Bottling Your Wine

Treat your wine bottles as if they were irreplaceable. After you have finished a bottle, you should always wash it out right away and store it in a clean place until you need them again. The cleanliness of your bottles is extremely important. Have you ever had a bottle of wine that tasted or smelled "off", yet the very next bottle of the same batch was perfectly fine? It's very likely that the

bad bottle was not properly cleaned before filling. Even the smallest spec of mould or dirt can contaminate the entire bottle.

You should also finish the bottling process with a shrink capsule on every bottle. Shrink capsules are not only decorative, they help protect the cork from unwanted pees such as spiders mites and fruit flies while still allowing your wine to breathe. At The Naked Wine, we have many colours and styles shrink capsules depending on the label you choose and the overall look you'd like to have. Bright colours can complement fruity, summery wines, and darker, more subdued colours can create a more rustic, or serious look to a bottle.