‖ remueur Wine-making.
(rəmɥœr)
[Fr., lit. ‘mover’.]
One who engages in remuage (see quots.).
| 1926 P. M. Shand Bk. Wine v. 154 The remueur's task is gradually to work down all the sediment. 1965 O. A. Mendelsohn Dict. Drink & Drinking 279 Remueur, the craftsman who daily twists and slightly shakes the bottles containing champagne in the making. 1976 N. Roberts Face of France xxv. 229 The man who does the tilting and turning [of champagne bottles] is called a remueur... He can handle 30,000 bottles a day. |