Modernisation of production Veuve Clicquot



bottles of veuve clicquot ranging piccolo (0.188 l) balthazar (12 l)


madame clicquot credited great breakthrough in champagne handling made mass production of wine possible. in 19th century, assistance of cellar master, antoine de müller, clicquot invented riddling rack made crucial process of dégorgement both more efficient , economic. clicquot s advance involved systematically collecting spent yeast , sediments left wine s secondary fermentation in bottle s neck using specialised rack.


composed wooden desk circular holes, rack allowed bottle of wine stuck sur point or upside down. every day cellar assistant gently shake , twist (remuage) bottle encourage wine solids settle bottom. when completed, cork removed, sediments ejected, , small replacement dose of sweetened wine added.








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