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 ...

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 ...

Order wine from a restaurant and you might notice the sommelier pours you a glass in a distinctive manner. Their thumb is slipped into an indent of the bottom of the bottle, their index and middle ...

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 ...

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 ...

Do you know why wine bottles have punts at the bottom? Here's the answer. The mysterious cavity at the bottom of a wine bottle, known as a punt, has sparked many myths among wine enthusiasts. Most ...

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 ...

The wine-drinking experience has undergone some ... traditional glass bottles because they have thinner walls and no “punt,” or indent, on the bottom while still holding the standard 750 ...