When choosing a wine, the first thing you see is the bottle. Wine bottle design is also exquisite, although they have a smooth line and heavy feel, but different kinds of wine, usually used bottle size, shape, color, texture is also different.

Bottle color, size, texture

The color of wine bottles will have a greater impact on the quality of wine, different color of wine bottles on the light refraction, the impact on wine is different.

The general dark glass bottle multi-canned red wine, light-colored glass bottle multi-canned white wine, high sugar content of sweet wine multi-canned in a transparent bottle.

Wine bottle specifications also have a complete system.

Usually a standard wine bottle capacity of 750 ml, in addition to the standard specifications, there are small bottles (about a quarter of the volume of the standard bottle) , often used for canned champagne.

There are small bottles and there are big ones. The big bottles range in size from 1.5-litre bottles to 15-litre king of Babylon bottles (Nebuchadnezzar) in seven sizes.

In general, the same wine, the use of larger bottles can have a longer shelf life, can retain the wine to a greater extent of the fruit, and in the bottle to produce the aroma of aging.

 1、Bordeaux Bottle 

Bordeaux bottle is the most common mainstream bottle on the market, features: the bottle body is cylindrical, high shoulders, broad shoulders, body straight, angular, as if wearing a stiff suit, dark green bottles are used for red wine, while light green or clear glass bottles are used for white wine. Cabernet, Melo, Sauvignon Blanc and Bordeaux are among the wines that are packaged in Bordeaux bottles.

 2、Burgundy Bottle 

This is a Bordeaux bottle with a completely different shape bottle. Both red and white wine bottles are green, round, narrow shoulders, the whole line is soft and smooth. Burgundy bottles are great for encapsulating aromatic wines such as Pinot Noir and Chardonnay.

 3、Champagne Bottle  

The entire bottle feels larger, stronger, with deeper grooves and thicker walls to withstand the high pressure inside. Because sparkling wine contains carbon dioxide, the pressure inside the bottle is about 3-5 atmospheric pressure. So in the design of champagne bottles, the designer took great care, all in order to protect the champagne in the bottle and enjoy the champagne of us.

 4、 Alsace/Mosel Bottle   

A wine bottle originating in the Moselle valley in Germany and Alsace in France. Tall, slim, with a slim neck, the bottle is similar in shape to the Rhine, but the main difference is that Alsace bottles are usually in a light green or transparent colour. The most common Alsatian bottles are Riesling and Pinot Gris.

 5、  Provence Bottle    

With its nice curves and tight waist, the Provence bottle resembles an “S” shaped woman, named for its origins in the most famous rosé region of Provence. However, given the current trend in rosé, we are likely to find quite a few bottles in this shape when buying rosé.

Of course, in addition to the usual shapes, there are fortified Shirley bottles, Chianti bottles, Jura bottles, etc.