Wine Corking Machines

Find the corking equipment that is right for your winery
By Maria St. Louis-Sanchez Wine corking machines are essential for all wineries regardless of size. Thankfully, there are several distributors of wine cork machine options to help you find the right wine corking tool for your business.
 

Types and styles of wine corking machines range from automatic corking machine options to a manual wine corking machine. Consider the following before you invest in corking equipment:

1. How much money your winery has to invest on wine corking machines.

2. How many bottles your winery produces and how fast you need to cork them.

3. The durability you require of your wine corker machine.

Use wine corking machines for your small business or home winery

If you have a small winery or are making wine at home, a manual wine corking machine will be the most cost-efficient for your business. These models are manual, so will take a bit more labor to use, but are designed to make the process as easy as possible. There are several models available.
Try: If you are only going to cork a few bottles at a time, a hand corker, offered by E.C. Kraus, will probably be sufficient. If you plan to cork up to 50 bottles at a time, a bench model corking machine, available at Midwest Homebrewing & Winemaking Supplies, will be easier to use.

Search out a wine bottle corking machine for your medium-sized winery

If you are a medium-sized winery, then you will need to invest more into your corking machine. Wine will be preserved quicker and the corking process will involve less manual labor. If you choose to use a manual corker, make sure that it is durable enough to endure several uses.
Try: Think of getting a Big Red pneumatic corking machine from Adventures in Homebrewing. An Italian floor corker is heavy-duty enough for a medium-sized winery and can be purchased through HomeBrewIt.com.

Invest in industrial corking equipment for large commercial wineries

If you have a mass-production winery, you will need an automatic wine corker to keep up with your volume. While these are much more expensive than other models, they will also last longer and can cork hundreds of bottles in an hour. There are models that are used solely for corking or, if your budget allows, opt for models that will both fill the wine and cork it.
Try: Check out the automatic corking machine at Durfo or a machine that will both fill the bottles and cork them at Napa Fermentation.

• Many wineries have started to invest in screw caps to keep wine from spoiling from bad corks. Investigate this option before you invest in corking equipment.
• If you are considering expanding, but don't have the money for a high-priced machine, search around for used wine corking machines and you may find a deal.