How to Make Wine – Step 5 – Bottling
Using an automatic bottle filler, the wine is transferred into bottles, leaving enough room for the cork. Finally, with a floor mounted bottle corker, bottles are corked and their appearance dressed up with professionally designed labels and caps. Bottles are left upright for two days to allow air pressure to be released and the cork to fully seat. When you bring your wine home, lay the bottles on their side in a cool room (approximately 50-60 degrees) for the final aging process (at least 3 months for whites and 6 months for reds).
25 Responses to How to Make Wine – Step 5 – Bottling
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I thought this was red wine? In “step one” you said it was pinot noir.
So why is the end product white?
Doesn’t make you look good for what you’re trying to sell to people.
ForcedToSignUp
December 4, 2011 at 10:09 am
Thanks for the great videos! But wouldn’t you want to rinse the bottle AFTER disinfecting? Just curious b/c next time I have a glass I’m going to be watching out for the taste of Purell :/
madk777
December 4, 2011 at 10:35 am
@Nightrain80 ok your allowed
candycandy57
December 4, 2011 at 11:20 am
@candycandy57 I am muslim too and i am drinking it.
Nightrain80
December 4, 2011 at 11:30 am
great job….
spyc101
December 4, 2011 at 12:26 pm
im muslim and i cant drink wine and im watching this for no reason
candycandy57
December 4, 2011 at 12:39 pm
Wouldn’t gravity do a faster job that the bottle filler?
examinationboard
December 4, 2011 at 1:15 pm
@drgrant01 Red wines are filtered. Commercial wineries may differ in this, but all wines can be filtered. This will not strip colour, ever. It will not strip taste or harm the wine in any way unless it was done incorrectly. For example, unclean equipment, residual water in the filtering machine (certain pumps hold more water than others) as this will need to be cleared from the lines, etc.
Celdoir
December 4, 2011 at 2:09 pm
@binuthomas83
At a beer/wine shop that sells brewing equipment or websites, its easy
405OklahomaBrewing
December 4, 2011 at 2:46 pm
Waaww…its a good method..! I have seen all the videos. Where I can find the ingredients..
binuthomas83
December 4, 2011 at 3:26 pm
@drgrant01 Adding a clearing agent will do more then just “clear” the wine it will also enhance the flavor, but it is purely up to you. If it was me and i had Bentonite i would clear it hands down, but since i don’t mind a lower grade wine i didn’t clear mine its purely up to you.
I hope it taste great!
thepresident1981
December 4, 2011 at 4:09 pm
i bottled mine today i like to write down the bottle number so i know what bottle came first and last etc. happy wine making everyone
thepresident1981
December 4, 2011 at 4:34 pm
Hello, I noticed in video 4 that the wine being filtered did not appear to be the same as the red wine. I watched a video of a gentlemen answering the question “do winery’s filter their red wine?” and the answer was “no”. Was the red wine filtered? and if you use a clearing agent will it cause the red wine to clear like the white wine? I have mango, concord grape, pinaple/coconut mix by Langers and do not know if I should use a clearing agent in the concorde and mango. Ccnt/pnple is cloudy.
drgrant01
December 4, 2011 at 5:21 pm
Ok that’s pretty damn cool thank you for this video!
24okay
December 4, 2011 at 6:02 pm
I have watched all the 5 videos now gimme a one!
samin2012
December 4, 2011 at 6:46 pm
I Wanted Red WIne!
Craigg639
December 4, 2011 at 7:23 pm
ahhhh i dont have any of those things “/
didthatreallyjust
December 4, 2011 at 7:57 pm
Wow … That would be really cool to make wine at home !
mayazareh
December 4, 2011 at 8:32 pm
@livingincrete Duh! Wot you on about, I am searching how to make wine and this is absolutely every single thing you need to know! Now I’m just gonna look up the names of the chemicals he used and then look up recipes and the yeast ratio… You dont need all that expensive equipment… improvise ;0)
web2stu
December 4, 2011 at 9:29 pm
Making wine the way it was in its earliest stages was just the juice and yeast,or any other kind of enzyme.
tjinga2u1
December 4, 2011 at 10:14 pm
great videos. thank you
brewmaster0507
December 4, 2011 at 10:18 pm
@Godlovingalways AT first I was like wtf did he just do but then i realized it was just potassium metabisulfite. no biggy
Adol666
December 4, 2011 at 10:57 pm
Great series – but I don’t want to make – just want to drink it…
fillpotnp
December 4, 2011 at 11:27 pm
Awesome, thanks so much!
xnegd
December 5, 2011 at 12:06 am
@Blackoutx86 lol I just realized this was a 5 part series and he was making red wine.
Blackoutx86
December 5, 2011 at 12:46 am