Gyropalette

A Gyropalette, also known as a riddling machine, is a piece of equipment used in the production of sparkling wine, such as Champagne, made by the traditional method, where the second fermentation takes place in the bottle.

[1][2] In order to remove the yeast sediment ("lees") left in the bottle after the fermentation, riddling (or in French remuage) is performed.

Traditionally, this used to take place manually over the course of several weeks, with wine cellar workers called remueurs performing the task on each individual bottle, on wooden racks.

The bottles are placed in a cage, and are moved in a way which emulates the action of a remueur by means of motors and automatic controls.

The name Gyropalette is a registered trade mark of Oeno Concept, a company based in the Champagne region of France.