IMPORTANT PROFESSIONS IN CHAMPAGNE

Cellarman (and fork-lift truck operator)

 
     The cellarman receives the bottles after bottling and stacks them neatly head to tail on laths ("entreillage") in the cellars, where they will age for a period which can last several years.

When the previous years' bottles have accomplished this tranquil awakening period, the cellarman will go ahead with the following operations: - riddling, - disgorgement, - dosage, - presentation, - packaging in cases, - shipping throughout the whole world.

     To undertake some of these operations, it is essential to use a fork-lift truck to move the bottles in order to have strict and continual stock rotation. The cellarman, therefore, often has to use a fork-lift truck.