Termination of the steam tube in a wine cellar; see there.
A term commonly used in German-speaking countries (also steam pipe) for the ventilation shaft leading from the wine cellar upwards into the open air for the purpose of ventilation; the end of this is known as the roof pipe. The steam pipe was also used to remove the fermentation gases (carbon dioxide) produced during fermentation. The fermentation gas was also removed via the so-called...
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