A curiously shaped bottle can be more than a gimmick—it can offer clues to the flavor and quality of the wine inside. Lettie Teague tried buying wines based on shape and found a few as ...

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 ...

Art + Science Winery Is Releasing Some of the Most Interesting Wine Bottles in Oregon The 2016 Pétillant-Naturel has layers of creamy strawberry rhubarb and pastry crust, cut through with pink ...

For most wine producers, the shape of the bottle is meant to communicate the style of wine to consumers, though some prefer to pick a bottle shape that will stand out instead. In the 19th century, ...

AS A rule, the more interesting a wine bottle shape is, the less interesting the contents. My eldest sister has a magnum of sauvignon blanc (I can't remember the country of origin, but it is ...