The Words of the Way of Wine

Leksikon

The Way of Wine leksikon (lexicon) lists its main appellations, as established and defined by Thierry Forbois. The Latin flavor of most of the words is a purely aesthetic choice, and has no other justification than the pleasure the Wine Master feels in hearing them pronounced this way.

The Ceremonial Enclosure

[ɑ̃.fɔ.ʁa]
Glass recipient used to collect the wine as it leaves its bottle during the Ritual’s 5th movement. This large ovoid shaped vase with a neck that narrows towards the top is endowed with two symmetrical handles. With a capacity of 6 liters, the amphora was for years a simple carafe, before the Wine Master gave it its actual shape, inspired by the amphorae of antiquity.
[pɛ.dɛm]
Pedestal located at the far left of the ceremonial enclosure on which the amphora sits, the term pedem also refers to the stand on which each guest places their glass; each one of these "little feet" holds a beeswax candle that will be lit by the Wine Master during the 7th step of the Ritual: transmissio. Are also called pedem the supports of the five candles that diffuse their brightness in the ceremonial enclosure.
[pɛ.tʀa.vi.nɔm]
Monolithic body with a recess on the surface where rests, inclined, the bottle of wine being celebrated during the Ritual. This "wine stone" finds its place in the ceremonial enclosure between the amphora and the Vascellum.
[va.sɛl.ɔm]
Standing on the altarium at the heart of the ceremonial enclosure, generating a mystical field in which the guests are gathered, the Vascellum is the cardinal entity of the Way of Wine celebration. An authentic "vessel" offering the wine an extraordinary passage out of its bottle, as the body of the object comes alive under the hand of the Wine Master, who then deploys all the magic of his art during versare, the 5th movement of the Ritual.
See the section below for the leksikon dedicated to the Vascellum.
[al.ta.ʀijɔm]
Base serving as an altar for the Vascellum, raising it to the precise height required for the practice of the Wine Master. Since the beginning of the Way of Wine, this median piece of the ceremonial enclosure has evolved to become a truncated parallelepiped on its front side, whose inclination opens the space at the front, facilitating the ascending and descending motion of the amphora during the 5th movement of the Ritual: versare.
[ɔ.pɛʀ.ty.ʀa]
Large circular opening at the center of the enclosure main wall, this portal illuminates during the ninth and last movement of the Ritual, the so-called regeneratio, at which time the guests will have to cross the threshold to leave the ceremonial scene.
[tɔl.mɛn]
On the right side of the scene from the guests' viewpoint, the most imposing mass of all ceremonial bodies, the tolmen, hollowed out to form a basin filled with water, allows the Wine Master to proceed with ablutio, the 2nd movement of the Ritual. It is also from the surface of this "stone table" that the cristallus emerges, one of which will be selected to be inserted into the Vascellum during mensura, Ritual's 3rd movement.

The Vascellum Anatomy

[va.ʒi.na]
Translucent frontal organ of the matris, sculpted out of acrylic, allowing to retain the bottle at the shoulder level, hindering it by the front when the whole matris tilts during the pouring of the wine.
Remark — The singular appellation of the Vascellum’s figurehead, so emblematic of its anatomy, refers to the French etymology of the word “gaine” borrowed from the classical Latin vagina, “sheath”. In French, the word gaine can have the meaning of sheath, of a passage and, in formal language, that of constraint. Triple meaning recalling the three functions of the frontal organ of the Vascellum, thus explaining the choice to give it the beautiful name of vagina.
As much as its denomination, the vagina of the Vascellum will also be able to evoke to the observer something of the woman’s sexual organ, without refuting this impression, the singularity of its curves is one among the mysteries of its creation, which came to Thierry Forbois in a daydream, turned out to be a kind of “universal key” able to receive and contain all shapes and sizes of bottles.
[ma.tʀis]
Upper nacelle of the Vascellum receiving the bottle of wine, supported by the brachia, and connected to the corpus by braided steel wires, which transfer the internal mechanical action of the corpus to the matris in order to tilt or straighten it.
[bʀa.kija]
Pair of arms united to the corpus on both sides of its base, from where they rise to the matris, of which the brachia are the only aerial support.
[heɪ.ɔʀt]
Anatomical heart of the Vascellum where the different organs of its internal mechanics meet and whose activation by the gyrus allows to animate the matris.
[kʀi.sta.lys]
Prisms of various lengths of rectangular base, the cristallus are translucent organs carved out of acrylic or made of polished glass, intended to be inserted in the florem clamping module on the Vascellum matris, where it finds itself intercalated with the bottom of the bottle. Playing the double role of stabilizers and dimensional key for the different bottle sizes, the cristallus contributes to the perfect immobilization of the bottle, which will be pushed when the florem is tightened until it comes to rest at the level of the bottle shoulder, between the vagina branches. Emerging to the tolmen's surface, the choice of the cristallus by the Wine Master during the 3rd movement of the Ritual, mensura, is inversely proportional to the bottle body length to be served, the longer the body, the shorter the cristallus will be, and vice versa.
[flɔ.ʀɛm]
Wheel whose sculpted contours are reminiscent of those of a flower, the florem controls the rear clamping module of the Vascellum’s matris, which device, in conjunction with a cristallus and the vagina, finishes tightening the bottle according to its particular size, ensuring perfect immobility of the bottle on the matris, immobility allowing the Wine Master to operate the gyrus with an absolute control on the speed, consistency and size of the wine flow during its pouring.
[ʒi.ʀys]
Located on the posterior face of the corpsus, the gyrus is a disc whose bi-directional gyratory manual movement activates the heorte, heart of the Vascellum, driving its internal mechanics to tilt or raise the matris in order to pour the wine or to stop its flow.
[kɔʀ.pys]
Body of the Vascellum, the corpus is the case housing and shielding the components of its internal movement, among which its cardinal organ, the heorte.

The Ritual Movements

Symbols of the Way of Wine Ritual, from left to right:

[ɔp.sky.ʀi.tas]
Prelude to the Way of Wine Ritual, this pre-movement is known as that of the absence of light.
[ni.te.ʀe]
Nitere, or the return of clarity, is the first movement of the first act of the Way of Wine Ritual.
[ab.lu.sjo]
Taking place during the first act, ablutio, or the end of appearances, is the second movement of the Way of Wine Ritual.
[mɑ̃.sy.ʀa]
Mensura, or the knowledge, is the third movement of the first act of the Way of Wine Ritual.
[pɔʀ.ta.ʀe]
Ending the first act, portare, or the lift, is the fourth movement of the Way of Wine Ritual.
[vɛʀ.ta.ʀe]
Versare, or the golden release, is the fifth movement of the Way of Wine Ritual, and initiates its second act.
[paʀ.ti.ʀe]
Sixth movement of the Ritual of the Way of Wine, second of the second act, Partire is the shared wine.
[tʀɑ̃.smi.sjo]
Passing on the inner fire, Transmissio, is the seventh movement of the Ritual of the Way of Wine and marks the commencement of the third and final act.
[tʀɑ̃.smy.ta.sjo]
Transmutatio, the great metamorphosis, is the eighth movement of the Way of Wine Ritual, second of the third act.
[ʀe.ʒe.ne.ʀa.sjo]
Regeneratio, or the renewal, is the ninth movement of the Ritual, the last of the third act, and with it the celebration of the Way of Wine is accomplished.