http://blog.wineenthusiast.com/2009/01/27/wine-wisdoms-19-the-point-of-punts/ Wed, 14 Nov 2012 14:22:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://blog.wineenthusiast.com/2009/01/27/wine-wisdoms-19-the-point-of-punts/comment-page-1/#comment-1550 David Moseler(Wine Storage Consultant) Wed, 11 Feb 2009 17:37:39 +0000 http://blog.wineenthusiast.com/index.php/2009/01/27/wine-wisdoms-19-the-point-of-punts/#comment-1550 To expand on John’s comment, the inception of a standard 750ml bottle came about because that was the size the glass-blower could make it one breath…

]]> http://blog.wineenthusiast.com/2009/01/27/wine-wisdoms-19-the-point-of-punts/comment-page-1/#comment-1510 thomas campion Fri, 06 Feb 2009 22:13:15 +0000 http://blog.wineenthusiast.com/index.php/2009/01/27/wine-wisdoms-19-the-point-of-punts/#comment-1510 I wish to beleive that “PUNTS” were added to allow the sediment from unfiltered wines (and other impurities) that setling in the center of a bottle. Instead of all the sediment traveling to the bottom when pouring (creating an unsightly mess), only the top portion whould gently fall and little would be disturbed. As I filter my own home made wines it doesn’t matter, but I have seen some 20 year old French wines that are atroaches with sediment..Thanks…Tom..

]]> http://blog.wineenthusiast.com/2009/01/27/wine-wisdoms-19-the-point-of-punts/comment-page-1/#comment-1451 John Allen Mon, 02 Feb 2009 20:17:24 +0000 http://blog.wineenthusiast.com/index.php/2009/01/27/wine-wisdoms-19-the-point-of-punts/#comment-1451 I have imagined that the punt must have originated from where the early glass-blowers separated the glass-blowing tube from the newly created vessel. I have visualized blowing glass into an upside-down bottle mold, where the uneven “breakaway” point from the glass bottom needed to be pushed into the body of the bottle just a little bit, the mold giving the bottle a consistently even, or flat, base regardless of the unevenness of the “breakaway” surface. I have yet to talk to a glass-blower about this. – anybody know for sure??

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