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- From: jason@ab20.larc.nasa.gov (Jason Austin)
- Newsgroups: rec.food.drink
- Subject: Re: dimple in bottles
- Date: 28 Jan 93 11:40:47
- Organization: NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA
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- Message-ID: <JASON.93Jan28114047@ab20.larc.nasa.gov>
- References: <Jan27.224015.45783@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU>
- Reply-To: Jason C. Austin <j.c.austin@larc.nasa.gov>
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- In-reply-to: gordons@CS.ColoState.EDU's message of Wed, 27 Jan 1993 22:40:15 GMT
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- In article <Jan27.224015.45783@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU> gordons@CS.ColoState.EDU (vahl scott gordon) writes:
- -> josh@cqs.washington.edu (Josh Hayes) writes:
- -> >I have also heard that the reason sparkling wines have a more pronounced
- -> >dimple in the bottom of the bottle (THAT is true, at least) is because
- -> >the dimpled bottle is much more resistant to rupture from internal
- -> >pressure than, say, a flat-bottomed bottle. They are certainly more
- -> >sturdy than other wine bottles: when I worked in a small recycling
- -> >center during college we used to break the bottles by just striking
- -> >two together, then picking up another and repeating the process. A
- -> >champagne bottle survived this treatment basically forever....
- ->
- -> Champagne bottles are made thicker because the contents are under pressure.
- ->
- -> I have noticed that most wine bottles with dimples in the bottom are also
- -> thicker, but I assume this is just because they are better quality bottles.
- -> Empty wine bottles vary in weight considerably.
- ->
- -> I had always thought that the dimple developed in wine bottles out of
- -> tradition, since the dimple serves a purpose in champagne bottles (riddling).
- -> Fancy wines were served in a fancy way (i.e., thumb-in-dimple), and that's
- -> why you tend to find better wines bottled in bottles with the dimple.
- ->
- -> Scott
-
- The wine expert at a store I worked described to me once what
- the dimple was for. It had something to do with trapping sediment on
- the sides of the bottle, so it doesn't end up in your glass.
- --
- Jason C. Austin
- j.c.austin@larc.nasa.gov
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