Mobile bottling for still wines
Scope of application
This guide is dedicated to the drafting of standard specifications for "mobile contract bottling of still wines". The aim is to provide a tool for dialogue when drawing up the specifications required for the best possible execution of the contract bottling of a still wine. For clients, it should make it easier to formulate their requirements, and for service providers, it provides a basis for delivering quality work.
Table of contents
INTRODUCTION
GUIDE OBJECTIVE
FIRST PART – TECHNICAL SYNTHESIS
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1. WINE PREPARATION
1.1 Example of a red wine preparation schedule
1.2 Blending
1.3 Fining
1.5 Treatments and oenological practices
1.6 Final analysis(es)
1.7 Characteristics of wine ready for bottling
2. DRY MATERIALS
2.1 Selection of dry materials
2.2 Dry material controls Indicative list of dry material control points
2.3 Storage of dry materials on the property
3. SITE PREPARATION
3.1 Preliminary site visit
3.2 Site execution
3.2.1 General characteristics of bottling trucks
3.2.2 Wine pump 3.2.3 Final filtration(s)
3.2.4 Rinsing
3.2.5 Bottling
3.2.6 Corking
3.2.7 Capping, Labeling, Packing in boxes or wooden crates
3.2.8 Storage of finished product
3.2.9 Shipment of the finished product
3.3 Quality assurance / HACCP / Hygiene
4. BOTTLING CONTROL
4.1 In-process bottling controls
4.2 Post-bottling controls
4.3 Samples
SECOND PART – STANDARD SPECIFICATIONS
REFERENCE TEXTS
First edition: 01/2006
