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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)
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ReplyDeleteIt's hard to write a tribute to a giant like Aldiss without feeling one's own inadequacy.
ReplyDeleteDied the day after his 92nd birthday. "OK, that's over now, I can stop being polite to the rellies".