Wine bottles (1 Viewer)

[MDR]

This week on Ro's moan:

Wine bottles where it has a raised bit at the bottom and you think you have some wine left bit it's actually just a trickle.

So cruel.

 

[Reets]

I was told that the more expensive the wine the higher the raised bottom. That's bollox right?

 

[Milker]

Punts

A punt, also known as a kick-up, refers to the dimple at the bottom of a wine bottle. There is no consensus explanation for its purpose. The more commonly cited explanations include:[1]

• it is a historical remnant from the era when wine bottles were free blown using a blowpipe and pontil. This technique leaves a punt mark on the base of the bottle; by indenting the point where the pontil is attached, this scar would not scratch the table or make the bottle unstable.
• it had the function of making the bottle less likely to topple over -- a bottle designed with a flat bottom only needs a small imperfection to make it unstable -- the dimple historically allowed for a larger margin of error
• it consolidates sediment deposits in a thick ring at the bottom of the bottle, preventing it from being poured into the glass;[10]
• it increases the strength of the bottle, allowing it to hold the high pressure of sparkling wine/champagne
• it holds the bottles in place on pegs of a conveyor belt as they go through the filling process in manufacturing plants
• it accommodates the pourer's thumb for stability and ease of pouring
• According to legend the punt was used by servants. They often knew more than their master about what was happening in town, and with a thumb up the punt they could show their master whether a guest was reliable or not. (Vinavisen 19 may 2008 - danish)
• it provides a grip for riddling a bottle of sparkling wine manually in the traditional champagne production process.
• it simply takes up some of the volume of the bottle, giving the impression that you're getting more wine for your money than is actually the case
• Taverns had a steel pin set vertically in the bar. The empty bottle would be thrust bottom-end down onto this pin, puncturing a hole in the top of the punt, guaranteeing the bottle could not be refilled [folklore].
• The punt acts as a lens, refracting the light to make the color of the wine more appealing.
• Prevents the bottle from resonating as easily, decreasing the likelihood of shattering during transportation.
• Allows bottles to be more easily stacked end to end. [11]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wine_bottle

rip off

 

[broken arm]

the worst is when you go to take a sip of brandy and it's actually one of joke "no spill" glasses.

the shame is only beaten by the unrequitedness of ot all.

 

[jonah]

I was told that the more expensive the wine the higher the raised bottom. That's bollox right?

I was told that too. I'm a brainless cheap wine drinker so I always pseudo-intellectually pretend I know something about wine to my more retarded friends by regurgitating that. Tell me I'm not wrong.

That was cruel...

 

[Scientician 0.8]

There's never enough booze lads, that's just it.

 

[washingcattle]

There's never enough booze lads, that's just it.

The only wine I drink is Buckfast, no punt but around the half way mark in the second bottle you kind of wish it was 30% punt. Then you instantly forget having thought that and plough on through .|..|.|..|.|..|.|..|!bog

 

[Reets]

I was told that too. I'm a brainless cheap wine drinker so I always pseudo-intellectually pretend I know something about wine to my more retarded friends by regurgitating that. Tell me I'm not wrong.

So it's true then?

 

[jonah]

I hope so, otherwise I've made myself look very foolish

 

[washingcattle]

I hope so, otherwise I've made myself look very foolish

Keep on drinking and you won't give two shits how foolish you look, but you will regurgitate more. If only I wasn't in work tomorrow I'd be lashing down suds, slashing on the tiles and flashing my genitals at reflective surfaces the auld lash slash and flash

 

[GO]

You don't get this problem with cartons.

 

[Scientician 0.8]

You don't get this problem with cartons.

Or bath gin.

 

[GO]

Or bath gin.

Leave your laundry routine outta this

 

[jonah]

I bought a tesco brand carton of wine the other day for about 4 euro. It wasn't even proper wine carton shape, it looked like juice. It was suprisingly ok.

 

[GO]

I bought a tesco brand carton of wine the other day for about 4 euro. It wasn't even proper wine carton shape, it looked like juice. It was suprisingly ok.

I fucking swear by it

Even Had it as my avatar once

 

[jonah]

I didn't even get a hangover from it, I'm usually hangover free but cheap alcohol kills my brain. And nada! I give it the ciara seal of approval!

 

[Milker]

what % tescoe carton vin?