Cognac bottle engraving for the Camus Cognac Southeast Regional Sales Manager was one of the highlights of our week. The Camus Extra Elegance Limited Edition bottles were retail over $1K each. Our CEO, Desiree Colonna, hand engraved 7 of them, bringing their total worth to over $7K. Needless to say it was a boozey doozey!
Derek wanted a very special gift for a special former Philadelphia Eagles player, a few former UGA football players and a couple of sports radio personalities at his upcoming event. He searched the Atlanta area for an engraver who would take on the job, but couldn’t find anyone brave enough to risk engraving bottles worth that much money. Plus the bottles were 1.75L and 17 inches high. These would not fit in a laser machine. The cognac bottle engraving had to be done by hand.
Desiree received a call from a local laser company explaining the situation. She was more than happy to take the job knowing she could engrave any surface, even curved with her handy high speed drill. She could even add any logo Derek wanted with a stippling technique. She had over three years of fragrance and liquor bottle engraving under her belt so she was ready for the challenge.
Derek brought the cognac bottles to Desiree and the cognac bottle engraving fun began. Desiree placed each bottle carefully on her lap and engraved the bottles using her handy hand drill, the same type of drill used in a dental office. She printed out each logo and stippled them on the bottles dot by dot. She wasn’t as nervous as she thought she’d be. When asked by a colleague about how she stayed so calm she stated, “I’ve engraved over 2,600 fragrance and liquor bottles so far in my career. Yes, these are the most expensive, but they are made out of the same glass used for all of them. You just can’t think about it!”
Players included DJ Shockley, Tim Jennings, Randy McMichael and David Greene from the University of Georgia, Hugh Douglas from the Philadelphia Eagles and Terry Foxx and John Fricke from 92.9 The Game.
The job took a few hours to complete. Derek was very happy with the work and the recipients were blown away by the gorgeous bottles!
If you’d like to see where we are headed next to engrave bottles on-site, please check our event calendar. We also take requests for personal or corporate orders. Please go here to contact us or call us at (833) INK-WE11 or (833) 465-9311.