minutes. Sulfur dioxide is an add-on in the winemaking process and is harmless to the human body. If there is still a odor at some time, it may be a problem with the quality of the wine."

The waiter was still standing next to him. After listening to Zeng Lingfeng's explanation, he couldn't help but praise: "Sir, you are really knowledgeable. Although we have learned various skills, we really don't understand very clearly why we should do this."

Zeng Lingfeng laughed and said that these are all bourgeois styles, but they are not so particular? It’s just that French wine is inherently deficient and has a bad taste, so it’s that so many tricks are created to fool people.

"I'll sober up too!" Fan Xueqing shook her body with great interest, but her movements seemed to be a little bigger and faster, so the red wine turned faster and faster in the goblet, and finally flew out.

The red wine crossed the barrier of space and drew a graceful arc and fell on the face of a guest at the next table. The person sitting at that table was not Fan Xueqing's classmate, nor was it from Zeng Lingfeng and his group.

"Damn! Are you killing someone?!" The man who was splashed all over immediately slapped the table angrily.

With the man's roar, everyone's attention was concentrated.

A young man in his twenties who was poured into wine by Fan Xueqing, wearing black framed eyes, looked gentle, but his eyes were a little fluttering, and his face was quite fierce. After seeing it, he gave people a very uncomfortable feeling.

The weather was quite hot, and the man was wearing a T-shirt with a shallow face. After being splashed with wine from Fan Xueqing, the person who looked bright red liquid was covered with, as if he had been opened.

"The concentration of red wine is still very good, what a pity." Zeng Lingfeng sighed, thinking that the wine that Fan Xueqing had just sprinkled out was worth more than the wages earned by the white-collar workers in Shanghai for a day.

Fan Xueqing splashed it out of Lafite in 1998.

Lafite was founded by a nobleman named Lafite in 1354, and it was quite famous in the 14th century. In 1675, she was purchased by Duke Xigang, the number one wine industry in the world at that time. Xigang was a big shot in the wine industry at that time, and he also owned the top historical families of Latour, Mouton and Chiron. King Louis XIV of France once said that the Xigang family might be the richest family in France. In the 17th century, France was the world of Burgundy wine. The famous "social" of the upper class at that time, Louis XIV

Bombardier has a special liking for Lafite, which makes Lafite often a good cup for the nobles of Versailles. After the death of the third generation of the leader, Lafite's property rights entered a relatively chaotic period of history. However, the quality of Lafite wine is still unsatisfactory. Until 2018, Sir James Rothschild won the bid for a sky-high price of 4.4 million francs at the public auction. The family owned Lafite Chateau until now, and has been able to maintain the quality of Lafite Chateau and the reputation of the world's top wines to this day.

The Lafite wine is gentle and delicate, and is relatively introverted, unlike the two famous villages of Lattu and the strongest King of Wudang. The Lafite has a flowery fragrance, a prominent fruity fragrance, and a mellow and gentle fragrance, so many wine lovers call Lafite the "Queen" in the wine kingdom.

Unfortunately, it is a pity that such expensive wine has actually poured on someone else's head.

"I'm sorry..." Fan Xueqing didn't expect that the wine would fly out and pour it on others' heads, and she was suddenly at a loss. After all, it was her own fault that caused the losses to others. What should I do?

"Sorry?! If it's useful to say sorry, what else do the police do?!" said the young man relentlessly.

"Puff..." Zeng Lingfeng didn't take it seriously at first, but after hearing the young man's words, he couldn't help but squirt a sip of wine and laughed out loud, "You are so funny! I pity my Lafite! This squirt costs at least a few dozen yuan! Hahahaha..."

"What are you laughing at? What's so funny?! Believe it or not, I will spray you with wine?!" the young man said angrily.
Chapter completed!