The Wine Bottle

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THE WINE BOTTLESizes, Shapes, Colors & other Characteristics


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Punt

Neck

Lip

Wine Label

Capsule

Wine Closures

Shoulder


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BOTTLE SIZES

Volume Ratio Name Notes.375 liter 0.5 Demi Half in French.

.750 liter 1 Standard Regular Bottle

1.5 liter 2 Magnum3 liter 4 Jeroboam aka Double Magnum

4.5 liters 6 Rehoboam

6 liters 8 Methuselah aka Imperial.

9 liters 12 Salmanazar Biblical Assyrian king; aka Mordechai12 liters 16 Balthazar

15 liters 20 Nebuchadnezzar Biblical king of Babylon

18 liters 24 Melchior


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BOTTLE SIZES


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BOTTLE SHAPESWine producers in Portugal, Italy, Spain, France and Germany follow thetradition of their local areas in choosing the shape of bottle most appropriatefor their wine.

Port, sherry, and Bordeaux varieties: straight-sided and high-shouldered witha pronounced punt. Port and sherrybottles may have a bulbous neck to

collect any residue.Burgundies and Rhne varieties: tall bottles with sloping shoulders and asmaller punt.

Rhine (also known as hockor hoch), Mosel, and Alsace varieties: narrowand tall with little or no punt.

Champagne and other sparkling wines: thick-walled and wide with apronounced punt and sloping shoulders.

German wines from Franconia: the Bocksbeutel bottle.

The Chianti and some other Italian wines: the fiasco, a round-bottomedflask encased in a straw basket. This is more often used for everyday tablewines; many of the higher-grade Chianti producers have switched to

Bordeaux-type bottles.
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BOTTLE SHAPES


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BOTTLE COLORS

The traditional colours used for wine bottles are:

Bordeaux: dark green for reds, light green for dry whites,clear for sweet whites.

Burgundy and the Rhone: dark green.Mosel and Alsace: dark to medium green, although someproducers have traditionally used amber.

Rhine: amber, although some producers have traditionallyused green.

Champagne: Usually dark to medium green. Roschampagnes are usually a colorless or green.


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THE PUNTA punt, also known as a kick-up, refers to the dimple at the bottom of a wine bottle. There is no

consensus explanation for its purpose. The more commonly cited explanations include:

It is a historical remnant from the era when wine bottles were free blown using a blowpipe and

pontil. This technique leaves a punt mark on the base of the bottle; by indenting the point where

the pontil is attached, this scar would not scratch the table or make the bottle unstable.

It consolidates sediment deposits in a thick ring at the bottom of the bottle, preventing much/most of it from being poured into the glass.

It increases the strength of the bottle, allowing it to hold the high pressure of sparkling wine/

champagne.

It accommodates the pourer's thumb for stability and ease of pouring.

It provides a grip for riddling a bottle of sparkling wine manually in the traditional champagne

production process.

It consumes some volume of the bottle, allowing the bottle to be larger for the same amount of

wine, which may impress the purchaser.

Prevents the bottle from resonating as easily, decreasing the likelihood of shattering during

transportation.

Allows bottles to be more easily stacked end to end.

Bottles could be stacked in cargo holds on ships without rolling around and breaking
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WINE CLOSURES

Natural CorksSynthetic CorksScrew caps

Zork STLCrown Caps


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THE WINE LABEL

Country

Region

District

Commune

Chateaux / House

My home

Deccan Gymkhana

Pune

Maharashtra

India


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A FRENCH WINE LABEL

Country

Region

House

District

Commune


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THE WINE LABEL

House

Qualitylogo Grape

Variety

Qualitylogo

Negociantinformation


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THE WINE LABEL

VDP logo

House

District

Region

A P Nr.Number

Vintage

Style

Grape Variety

Volume


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Presentation

byAshish M. Dighe

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