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neWS oF GrAPeS AnD WineS in e A S Tern norTh AMeri CA rempealeau, Wis.—If you own a win- ery in the upper Midwest, you're pret- ty much on your own when it comes to getting wine into the bottle. Beginning this spring, however, wineries will have another option. Todd Roessler, whose fam- ily owns Elmaro Vineyard in Trempealeau, plans to have his mobile bottling company, Precision Wine Bottling, fully operational and ready to service wineries in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa and northern Illinois. Roessler purchased a Comet 2000 bottling line from Costral this past fall and installed an 11-spout filler in a 24-foot gooseneck trailer. According to Roessler, "The trailer is 99.9% finished, and we plan to bottle wines, using it for our winery in February. Then we Mobile Bottling for Midwestern Wineries T Wisconsin winery will bring professional equipment to colleagues this spring winesandvines.com Learn more: Search keywords "precision bottling." polylam, tin or PVC capsules. The labeler can apply single label or front and back labels. Bottles are nitrogen-sparged before filling, Precision Wine Bottling will use this 11-head bottling line inside a 24-foot trailer. will do some test runs for other small winer- ies." In addition, Roessler spent 40 hours training with Hunter Bottling in Canada dur- ing summer 2010. The line is capable of filling 1,200 bottles per hour. The unit has electronic leveling, can insert corks or apply screwcaps, and apply DoubleAVyds_Dir08 11/20/07 10:22 AM Page 1 heADlineS p58 FeATUreS p60 and screwcap bottles will receive a pre-finish nitrogen dose to reduce oxidation before the cap is applied. A winery must have single- phase 240/100-amp electrical service and provide bottles, corks or screwcaps, capsules, labels and two 30-inch canister filters. The price structure for bottling depends on the quantity of wine bottled. The case price for 1,000 gallons or less is $3; for 1,000 gallons or more, it is $2.75. Precision Wine Bottling charges a non-refundable deposit of $200, and a transportation fee of $1 per mile. For details, visit precisionwinebottling.com. —Linda Jones McKee EasternWineLab_Mar09.qxp 1/22/09 9:47 AM Page 1 EASTERN WINE LABS Serving the Analytical needs of East Coast Wineries WWW.EASTERNWINELABS.COM Ph 609-859-4302 Cell 609-668-2854 chemist@easternwinelabs.com AOAC Member 58 Wines & Vines FeBRUARY 201 1 IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY EXTENSION