Method for the Removal of Sediment from Sparkling Wines

An apparatus for the removal of sediment from sparkling wines, designed to remove the capsule covering the neck of a bottle containing sparkling wine, comprising:

• a frame,
• a tilting mechanism comprising:
• a holder for supporting a bottle in a predetermined position in which said bottle extends longitudinally along a longitudinal axis XX-XX′ close to a median axis X-X′ which is fixed with respect to said holder, said holder being movable on the frame between a low position, in which the neck of the bottle is inclined downward, and a high position, in which the neck of the bottle is inclined upward, and
• a capsule-removing mechanism provided with at least one capsule-removing knife, said capsule-removing mechanism being movable on the holder and synchronized with said holder so that said at least one capsule-removing knife removes the capsule when the holder is in a predetermined angular position relative to the horizontal, characterized in that said at least one capsule-removing knife is movable relative to the capsule-removing mechanism in order to approach and to move away from said median axis X-X′, said capsule-removing knife being urged toward said median axis X-X′.