(1) These have long been used by the Champagne industry to seal bottles while they are aging on the lees .

(2) But how do you sort the free-run juice from the lees ?

(3) The lees of the Venetian underworld

(4) The title came about when the two owners tasted an experimental Chardonnay that had been left on the lees in barrels for some time.

(5) The wine is aged on the lees in the bottle for about three years prior to disgorgement.

(6) A special building is used for the ageing of Milmanda, a Chardonnay wine fermented in small oak casks which spends a long period in contact with its own lees .