Shapes

                                  Wine Bottles Come in All Shapes

Wine bottles come in all shapes and sizes, from tall and slender to short and stout. And while the bottle shape doesn’t make a difference in terms of impacting the wine’s flavor, the bottle chosen does often represent a good amount of history and tradition that reflects back to where the wine is made.
So, by just looking at the shape of a bottle, you can almost immediately say what kind of grape was being used.

Here are the basic categories of wine bottle shapes

High Shoulder, Claret style   –  Bordeaux,  Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Syrah

 

 

 

 

 

Sloped  – Red and White Burgundies

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tall Slender –  Rieslings and other German style wines

Other wine bottle shapes

Port  (similar to the Claret bottle)

 

Rose ( Cote de Provence)

 

Champagne