Bottles

We've been giving a lot of thought to which bottle to use.   The first question is:  stock or custom?  Custom is obviously nicer, but perhaps obviously, much more expensive.  Unless you are ordering tens of thousands of bottles, it costs $20,000 - $50,000 for a custom mold.  It is a bit cheaper if you go with bottles made in China, but for several reasons we've opted for North American bottles.

These photos are of some stock bottles.  We are leaning towards using stock; and have a pretty good idea of how we want the bottle to look (hint: it is none of these bottles).  We met with a wonderful bottle broker, and have had conversations with a few manufacturers directly.

Another factor is whether the bottle comes in different sizes.  Bars and restaurants prefer to buy liter sized bottles, but the standard size sold in stores is 750 ml  Not many stock bottles come in both sizes.

We've narrowed our search down and also have developed a prototype of our bottle (we are changing the bottle in a way).   Virtually nothing, including the bottle design, is set in stone for us at this stage, but we have a pretty good idea of what we want and where to get it.