Cellar

Bottling

The move from vessel to bottle — the point at which a batch becomes articles with stock.

Bottling has more consequences than any other single operation on the estate: cellar stock falls in litres, warehouse stock rises in bottles, the batch history branches, the lot number comes into being, and the packaging quantities for the return under the packaging act arise.

Enter that in one system and write it up in three more and you end up with four truths. One operation, five entries — that is the whole difference.

Related terms

Batch A defined quantity of wine that is treated and tracked as one unit. Lot number The marking by which one bottled lot can be identified beyond doubt. Packaging regulation (PPWR) The EU regulation that requires anyone supplying filled packaging to private end consumers to… Official test number (AP number) The proof that a quality wine has passed the official examination. Perpetual inventory Adjusting stock continuously with every receipt and issue, instead of counting once at the…

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