2006-12-23 03:12:44 · 8 answers · asked by solosteve 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Beer, Wine & Spirits
Wine has been around much longer than glass. When they first started to put wine in glass bottles, glass making was more an art than science, thus the quality control was not the best.
The flat bottom of a bottle is the most fragile part of the whole glass structure. By modifying it to the shape of a arc shape, the breakage was greatly reduced and much more wine survived storage to the delight of the cellar masters and vineyard owners.
But nowadays, with the high quality of glass and bottles, it doesn't really mean much anymore. Except in the case of champagne, which is under pressure.
2006-12-23 10:45:14 · answer #1 · answered by minijumbofly 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1. In some wine (sparkeling wine) second maturation occurs natrually within the bottle. By this process the residue and fragments of dead yeast settles down in the bottom of the bottle. If the bottom is flat then the precipitate will settle all around the bottom but due to indentions the residue settles down at the corners hence when we pour wine then the residue does not mix with the wine and is gets stuck in between the indentions so preventing the spoiling of wine. 2. It also helps to give strength to the bottle.
2016-05-23 01:47:14 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its there to protect the end of the bottle imploding as you pull out the cork. If you look closer to the end of the bottle, you will notice that the indentation area is also made from thicker glass hense proving my point.
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2006-12-23 04:12:17 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My guess it that it is to collect sediments in wine. Also a bottle could be tested for capacity and the bottom crowned in to make an ajustment. Not sure though, as I have wondered the same.
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2006-12-23 03:21:15 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
the punt on the bottom of the bottle is there i forget why but basically as it was explained to me the deeper the punt on the bottom the general rule of thumb is the better the wine inside....
2006-12-23 03:22:01 · answer #5 · answered by naughtiest_nurse_of_em_all 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sometimes I think they use punted, or dented, bottles to make the quantity of wine appear larger than it is! :)
Seriously, I think they use punted bottles to help catch settlement, if any, in wine? I make my own wine, so that's my best guess. Also, I think it makes it pour easier because it prevents the vaccum effect.
2006-12-23 03:21:34 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The purpose of the punt is related to settlement. Glass is more expensive that wine and liquor, as such - you would not make a fancy glass bottom to make it appears as if there is more wine.
2006-12-23 04:04:33 · answer #7 · answered by windhatr 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe that has to do with providing a person with less liquid for their money, thus increasing profits.
I'm sure there is a wine expert type explanation, but I'm betting my answer is closer to the truth behind it.
2006-12-23 03:20:43 · answer #8 · answered by btpage0630 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋