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In The Winery

Photos Credit: Signature Mobile Bottlers

Mobile Bottling Provides

Experience, Expertise and Photo Courtesy of: Morton Buildings

Cost Control By: Gerald Dlubala
T he proper bottling of your wine is import- need a week to 10 days for product bottling a year,

making it hard to justify the number of resources
ant. Timing, experience, state of the art
equipment and expert knowledge are
bottling line. Some wineries have chosen to let
critical to the wine’s integrity, taste and shelf life. it takes to purchase, run and maintain an in-house
However, many wineries don’t have the budget for go of their in-house bottling machines, citing the
all the intricate machinery needed to bottle wine amount of maintenance, upgrades and training that
properly, or the expertise and availability of dedi- goes into keeping up a system that remains idle
cated technicians to keep bottling equipment run- most of the year. Others have used mobile bottling
ning at peak performance. since their inception. The benefits of using mobile
bottling include utilizing the resulting space for
Mobile bottling has filled that void, and for good more useful purposes, saving money once used on
reason. The average production winery may only necessary machinery and technology upgrades, and

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