bottling

noun

bot·​tling ˈbä-tᵊl-iŋ How to pronounce bottling (audio)
ˈbät-liŋ
: a beverage and especially a wine that is bottled at a particular time

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Ca’Marcanda 2022 Camarcanda Bolgheri DOP is a blend of 80 percent Cabernet Sauvignon and 20 percent Cabernet Franc that was aged in oak barrels for 18 months and then blended and aged an additional six months in concrete prior to bottling. Mike Desimone, Robb Report, 2 Nov. 2025 Today, Four Roses has a distillery and visitors center in Lawrenceburg, Kentucky, as well as a warehouse and bottling facility in Cox’s Creek, Kentucky. Matthew Glowicki, Louisville Courier Journal, 24 Oct. 2025 The winery’s bottlings have been served at Elizabeth Taylor’s eighth wedding reception and the opening of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library. Justin Goldman, AFAR Media, 24 Oct. 2025 In the Newton Booth production facility, Clothier’s team focuses on low-intervention fermentation processes, with native fermentation and unfiltered bottling. Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 18 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for bottling

Word History

First Known Use

1860, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of bottling was in 1860

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“Bottling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bottling. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.

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