Wine Bottles

Did you know that each year well over one billion wine bottles are made around the world? And since American wineries have no rules about bottle shapes, you will find a large variety. Today, the standard wine bottle is 750 ml, established by the United States in the late 1970s. Most of us fail to appreciate the impact of the lovely glass wine bottle on our lives. An explanation of what you may expect from the shape and color of a wine bottle on your merchant shelves can be helpful.

Bordeaux Style

The most common type bottle used is the Bordeaux bottle. The bottle shape is tall with high shoulders and is straight sided. It is a favorite of almost all wine producing countries. Green glass is used for red wines and clear glass for whites. This bottle shape represents the classic Bordeaux soft reds, and dry or sweet whites.

Burgundy Style

A slope-shoulder bottle hints of a full-bodied red wine characterized by the wines of Burgundy and Italy. Full-flavored whites of Chablis and Chardonnay are normally found in this bottle type.

Alsacian

This bottle is long and slender. It has something frivolous, a bottle with a lively radiation. The Alsacian bottle is just as the Mozel bottle made out of green glass. It is used for wines such as Riesling, Gewurtztraminer and Pinot.

Rine and Mozel

The Rhine and Mozel bottle is identical in shape to the Alsacian bottle, slender and fine in form. However, the Mozel bottle is made with green glass and the Rhine bottle from brown glass.

Champagne

The familiar Champagne bottle is the heavy bottomed, thick-lipped, dark green bottle used for the world-famous beverage. The Champagne bottle shape is the only one that has a compelling scientific justification behind it. It has thicker glass that is able to withstand the higher pressure that is found with Champagne (up to 90 psi).

Fortified Wine Bottle

Fortified wine bottles used for Port and Sherry are sturdy and typically have a bulge in the neck in order to help capture the sediment, as the wine is decanted.

Contributor: April Millon (Redwood, CA)

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