A picking device for storing bottles having a plurality of storage locations for bottles , an operating device displaceable in front of the storage locations horizontally in an X direction (X) and vertically in a Z direction (Z), coupled with a control device and having a gripper , at least one storing device which can be used to move bottles into the picking device and from which the operating device can remove the bottles , at least one identification device for identifying bottles , an unloading device to which the bottles are transferred by the operating device for retrieval from the picking device , wherein a plurality of the storage locations has storage location receptacles and the storing device has at least one storing receptacle for bottles , wherein the gripper has a gripping means which is configured such that the bottles are movable from the storing receptacles and storage location receptacles by being lifted by the gripping means , wherein the storing receptacles and/or the storage location receptacles are formed by a plurality of parallel storing struts or parallel storage location struts , and wherein the gripping means has two prongs of fork-shaped construction that are displaceable in a Y direction orthogonally to the X direction and in the Z direction and are configured such that they are movable in the Y direction, at least in sections, into a space defined by the cross-section of the bottle that is to be retrieved and situated below the maximum cross-section, characterized in that the storage location receptacles and the storing receptacles are configured such that the bottles are held therein in a lying position in such a way that they are secured against rolling. a plurality of storage locations for bottles , an operating device displaceable in front of the storage locations horizontally in an X direction (X) and vertically in a Z direction (Z), coupled with a control device and having a gripper , at least one storing device which can be used to move bottles into the picking device and from which the operating device can remove the bottles , at least one identification device for identifying bottles , an unloading device to which the bottles are transferred by the operating device for retrieval from the picking device , wherein a plurality of the storage locations has storage location receptacles and the storing device has at least one storing receptacle for bottles , wherein the gripper has a gripping means which is configured such that the bottles are movable from the storing receptacles and storage location receptacles by being lifted by the gripping means , wherein the storing receptacles and/or the storage location receptacles are formed by a plurality of parallel storing struts or parallel storage location struts , and wherein the gripping means has two prongs of fork-shaped construction that are displaceable in a Y direction orthogonally to the X direction and in the Z direction and are configured such that they are movable in the Y direction, at least in sections, into a space defined by the cross-section of the bottle that is to be retrieved and situated below the maximum cross-section, characterized in that the storage location receptacles and the storing receptacles are configured such that the bottles are held therein in a lying position in such a way that they are secured against rolling. <EOS>