I’ve definitely handled my share of heavy, thick-glassed, deep-punted (the punt is the indentation in the base of a wine bottle) bottles and have suspected that they are merely for show—as if the ...

According to Wine Spectator, the dimple in the bottom of your wine bottle is actually called a “punt.” Prior to the Industrial Revolution, all wine bottles were handmade by glassblowers ...

Are you certain that the punts at the bottom of wine bottles don't have any significance or indication of quality? Flat-bottomed wines are by and large cheap, whereas better, more expensive wines seem ...

While it may appear to be an indent/dimple at the bottom of a wine bottle, it’s actually called a punt! “The bottles all have 750ml,” says Nicole Kearney, Vintner and Founder of Sip & Share ...

A few years ago, someone made a claim to my hearing that the best way to know a good wine is the presence of that inward dimple at the bottom of its bottle. Everyone around was soaking in this ...

Champagne bottles have a deep punt on the bottom and gently sloping shoulders. It's not just Champagne that goes into these bottles. All sparkling wines, such as prosecco, cava or sekt ...

The punt lives on as a custom, but it does add strength to the structure of bottles, particularly those used for sparkling wine, which are under great internal pressure from the carbonization.

[Photo: courtesy Garçon Wines] At first glance, the shift in design isn’t obvious, but turn the bottle over and the punt (the large indentation in the bottom) is less extreme. They made the ...