The most widespread wine bottle shape, which started its triumphal march around the world from Bordeaux. It has become the global standard, so to speak, especially for red wines. The bottle has a cylindrical body, a pronounced shoulder (hence the name shoulder bottle) and a short neck. This is also the origin of some...
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The glossary is a monumental achievement and one of the most important contributions to wine knowledge. Of all the encyclopaedias I use on the subject of wine, it is by far the most important. That was the case ten years ago and it hasn't changed since.
Andreas Essl
Autor, Modena