Definitions

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  • noun The process by which sediment in a wine bottle is drawn to the bottle’s neck where it can be removed.

Etymologies

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French.

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Examples

  • 1816: Invented 'remuage' a system now adopted by all champagne houses for removing sediment.

    NewsBlaze.com Current News - Top Stories 2009

  • An employee of Madame (Veuve) Cliquot devised the system of pupitres to assist in the remuage process, which we know as riddling, that removes the sediment after the prise de mousse (development of the sparkle).

    Archive 2006-03-01 2006

  • An employee of Madame (Veuve) Cliquot devised the system of pupitres to assist in the remuage process, which we know as riddling, that removes the sediment after the prise de mousse (development of the sparkle).

    At My Table 2006

  • The French have a fine-flavoured distinction in _ce qui remue_ from _ce qui emeut_; and if _remuage_ is the defining characteristic of 'A Tramp Abroad ',

    Mark Twain Archibald Henderson 1920

  • The French have a fine-flavoured distinction in ce qui remue from ce qui emeut; and if remuage is the defining characteristic of 'A Tramp Abroad ',' Roughing It ', and' The Innocents Abroad ', there is much of deep seriousness and genuine emotion in' Life on the Mississippi ',' Tom Sawyer ',' Huckleberry Finn ', and' Pudd'nhead Wilson '.

    Mark Twain Henderson, Archibald 1910

  • In the realistic comedy it is an incessant remuage -- no calm, merely bustling figures, and no thought.

    Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868

  • In the realistic comedy it is an incessant remuage -- no calm, merely bustling figures, and no thought.

    Complete Short Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868

  • This used to be done by hand but like the remuage, the process has now been mechanised.

    Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • The final stages in the process are the remuage and disgorgement.

    Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009

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