Comments on: Floored by a bottle of super Tuscan https://youngandfoodish.com/floored-by-a-bottle-of-super-tuscan/ Fri, 31 Jul 2009 17:05:52 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Dan https://youngandfoodish.com/floored-by-a-bottle-of-super-tuscan/#comment-700 Fri, 31 Jul 2009 17:05:52 +0000 http://youngandfoodish.com/?p=2640#comment-700 In reply to Johnonfood.

The issue (or rationale) with ageing may have less to do with the weight of the glass as with the presence of a punt, which ostensibly gathers sediment over time. And the larger the punt, the larger and weightier the bottle. Regardless, I think producers who still use heavier bottles are hoping that consumers will associate that heft with quality.

]]> By: Johnonfood https://youngandfoodish.com/floored-by-a-bottle-of-super-tuscan/#comment-699 Fri, 31 Jul 2009 10:01:04 +0000 http://youngandfoodish.com/?p=2640#comment-699 As far as I’m aware thicker heavier glass makes no difference at all to the ageing of the wine, if anything it’s the colour of the glass that would make a difference.

Someone please correct me if that is wrong though.

]]> By: Fiona Beckett https://youngandfoodish.com/floored-by-a-bottle-of-super-tuscan/#comment-698 Thu, 30 Jul 2009 18:11:12 +0000 http://youngandfoodish.com/?p=2640#comment-698 Good post, Daniel! I don’t know anyone who’s actually gone through that exercise before (weighing bottles). Jancis, as you point out, has been banging on about this for quite some time so I think – and hope – that producers are beginning to think twice about these ludicrously over-the-top bits of glassware that often bear little correlation to the quantity of the wine in them. Bravo!

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