Prepare for your Bottling Day

Do you have a minimum?

There is no minimum number of cases required for us to come to you. We want your business and establishing relationships are most important to us right now.

What does it cost?

Our price is $3 per case, regardless of the number of cases we bottle.

How far will you travel?

We’ll go anywhere in Georgia and surrounding states. Travel outside a 50-mille radius of Dahlonega may require overnight stays, so lodging, meals, and fuel surcharges may apply. This can be negotiated.

Do you have a list of things that need to be done before you get here to bottle?

We'll arrive with our with a trailer, bottling unit, and hoses to pump wine from a winery’s tanks to the mobile bottler’s filling tanks. Wineries are usually responsible for providing the bottles, closures, and labels, as well as some onsite staff to ensure everything goes smoothly and to assist with the labor.

Here's your checklist to make sure things go as smoothly as possible when we arrive.

• Electrical hookup with 240V/60 amp/4-prong plug (If this is not available, we will provide a generator and a service fee will be added).

•  Glass bottles

•  Corks and foils, or screwcaps

•  Labels on a 3” core and a roll with 12” maximum outer diameter, front and back label on the same roll

•  Nitrogen or argon for sparging and leveling (2 tanks, minimum)

•  4-5 assistants for loading empty bottles onto the conveyor, boxing full bottles as they come off the conveyor, moving full cases to the pallets, and moving and replacing pallets as necessary

•  A forklift or pallet jack for movement of the pallets

•  Clean, cold water hook up for the steam generator

•  Sanitized hoses and fittings from the tank to the pump and the pump to the bottling filler

•  Plastic stretch wrap for rewrapping full pallets

•  Winemaker or designated decision-maker that can approve fill levels, label positioning, and proper cork or cap closure and security

What if I need to use your materials?

We’ll charge “cost plus 20%” if you need to use our filters, carbon dioxide,

What if I’m not ready when you get here to bottle?

There may be up to a $100 per hour wait fee in the unlikely event that the bottling line needs to be placed on a temporary hold, such as waiting for labels to arrive, or your winery is not ready to start at the scheduled time.