Wine Bottle Shapes
Wine bottles come in various shapes, sizes, weights, and colors of glass. A quick tour.
Bottle shapes:
• Tall, slender. Wines from Germany’s Mosel and France’s Alsace. Green, brown, and blue glass historically marked regional differences.
• Tall, curvy, often distinctive. Once exclusive for rosés from the Côtes de Provence. Now can be a distinctive bottle for rosé anywhere.
• Burgundy. Curved sides, g…