An apparatus and an automated method are disclosed by which embossed seals are created in the necks of corked bottles (Fig. 1). A die (Fig. 8) is employed with an image bearing die surface. The bottle moves along an automated bottle track (Figs. 3 and 5). Molten seal material is introduced into the cavity above the cork in the neck of the bottle. The image bearing surface of the seal embossing mechanism is superimposed over the mouth of the bottle containing the molten seal material.
