Sunday, December 1, 2013

Bottle shapes


How to recognize different shapes of bottle ? 

Hello winers ! 


Have you ever been in a supermarket, grocery store or wine cellar to buy a bottle of wine ? 
I'm sure yes ! 
But have you ever ask yourself why there are so much different shapes of bottle ? 

This week we‘re going to simplify your life. We want to show you each form of bottle and where they come from. We want to make you able to say " I can tell it is a "Bordeaux" just by looking at the shape of the bottle."

Bottle of Bordeaux : "La Bordelaise"
Until the 17th Century, bottles were fragile, expansive and not very convenient. Thanks to the British,  Bordeaux Bottle changed and became the current cylindric one. 

Bottle of Burgundy : "La Bourguignonne" 
High, with soft should, thin neck and lighly cone-shaped. The Burgundy one is larger than the Bottle of Bordeaux. There are different color, green is the most used. 

Bottle of Alsace : "L'Alsacienne" 
This bottle is taller than the other, fancy and thin. This specific shape is protected by an edict from 1955.

Bottle of Provence : "La Provençale" 
There are two different shape of bottle for the Côte de provence appellation. 
The first one is with "flûtes à Corset" closer at the middle of the bottle and the other one has a shape of an equilateral triangle. Sometime, the Côte de Provence use the Bordeaux bottle shape


And remember : Drink responsibly (or this could happen to you) ! :






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