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Shapes of
Wine Bottles
Bottle shape is never arbitrary design: it is a centuries-old story of cultural traditions, river barge transport, and hydraulic physics to capture sediment. Choose a category below for an illustrated breakdown.
🔴 Red Wines 🍏 White & Rosé 🍾 Sparkling 🍯 Fortified & Rare 🌟 Punt & Magnums
BOTTLE CATEGORIES
Select a Wine Style to Explore Bottle Shapes
Each classic wine style historically evolved within its own distinctive silhouette:
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Red Wines
High-shouldered bottles to trap tannin sediment and heavy embossed glass built for decade-long cellar aging.
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White & Rosé
Graceful slender flutes tailored for historical river barges and sculptural clear amphoras showcasing the radiant glow of Provence rosé.
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Sparkling Wines
Thick glass weighing up to 900 g and deep punt engineered to withstand immense pressures of 6 atmospheres.
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Fortified & Rare
Reinforced collar necks for hot tongs, Franconian flat flasks, and woven straw Sala of Chianti.
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