French for "slice." In Bordeaux this term is applied to a portion of a vintage that buyers are permitted to bid on. This system, which permits only those who have bought wine from a chateaux previously to tender a bid for the Premier Tranche, or base...
In the production of champagne, secondary fermentation takes place in the bottle, but as soon as fermentation is complete, the champagne is removed, the yeast is filtered out and the liquid is put into new or washed bottles. "Fermented in the bottle"...