Sizes, Shapes, Colors & other Characteristics

THE WINE BOTTLE

Lip Neck Shoulder Capsule

Wine Closures Wine Label

Punt

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Volume Ratio
.375 liter .750 liter 1.5 liter 3 liter 4.5 liters 6 liters 9 liters 12 liters 15 liters 18 liters 0.5 1 2 4 6 8 12 16 20 24

Name
Demi Standard Magnum Jeroboam Rehoboam Methuselah Salmanazar Balthazar Nebuchadnezzar Melchior

Notes
Half in French. Regular Bottle aka Double Magnum aka Imperial. Biblical Assyrian king; aka Mordechai Biblical king of Babylon

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BOTTLE SHAPES
Wine producers in Portugal, Italy, Spain, France and Germany follow the tradition of their local areas in choosing the shape of bottle most appropriate for their wine. Port, sherry, and Bordeaux varieties: straight-sided and high-shouldered with a pronounced punt. Port and sherry bottles may have a bulbous neck to collect any residue. Burgundies and Rhne varieties: tall bottles with sloping shoulders and a smaller punt. Rhine (also known as hock or hoch), Mosel, and Alsace varieties: narrow and tall with little or no punt. Champagne and other sparkling wines: thick-walled and wide with a pronounced punt and sloping shoulders. German wines from Franconia: the Bocksbeutel bottle. The Chianti and some other Italian wines: the asco, a round-bottomed ask encased in a straw basket. This is more often used for everyday table wines; many of the higher-grade Chianti producers have switched to Bordeaux-type bottles.

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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 some producers have traditionally used amber. Rhine: amber, although some producers have traditionally used green. Champagne: Usually dark to medium green. Ros champagnes are usually a colorless or green.

THE PUNT
A 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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Country

India

Maharashtra
Region

District

Pune

Deccan Gymkhana
Commune

Chateaux / House

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House

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Ashish M. Dighe