In the rainy season, the spring crops are busy, and the farmers who supply the wine-making grain for Guizhou Xijiu began to be busy as always.
It is said that "the beauty of Qingang begins with the cultivation of grains", and the warm and solid quality of Xijiu like a gentleman starts from the planting of grains and grains. However, although the grains used in the brewing of baijiu belong to the same family as the grains we eat daily, the types are slightly different, mainly to accurately match the quality and taste of liquor.
For example, the wheat used in the Dragon Boat Festival is produced in Henan and Anhui Fanmai No. 8, which is the scene of 10,000 acres of wheat ears dancing with the wind on their heads. Fanmai No. 8 wheat has a soft and waxy texture, which is not only suitable for the growth and metabolism of high-temperature resistant wine-making microorganisms such as bacillus, but also directly imparts the unique flavor of sauce-flavored liquor. Bacillus will decompose the protein of wheat in the koji embryo to generate amino acids, and amino acids are the main substances that produce the Maillard reaction in the brewing process, and through a series of complex biochemical reactions, a variety of alcohols, ketones, furans, pyrans, pyridines, thiophenes, pyrroles, pyrazines and other flavor substances are generated. Wheat is the raw grain for making high-temperature Daqu, and it is also the key substance for the flavor of wheat sauce liquor, which is the focus of persistent attention and research of liquor researchers. These scientific research results are the scientific basis for Xijiu to select wheat varieties.
How to ensure the adequate supply of high-quality wheat requires firstly high-quality seed sources, secondly, suitable arable land, and scientific and effective process supervision. However, the traditional agricultural planting methods, from the provenance, cultivated land to the management of the planting process, are more extensive. Therefore, the way of farmers adding bases has become the source of the process of learning to make koji. The first step is to select and breed wheat varieties to ensure the high quality of the seed source; the second step is to select the production area to ensure that the soil can scientifically and accurately match the growth needs of grain seeds, so as to scientifically reflect the high-quality advantages of cultivated land; the third step is to high-quality process management, so that farmers can gradually develop the awareness and skills necessary for high-quality agricultural development in the planting process.
The same is true of the red tassel glutinous sorghum used to make liquor. However, unlike wheat, which is ripe at ear hanging, sorghum is ripe with ear hanging. The growing environment of wheat is mainly plain, and the core production area of glutinous red sorghum is between the valleys of southern Sichuan and northern Qianbei. Because of the vertical and horizontal ravines in the valley, the light of different plots is different, and the growth and harvest time of glutinous red sorghum are one month apart. The growth law of nature has formed the sand return process of Kunsha sauce wine twice.
However, with the increasing demand for high-quality Kunsha sauce wine, how to ensure the sufficient supply of high-quality red tassel glutinous red sorghum is a key task in the supply chain management of Xijiu. The traditional cultivation of glutinous red sorghum is between the ditches in the mountainous areas of Sichuan and Guizhou, and the cultivated land area is very limited. Therefore, it is necessary to give farmers sufficient enthusiasm for growing grain, and cultivate grain between ditches and ridges. At present, Xijiu has established cooperation with local farmers through the method of base plus farmers, and has established a total of 75,600 acres of organic planting base of red tassel glutinous sorghum, driving more than 20,000 farmers to grow grain and get rich. Of course, the glutinous red sorghum used in Xijiu winemaking is also the exclusive red tassel sorghum, and the selection and cultivation of grain varieties are also based on science, and then guide farmers to cultivate, manage, harvest, and dry, and after passing the acceptance, enter the 10,000-ton granary of Xijiu, and farmers in the process of planting sorghum, the skills of agricultural planting and management have also been continuously improved.
Those who have constant birth have perseverance, and those who do not have constant production have no perseverance. In the process of building a strong quality control system and building a quality advantage in market competition, Xijiu has opened up a high-quality agricultural economic chain in the mountainous area of Guizhou, where agricultural planting is not dominant, so that tens of thousands of farmers can focus on constant production and live and work in peace and contentment.
The gentleman's product, Hui Wai Xiu. The bottom of each glass of wine contains the quality story of the wine people and the wine supply chain cooperation institutions. The story is not over to be continued, so stay tuned and look forward to it. Text/Taoran County Lord