heard this saying from someone recently. just trying to verify the truth in it. thanks
2007-02-01 21:10:39 · 7 answers · asked by electrifying x 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Beer, Wine & Spirits
There is a grain of truth in this.
The cost of a bottle is a significant part of the cost of a wine - say 6-7% (prior to shipping/marketing/merchants margins/tax), so low cost wines must cut costs wherever they can and so they use thin glass inexpensive bottles, and such bottles so not have punts or very shallow ones as punts use more glass.
For an expensive wine, the cost of the bottle is proportionately much lower, and when selling an expensive product -- or one that is aiming at exclusivety -- image is important. So more expensive wines use taller thicker heavier bottles, and one way to make a bottle look taller on the shelf it to use a deep punt (the name for the hole or uplift in the bottom of the bottle)
So, generally you won't get cheap wine swith a deep punt and you willsee themon more expensive, and -- again generally -- more expensive wines are better quality than cheaper wines.
2007-02-01 21:42:32 · answer #1 · answered by Pontac 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I've heard of this. The dimple in the base of a bottle is called a punt and it's depth is supposed to be indicative of a wine's quality. This is not really the case but there is a reason for the belief. The punt is used mostly in the manufacture of champagne bottles ( it is also used for many still wines ) and it is a glass strengthener. A bottle with a deep punt will be stronger and will have cost more to manufacture than a bottle without one or with a shallow one. Cheap wine is not put in expensive bottles so the reasoning is that if the wine is in a bottle with a deep punt then it must be a decent wine.
You'll get exactly the same generalised information on quality by looking at the price of the wine. But expensive doesn't always equal good.
2007-02-02 05:56:02 · answer #2 · answered by penny century 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
That dent underneath the bottle has absolutely nothing to do with quality of wine. Generally, the shape of a bottle indicates the region where the wine may have come from. For example (to explain this briefly), in France, wines bottled in the bordeaux region are mostly straight sided and have a dent in the bottom of the bottle.
2007-02-02 05:53:00 · answer #3 · answered by Krayzeeindian 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No. To test the theory, I just grabbed a bottle of 1986 Chateau Margaux Margaux ($500+) and a bottle of House Red Wine ($10) and they were exactly the same.
2007-02-02 14:25:56 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
not really really now, but the old saying was the deeper the dimple the better the wine, but i manage a liquor store, and my $200 wines have an equal dimple to the $5 bottles, so the manufacturers must have heard about it hahahaha
not that i sell many $200 botttles, mainly the under $15 range
2007-02-02 06:19:50 · answer #5 · answered by double d debbie 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, that doesn't even make sense. All that will tell you is how the bottle was shaped.
2007-02-02 05:13:42 · answer #6 · answered by Vakari 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, that doesn't make sense.
2007-02-02 05:18:40 · answer #7 · answered by Nikkers 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋