As applied in the production of Champagne, Bac a Glace is literally a "freezing bath." This is part of the system of degorgement involving the immersion of champagne bottle necks (containing the sediment) in a bath of freezing brine.
Bacchus was the Greek god of the grape and its most important by-product, WINE! It is also one of Germany's superior white grape crosses (Sylvaner x Riesling) found in the Rheinhessen region of Germany and England. In America the Bacchus grape is thought...