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  • In the underground winecellar that is an old chalk quarry: thousands and millions of bottles aging, these one are standing in racks (pupitres) awaiting disgorgement, Champagne Ruinart, Reims, Champagne, Marne, Ardennes, France, low light grainy grain
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  • In the underground winecellar that is an old chalk quarry: thousands and millions of bottles aging, these one are standing in racks (pupitres) awaiting disgorgement, Champagne Ruinart, Reims, Champagne, Marne, Ardennes, France, low light grainy grain
    a0617-220-2032.jpg
  • Herve Jestin, oenologist and chief winemaker holding a bottle that has gone through remuage (riddling) but where the neck has not yet been frozen for disgorgement. As you can see if you look closely there is not much yeast in the neck of the bottle - only a very small layer. Champagne Duval Leroy, Vertus, Cotes des Blancs, Champagne, Marne, Ardennes, France
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  • In the underground winecellar that is an old chalk quarry: thousands and millions of bottles aging, these one are standing in racks (pupitres) awaiting disgorgement, Champagne Ruinart, Reims, Champagne, Marne, Ardennes, France, low light grainy grain
    a0617-220-2033.jpg
  • The underground wine cellar, thousands of bottles aging either in pupitres (racks) upside down waiting to be disgorged or lying on their side for the secondary fermentation Champagne Francois Seconde, Sillery Grand Cru, Montagne de Reims, Champagne, Marne, Ardennes, France
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  • The underground wine cellar, thousands of bottles aging either in pupitres (racks) upside down waiting to be disgorged or lying on their side for the secondary fermentation Champagne Francois Seconde, Sillery Grand Cru, Montagne de Reims, Champagne, Marne, Ardennes, France
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  • In the underground winecellar that is an old chalk quarry: thousands of bottles aging. A rack (pupitre) with clear bottles for the prestige cuvee standing on their heads waiting to be disgorged, Champagne Ruinart, Reims, Champagne, Marne, Ardennes, France, low light grainy grain
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  • Herve Jestin, oenologist and chief winemaker holding a bottle of champagne Beuverie 1983 vintage that he will disgorge manually. The first step is to hold the bottle pointing upwards and remove the capsule cork Champagne Duval Leroy, Vertus, Cotes des Blancs, Champagne, Marne, Ardennes, France
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  • The underground wine cellar, bottles aging in pupitres (racks) upside down waiting to be disgorged, you can only see the bottom of the bottles Champagne Francois Seconde, Sillery Grand Cru, Montagne de Reims, Champagne, Marne, Ardennes, France
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  • Herve Jestin, oenologist and chief winemaker holding a bottle of champagne Beuverie 1983 vintage that he will disgorge manually Champagne Duval Leroy, Vertus, Cotes des Blancs, Champagne, Marne, Ardennes, France
    a0616-216-1610.jpg
  • The underground wine cellar, thousands of bottles aging either in pupitres (racks) upside down waiting to be disgorged or lying on their side for the secondary fermentation Champagne Francois Seconde, Sillery Grand Cru, Montagne de Reims, Champagne, Marne, Ardennes, France
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  • The neck of a bottle of champagne showing the ice plug that is formed in the neck for the degorgement (degorgment degorging degorge disgorging disgorge) of the bottles. The ice plug contains the dead yeast cells that will be removed Champagne Duval Leroy, Vertus, Cotes des Blancs, Champagne, Marne, Ardennes, France
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  • In the winery: bottles of brut champagne that have just been disgorged and re-corked stacked in a wooden crate by a winery worker, Champagne Larmandier-Bernier, Vertus, Cote des Blancs, Champagne, Marne, Ardennes, France
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  • Herve Jestin, oenologist and chief winemaker holding the cork after disgorging. The cork is usually a standard crown cap with a small plastic plug inside in the neck of the bottle. In this plastic plug the dead yeast cells are collected during the remuage (riddling). As you can see, there is not much yeast that needs to be removed Champagne Duval Leroy, Vertus, Cotes des Blancs, Champagne, Marne, Ardennes, France
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  • Herve Jestin, oenologist and chief winemaker holding a bottle of champagne Beuverie 1983 vintage that he will disgorge manually. After removing the capsule cork a little of the wine pours out of the bottle.. This wine is then replaced by the liqueur d'expedition and the bottle is then recorked. Note the cork that is still in the bottle opener Champagne Duval Leroy, Vertus, Cotes des Blancs, Champagne, Marne, Ardennes, France
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  • Herve Jestin, oenologist and chief winemaker holding a bottle of champagne Beuverie 1983 vintage that he will disgorge manually. After removing the capsule cork a little of the wine pours out of the bottle. This wine is then replaced by the liqueur d'expedition and the bottle is then recorked Champagne Duval Leroy, Vertus, Cotes des Blancs, Champagne, Marne, Ardennes, France
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  • The underground wine cellar, bottles aging in pupitres (racks) upside down waiting to be disgorged, you can only see the bottom of the bottles Champagne Francois Seconde, Sillery Grand Cru, Montagne de Reims, Champagne, Marne, Ardennes, France
    a0614-211-1195.jpg
  • A type of old cork screw used for removing the cork from the bottle when disgorging if the cork was very difficult to remove, called bossin in French Champagne Francois Seconde, Sillery Grand Cru, Montagne de Reims, Champagne, Marne, Ardennes, France
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  • Herve Jestin, oenologist and chief winemaker holding a bottle of champagne that he will disgorge manually. After removing the capsule cork a little of the wine pours out of the bottle. This wine is then replaced by the liqueur d'expedition and the bottle is then recorked. Drops of wine still in the air Champagne Duval Leroy, Vertus, Cotes des Blancs, Champagne, Marne, Ardennes, France
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  • The underground wine cellar, thousands of bottles aging either in pupitres (racks) upside down waiting to be disgorged or lying on their side for the secondary fermentation Champagne Francois Seconde, Sillery Grand Cru, Montagne de Reims, Champagne, Marne, Ardennes, France
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  • A bottle with a small scotched label saying EC meaning Essence de Cognac. This is cognac of 70% strength (undiluted) that is used in small quantities to mix in the liqueur d'expedition (that is used to fill the bottle after disgorging). It is aged one year in barrel and has a wonderful fresh and fruity aromatic character, much different from old cognacs that sometimes are over-oaked Champagne Duval Leroy, Vertus, Cotes des Blancs, Champagne, Marne, Ardennes, France, low light grainy grain
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  • Herve Jestin, oenologist and chief winemaker holding a bottle of champagne Beuverie 1983 vintage that he will disgorge manually. After removing the capsule cork the ice plug flies away and there is a little cloud of vapour Champagne Duval Leroy, Vertus, Cotes des Blancs, Champagne, Marne, Ardennes, France
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  • Detail of: A type of old cork screw used for removing the cork from the bottle when disgorging if the cork was very difficult to remove, called bossin in French Champagne Francois Seconde, Sillery Grand Cru, Montagne de Reims, Champagne, Marne, Ardennes, France, low light grainy grain
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  • Herve Jestin, oenologist and chief winemaker holding a bottle of champagne Beuverie 1983 vintage that he will disgorge manually. The first step is to hold the bottle pointing upwards and remove the capsule cork Champagne Duval Leroy, Vertus, Cotes des Blancs, Champagne, Marne, Ardennes, France
    a0616-216-1612.jpg
  • In the winery: bottles upside down in a machine that puts the neck in a salt solution that is several degrees below freezing sot that the wine in the neck will form an ice plug that can be removed with the yeast (disgorging), Champagne Larmandier-Bernier, Vertus, Cote des Blancs, Champagne, Marne, Ardennes, France
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  • Rows of giropalettes that automatically perform the remuage (riddling of the bottles) Champagne Duval Leroy, Vertus, Cotes des Blancs, Champagne, Marne, Ardennes, France
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  • In the wine cellar: Bottles in racks (pupitres) for remuage (riddling of the bottles) to make the sediment move down to the cork, the Union Champagne cooperative, also called Champagne de Saint Gall in Avize, Cote des Blancs, Champagne, Marne, Ardennes, France
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  • A painted sign that illustrates the theme of champagne and wine production: Le Remueur - the riddler of the bottles in a vaulted cellar with pupitres, the village of Hautvillers in Vallee de la Marne, Champagne, Marne, Ardennes, France
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  • In the wine cellar: Bottles in racks (pupitres) for remuage (riddling of the bottles) to make the sediment move down to the cork, the Union Champagne cooperative, also called Champagne de Saint Gall in Avize, Cote des Blancs, Champagne, Marne, Ardennes, France
    a0616-216-1689-1.jpg
  • In the winery: giropalettes to automatically do the remuage (riddling of the bottles), Champagne Larmandier-Bernier, Vertus, Cote des Blancs, Champagne, Marne, Ardennes, France
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  • In the wine cellar: Bottles in racks (pupitres) for remuage (riddling of the bottles) to make the sediment move down to the cork. At the back bottles laying sur lattes, the Union Champagne cooperative, also called Champagne de Saint Gall in Avize, Cote des Blancs, Champagne, Marne, Ardennes, France
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  • In the underground winecellar that is an old chalk quarry: the neck of the bottles standing in the racks (pupitres). You can see how the sediment (dead yeast cells) have collected on the cork, Champagne Ruinart, Reims, Champagne, Marne, Ardennes, France, low light grainy grain
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  • Bottles of sparkling wine sur lattes getting bottle age with a beer style crown cap before disgorging Bodega Castillo Viejo Winery, Las Piedras, Canelones, Uruguay, South America
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  • Bottles of sparkling wine sur lattes getting bottle age with a beer style crown cap before disgorging Bodega Castillo Viejo Winery, Las Piedras, Canelones, Uruguay, South America
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  • A bottle of Jacquesson Grand Vin Signature Extra Brut Millesimee vintage 1990 on a white table cloth without label since it has just recently been disgorged, Champagne Jacquesson in Dizy, Vallee de la Marne, Champagne, Marne, Ardennes, France, low light grainy grain
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  • Bottles of sparkling wine sur lattes getting bottle age with a beer style crown cap before disgorging Bodega Castillo Viejo Winery, Las Piedras, Canelones, Uruguay, South America
    ah17-227-2706.jpg
  • A wine glass filled with Jacquesson Grand Vin Signature Extra Brut Millesimee vintage 1990 on a white table cloth and a bottle in the background without label since it has just recently been disgorged, Champagne Jacquesson in Dizy, Vallee de la Marne, Champagne, Marne, Ardennes, France, low light grainy grain
    a0617-219-1932.jpg
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