Wisdom has it you should disgorge sparkling wine when the barometer is high Why? This reduces the differential between the wine which is at 5 bars of pressure and atmospheric pressure when the cap the lees and ice plug have gone. 
This suppresses the out-gassing and foaming. #disgorging #cider

Roto-jolly in action

A batch of the new 375cL champagne bottles of Kingston Black cider being riddled and disgorged We use a single cage Italian Roto-Jolly shipped to us 20+ years ago It’s given excellent service Based on the French Gyropalette

#rotojolly #cider #methodtraditional #riddling #disgorging #gyropalette

Roto-jolly in use.

Post riddling.

Another batch of the new 375 cL ‘champagne’ bottles of cider being riddled and disgorged. #rotojolly #cider #methodtraditional #riddling #disgorging

Disgorging set up.

New disgorging set up. Cooling refrigerators out of sight set at 5C, neck freezer to the left in picture set at -27C, blue disgorging bin to its right then the pressure stabiliser and device to add lost cider to its right and finally the re capper just out of picture. Work flow simpler. #disgorging

So, the early morning #disgorging with a temperature of -3°C went like clockwork; quite cool to see this almost perfectly intact frozen yeast plug from one of the bottles (they usually disintegrate on impact with the ground)!
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A very cold afternoon spent amongst the olives…
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#SparklingWine

Ahhhhh, we love the smell of fresh sparkling in the morning 🍾

#wine #vawine #sparklingwine #disgorging #winemaking

A new chiller on the way to TeePee Cider to chill the riddled cider down to 5C prior to disgorging. This reduces the loss of cider. A delicate balance, too much chilling and there is not enough pressure to eject the ice and yeast plug in the bottle neck! #cider #MethodTraditional #disgorging #cidery

Disgorging. One of the routine jobs around the cidery that is a joy to master. The right balance of cider cooling, neck freezing time and actions #cider #cidery #disgorging #MethodTraditional