Museleteuse

French · caging machine

A museleteuse is the automated pneumatic machine that fits the wire cage.1

It works at the end of the line, after dégorgement, dosage by the doseuse and corking.2,1 The cage, the muselet, holds the bouchon against the pressure.1

Before machines and wire cages, string (ficelle) was tied by hand over corks.3 The first wire cages were made around 1880.3 On top of the cork, under the wire, sits a metal cap, the plaque de muselet, often showing the producer's name.1,4 See corking.

See also

MuseletGlossaryCork and wire cageMethodsDoseuseGlossaryBouchonGlossary

Sources

  1. Union des Maisons de Champagne. Corking and muselage
  2. Union des Maisons de Champagne. Disgorgement
  3. Union des Maisons de Champagne (UMC). The history of the muselet and its collectable plaque
  4. Comité Champagne (champagne.fr). Corking, shaking and final inspection

Facts checked on 2026-10-19