How do we keep the cost per bottle of wine so low? Here are my three tips on how you can save money when making wine at home.<\/p>\n
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Disclaimer: Some of the links below are affiliate links. This\u00a0means that if you choose to make a purchase through the links provided, I will earn a commission. This commission comes at no additional cost to you.<\/em><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.2.2″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”]<\/p>\n In my house, we are big recyclers. Before we started making wine at home, each empty\u00a0bottle went into the recycling bin. Once we started making wine and bought our first batch of new bottles, we thought, why not just reuse each bottle<\/strong><\/em> instead of recycling?<\/p>\n While there have been times when we have had to buy more bottles because we didn’t have enough empty ones in reserve, we can say that we have purchased very few bottles when compared to how much wine we make.<\/p>\n When it comes to having enough bottles, we don’t just reuse the empty bottles we purchased. Also, when we do buy our favorite wines or receive wine as gifts, we reuse those bottles too. We even have\u00a0friends and family who will give us their empty bottles for the occasional full bottle in return.<\/p>\n While it might take a while for you to build up your supply, reusing wine bottles can be a huge cost saver when making wine at home.<\/p>\n A case of 12 empty green wine bottles<\/a> costs around $24. That means for each bottle you reuse, you save $2.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/dancingwithwine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/20180527_210620.jpg” alt=”Empty Wine Bottles ” align=”center” _builder_version=”3.2.2″ max_width=”64%” max_width_tablet=”73%” max_width_phone=”69%” max_width_last_edited=”on|phone”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.47″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”]<\/p>\n The foil tops on wine bottles serve one primary purpose – decoration.<\/strong> <\/em>When making wine at home that will be drunk at home, this decoration is just an added cost instead of a necessity.<\/p>\n We almost never add the foil toppers to our wine bottles unless we are giving a bottle as a gift. And honestly, we sometimes don’t even add them then.<\/p>\n The price of each foil capsule\u00a0can vary depending on the design and how many you buy at once. On average you save about $0.14 per bottle<\/strong> <\/em>when you do not add the decorative foil.<\/p>\n If you are making wine to consume at home, wine labels are an unneeded\u00a0item.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n In our household, we only make and add wine labels to bottles for one reason – when we are giving a bottle of wine as a gift. Otherwise, our bottles sit naked. Or, if I’m honest, they sometimes are still dressed with previous wine labels we were too lazy to remove.<\/p>\n You might be wondering how to identify each batch if you do not stick labels to each bottle.<\/p>\n In our house, we write on the wine cork. We include the month and year the wine was bottled and the initials of the wine type. By following these three tips, you can save, on average, $2.50 per bottle<\/strong><\/em>. It might not sound like much, but it adds up.<\/p>\n Each batch of wine makes about 25-27 bottles. That means we save $62.50 to $67.50 each time we bottle a new batch<\/strong><\/em> of wine. Seeing we bottle six to eight batches per year, we can save up to $540 each year<\/strong><\/em> from following these tips when we are making wine at home.<\/p>\n Another way to look at it is thinking about the percentage we save with each bottle of wine. At the beginning of this post, I said that cost us between $3 and $4 per bottle we make. If I always used new bottles and added foils and labels, it would cost us about $5.50 to $6.50 per bottle. That means that by following these three tips, we save between 38% and 45%<\/strong><\/em> depending on what we pay for that batch’s kit.<\/p>\n If you are going to be a long-time at-home winemaker, a 38% to 45%\u00a0discount per bottle is too good to pass up.<\/p>\n Are there any other ways you save money when making wine at home? Share in the comments.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row custom_padding=”0px||0px|” custom_margin=”||50px|” padding_right_1=”5%” padding_left_1=”5%” _builder_version=”3.0.99″ background_color=”#b60b67″ module_alignment=”center”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.99″ padding_left=”5%” padding_right=”5%” parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/dancingwithwine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Save-Money-Winemaking.png” alt=”How to save up to 45% per bottle when making wine at home” align=”center” always_center_on_mobile=”off” _builder_version=”3.2.2″ max_width=”53%” module_alignment=”center” custom_margin=”-20px||-20px|” custom_padding=”|||”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" One of the advantages\u00a0of making wine at home is that it allows you to drink great tasting wine at a low cost per bottle price when compared to buying wine at the store. As a hobby winemaker, we love being able to keep our costs low. In fact, even when factoring in the initial\u00a0purchase price of the winemaking equipment, each bottle of wine that we make costs us less than $4.<\/p>\n How do we keep the cost per bottle of wine so low? Here are my three tips on how you can save up to 45% per bottle when when making wine at home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":484,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":" One of the advantages\u00a0of making wine at home is that it allows you to drink great tasting wine at a low cost per bottle price when compared to buying wine at the store. As a hobby winemaker, we love being able to keep our costs low. In fact, even when factoring in the initial\u00a0purchase price of the winemaking equipment, each bottle of wine that we make costs us less than $4.<\/p> How do we keep the cost per bottle of wine so low? Here are my three tips on how you can save money when making wine at home.<\/p> In my house, we are big recyclers. Before we started making wine at home, each empty\u00a0bottle went into the recycling bin. Once we started making wine and bought our first batch of new bottles, we thought, why not just reuse each bottle instead of recycling?<\/p> While there have been times when we have had to buy more bottles because we didn't have enough empty ones in reserve, we can say that we have purchased very few bottles when compared to how much wine we make.<\/p> When it comes to having enough bottles, we don't just reuse the empty bottles we purchased. Also, when we do buy our favorite wines or receive wine as gifts, we reuse those bottles too. We even have\u00a0friends and family who will give us their empty bottles for the occasional full bottle in return.<\/p> While it might take a while for you to build up your supply, reusing wine bottles can be a huge cost saver when making wine at home.<\/p>Reuse Bottles<\/h2>\n
Avoid Adding Foil<\/h2>\n
Skip the Labels<\/h2>\n
\n[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/dancingwithwine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/20180526_131809-e1527469057940.jpg” alt=”Wine cork lables” _builder_version=”3.2.2″ max_width=”51%” max_width_tablet=”56%” max_width_phone=”65%” max_width_last_edited=”on|tablet” module_alignment=”center”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.47″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”]Another option is reusable wine tags. The <\/span>Home Affinity Wine Cellar Labels<\/a> hang on the neck of each bottle and can be wiped\u00a0off and reused for the next batch. While there is still a cost to buy these tags, the cost per bottle does go down each time you reuse the labels.<\/span>
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Total Savings<\/h2>\n
Reuse Bottles<\/h2>