TECHNICAL
Reception
Grapes are picked and transported late afternoon early evening to prevent over exposure to the sun. The bunches are destemmed, crushed and fermented at the Colchagua Winery.
Bottling & Filling
The winery has its own bottling and labelling equipment, as well as a large wine cellar for ageing the wines. The latest German, Italian and French machinery ensures that Luis Felipe Edwards' wines are consistently produced to the highest quality standards.
The cellar has high technology pumps, filters, pneumatic presses and cooling and heating equipment. As a certified ISO 14000 company, all Luis Felipe Edwards' winemaking and bottling processes are environmentally friendly.
Filling
Once bottles have been filled with wine, a small amount of carbon dioxide or nitrogen is injected on top to help disperse oxygen. The bottles are then taken to either a corking machine where a cork is compressed and pushed into the neck of the bottle or a screw cap bottling line. The corking machine vacuums air out of the bottle in order to remove the oxygen, which can ruin the quality of wine. The bottling lines incorporate a fill height detector which rejects under or over-filled bottles.
Packing
After the bottles have been filled, they enter a labelling machine where labels are applied. The product is then packed into cartons and warehoused, ready for sale domestically or to one of our 40 export destinations.
We hand pick almost all of our grapes because of the aspect and height of our vineyards. The white grapes are usually picked February/March with the reds picked late March and April.
Grapes are picked and transported late afternoon early evening to prevent over exposure to the sun. The bunches are destemmed, crushed and fermented at the Colchagua Winery.
Bottling & Filling
The winery has its own bottling and labelling equipment, as well as a large wine cellar for ageing the wines. The latest German, Italian and French machinery ensures that Luis Felipe Edwards' wines are consistently produced to the highest quality standards.
The cellar has high technology pumps, filters, pneumatic presses and cooling and heating equipment. As a certified ISO 14000 company, all Luis Felipe Edwards' winemaking and bottling processes are environmentally friendly.
Filling
Once bottles have been filled with wine, a small amount of carbon dioxide or nitrogen is injected on top to help disperse oxygen. The bottles are then taken to either a corking machine where a cork is compressed and pushed into the neck of the bottle or a screw cap bottling line. The corking machine vacuums air out of the bottle in order to remove the oxygen, which can ruin the quality of wine. The bottling lines incorporate a fill height detector which rejects under or over-filled bottles.
Packing
After the bottles have been filled, they enter a labelling machine where labels are applied. The product is then packed into cartons and warehoused, ready for sale domestically or to one of our 40 export destinations.
