When in the Burgundy or Bordeaux regions of France, the bottles of wine from those particular regions have distinct shapes. The high-shouldered Bordeaux bottle (also called the Claret) communicates ...

The evolution of glass bottles has changed the way wine gets to consumers. Once it became easy to create glass bottles in large amounts, sizes and shapes became uniform for the sake of shipping. The ...

If you can't read wine labels (yet), start with the shape of the bottle. Karla Walsh is a Des Moines, Iowa-based lifestyle writer with more than 15 years of journalism experience. Visiting restaurants ...

Intimidated every time you look for a wine at a wine shop or in the grocery store? Over the centuries, major wine districts in France and Germany have developed unique bottles to help consumers ...