Pupitre

Pupitre – Double standing wooden rack for bottles of Champaign.
In this bottles of Champaign were stored during the ripening process and for 8 weeks turned over daily by a remeur.
With that the yeast in the bottle was taken to the neck step by step so it could be easily removed.

Nowadays the pupitre is replaced by a gyropalette,
A machine which does the same process much faster: in eight days.
The widow Clicquot, founder of Veuve Clicquot Champaign designed the first pupitre by drilling holes into her oak table.