Fact or fiction?

[dananne]

FWIW, Hugh Johnson's Story of Wine indicates that remuage took place first at Clicquot, devised by one of the widow's employees, Antoine de Muller, who began working there in 1810. They managed to keep it a secret until 1821. The "holes in the table" anecdote can be found on p. 337.

(Originally posted before I saw Foodie's response -- if it was in practice earlier, the book doesn't provide any information on it -- sorry -- trying to be helpful!)

[This message has been edited by dananne (edited 08-15-2005).]