While there are thousands of grape varieties and dozens of wine glass styles to suit different types of wine, there are only a few standard wine bottle shapes and sizes.
What are the different wine bottle sizes and names?
Many traditional wine bottle sizes are named for Biblical kings and historical figures.
Different bottle sizes don’t mean better wine quality, although larger bottles are believed to reduce oxidation.
What are the standard wine bottle shapes?
Bottle shapes are named after the wine regions where they were originally developed and used to store the flagship wine of these regions.
Why do wine bottles have a concave bottom?
Singapore, November 6th, 2023 – I attended a nice B2B wine tasting event organized by DealExport at 13% Wine Bistro in Singapore. The event showcased multiple French wineries looking for potential distributors in the Singapore market. Over 50 labels were available for sampling, but the highlight for me was the incredible Champagne flight featuring 19 different bubbly.
The indentation at the bottom of a wine bottle is known as a punt or a kick-up.
A punt adds to the cost of a bottle, it is cheaper to produce a bottle without the punt, as it requires less glass.
Punt doesn’t contribute to the quality of the wine, however, it comes in handy during wine production and service.