Parasitises living or dead hardwood trees, with a special fondness for the native Tawa and the introduced poplar and elm, until it GETS IN MAH BELLY.
The bottle is then riddled, so that the lees settles in the neck of the wine bottle... Manual riddling is still done for Prestige Cuvées in Champagne... mechanised riddling equipment (a gyropalette) is used instead. (Wikipedia)
Lucky! We're still knee deep in snow here. Can't wait for morel season...
ReplyDeleteWhereas I pine for the immoral season. It's like a fjord, only slipperier.
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