What’s the funny indentation in the bottom of a wine bottle? Back when bottles were handcrafted, glassblowers used various tricks — including pushing the bottle’s bottom seam upward — to ...

Why do wine bottles have those indentations in the bottom? This dimple is called a punt and the website Wine Spectator tells us it served a real function. Before the Industrial Revolution, ...

My friend insists that the size of the dimple at the bottom of the wine bottle is indicative of the quality of the wine. I say it does not matter. What is your experience and does the dimple really ...