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 ...

Wine bottles include a closure that comes in the form of either a cap or a cork, a neck, a shoulder, a body, a heel, and that mysterious conical-shaped indent at the bottom.

The bottles that were not opened to toast the experiment will become the house sparkling wine on board Hurtigruten ships, salty residue and all. But this isn’t the end of the arctic-water-aged wine.

The punt at the bottom of a wine bottle serves several practical purposes, from structural integrity and sediment collection to stability and aesthetic appeal. Understanding these reasons can enhance ...

Today’s question: Why do wine bottles have indentations in their bottoms? There are several reasons for this, some of which I understand and some of which may even be true.