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In The Winery

“Old Woolam offers the option of corks or screw-
caps for closures,” said Dixon. “The only real lim-
itation with using an automatic bottling line is
the size and shape of the bottle that we can use.
There are several parts on the line that need to be
changed out when changing the size and shape of
the bottle. Old Woolam has the change parts for all
of the standard sizes and shapes, as well as a few
non-standard sizes. Old Woolam is typically able
to meet all of our bottling needs except for a few
exceptions. We have a few small volume specialty
wines that we use irregular-shaped bottles for, and
we do continue to bottle those wines on our man-
ual line.”

Notably, many mobile bottlers use gravity fill- Photo Credit: Old Woolam Custom Bottling, LLC
ers, making them unable to bottle carbonated or www.oldwoolamcustombottling.com
under-pressure wines. Dixon told The Grapevine
Magazine that it isn’t a big deal for Noboleis “The prices are fair, he’s reliable, hardworking, and
because they don’t currently have a need or the goes out of his way to make sure our expectations
equipment necessary to carbonate their wines. are met. At the end of the day, I would never want
to go back to bottling all of our wines on a manual
“When looking for a mobile bottler, it’s important bottling line. It wouldn’t be feasible given the vol-
for wineries to look for a great working partnership ume that we have grown into. We would spend all
like the one I have with Old Woolam,” said Dixon. of our time bottling!”

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