Bottling comes to the fore

Silence on the empty vineyard and the barrel room; silence among the large tanks and in the old stone galleries. The sole activity on some winter days happens in the bottling plant ?a hive of activity, noise and intense light. Its rhythmic hubbub feels like a monotonous deep voice that rattles on about the importance of objectivity. ?Production in progress?. But as the cold machinery operates, there?s a vague party mood full of nervous enthusiasm and anxious ceremony. The plant is the dressing room where a multitudinous cast of stars are getting ready for their most important performance. In continuous motion, among silver reflections and the clank of glass, a stack of shiny new bottles leave this place ready to succeed in the market?s great stage.

 

1. Loading the bottles
High pallets loaded with shiny bottles wait their turn. Stack by stack, they are handled by the loading machine which places them at the start of the line.

 

2. Showered and ready
The conveyor belt lines up the bottles on a single file. The rinsing machine has 30 heads that grab the bottles as they arrive. A cold water jet thoroughly cleans the inside. Gravity makes any traces of water disappear. Spotlessly clean and dry, the bottles follow their course.

 

3. The most important encounter
Finally, wine and bottle meet in the filling machine. A wide wheel grabs the bottles and introduces a small head connected to the tanks containing the filtered wine. The operation is agile and precise. It is designed to minimize filling time and to reduce the stress felt by the wine as it moves. In a burst of speed.


4. Heads held high
The filling process is fast, but corking is even faster. Both machines are placed next to each other so corking a full bottle takes just three seconds. Using screw caps instead of corks in not a problem: an ad-hoc screw unit is attached to the line.

5. Pleased to meet themselves
Filled and capped, the bottles continue their journey. Moving forward steadily, they seem proud and contented.

6. Paper dress
And so bottles arrive at the ?dressing room?. Capsules are fitted first and then labels are firmly glued to the glass. Everything moves very quickly, among the steady roar of the rolling machines.

7. Team effort
Each of the elements of this bottling line is part of an integrated team sharing the same goal: to reach the market in a confident, secure and attractive manner. From bottling to labelling, the great mechanical snake conspires to deliver an impeccable product. And in the fastest way possible ? at a rate of 50,000 bottles per day!

8. Ready
Dozens and dozens of bottles impatiently await their turn. They are crying out to get onto the stage so we promptly pack them in the relevant branded boxes. They are ready for delivery to any store, restaurant and supermarket around the world.

 

Do you want to hear the hypnotic sounds of the bottling line?
Go to Muriel Wines channel on YouTube and watch the Embotellado playlist videos."