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Electrical:
Bravo Bottling requires a dedicated circuit of either a 100 amp 3 phase 240 volt service or a 60 amp 3 phase 480 volt service.
Bravo’s truck carries 100 feet of wire and must be located within 100 feet of power source.
Access:
Bravo Bottling utilizes a 48-foot long trailer. The winery must provide enough room to maneuver the tractor trailer and have a level area approximately 80 feet long and 12 feet wide in which we can set up and bottle. Bravo Bottling must be allowed access should a site survey be required prior to bottling.
Water:
Bravo Bottling requires clean potable water supplied with a minimum of 40 PSI and 9
GPM.
Supplies:
Winery is expected to have all supplies on site approximately 10 days prior to scheduled bottling. This includes glass, corks, screw caps, capsules, labels, etc.
NO re-sterilized glass allowed. These bottles have too great of a size fluctuation and may result in an unsafe working environment, causing damaged equipment and or excessive glass breakage.
Samples of packaging components must be submitted to Bravo Bottling 4 weeks before scheduled bottling. Bravo Bottling is not responsible for any packaging materials that are substandard, unclean or otherwise out of specification.
Winery agrees to schedule the delivery of 1 nitrogen doer for every 2000 cases when using corks or screw caps. If using screw caps with the liquid nitrogen drip option, winery agrees to schedule delivery of 1
additional liquid nitrogen doer for every 2000 cases.
All labels should be ordered as “outside/right edge leading commonly referred to as “#3 right lead.” Roll diameter can be 13”, with a core size of 3”. Maximum Label height is 7.25 inches.
Winery should provide label sample to Bravo Bottling 30 days prior to the scheduled bottling date. Wineries must submit an example for proper label placement. Heavy glass and large labels sometimes have irregularities due to imperfections in glass and or labels.
When using tapered bottles, it is recommended that the winery put front and back labels on separate rolls.
Wines:
All wines must be bottle ready before the arrival of Bravo Bottling. No in-line pad filtration is allowed in series to the bottling truck. The
filtration available in-line with the bottling truck is meant as a last step safety before the wine is bottled and not to be relied on as a source for principle filtration.
Bravo Bottling stocks a number of filter cartridges. However, we do not carry all of them all of the time. Winery takes responsibility for ordering filters at the time the winery makes it’s reservation with Bravo Bottling.
Wines must be at least 59 degrees Fahrenheit before entering the bottling line. This reduces fill level fluctuation do to expansion and reduces condensation on bottles which interferes with label application.
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