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question about wine bottles

callktulucallktulu Member Posts: 3,451 ✭✭✭
edited May 2009 in General Discussion
How come the bottoms have those inverse nipples on them? Does it serve a purpose, or are they for show? Make the bottle look bigger than it actually is? WHAT WHAT WHAT???[?][?][?][?]
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  • lee_danlee_dan Member Posts: 1,394 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    It's called a "KICK" or a "PUNT" ---
    It's to make the bottle stronger ---

    Always used in champagne because it's under
    pressure ----

    Some say the deeper the punt the better the
    champagne ---

    Lee
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  • LesWVaLesWVa Member Posts: 10,490 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    The "nipples" are called Punts.

    Four main reasons for them.

    1. They allow sediment to settle in the very bottom of the bottle and keeps it from being poured into a glass.

    2. Easier to hold the bottle, so they say.

    3. They made the bottle stronger.

    4. They make the bottle more stable than a flat bottom design.
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  • callktulucallktulu Member Posts: 3,451 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Interesting. Thanks!
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  • Survivalist86Survivalist86 Member Posts: 3,105 ✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by callktulu
    How come the bottoms have those inverse nipples on them? Does it serve a purpose, or are they for show? Make the bottle look bigger than it actually is? WHAT WHAT WHAT???[?][?][?][?]


    You could do this

    http://s1.zetaboards.com/survivalism/topic/1384607/1/
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  • dheffleydheffley Member Posts: 25,000 ✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Survivalist86
    quote:Originally posted by callktulu
    How come the bottoms have those inverse nipples on them? Does it serve a purpose, or are they for show? Make the bottle look bigger than it actually is? WHAT WHAT WHAT???[?][?][?][?]


    You could do this

    http://s1.zetaboards.com/survivalism/topic/1384607/1/


    To quote a question from the link you provided,

    quote:You OK Rusty? What happened after that?
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  • Survivalist86Survivalist86 Member Posts: 3,105 ✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by dheffley
    quote:Originally posted by Survivalist86
    quote:Originally posted by callktulu
    How come the bottoms have those inverse nipples on them? Does it serve a purpose, or are they for show? Make the bottle look bigger than it actually is? WHAT WHAT WHAT???[?][?][?][?]


    You could do this

    http://s1.zetaboards.com/survivalism/topic/1384607/1/


    To quote a question from the link you provided,

    quote:You OK Rusty? What happened after that?


    To quote the answer, from the link

    "Nothing. I just did it. No burns, or cuts. I would say this was a rare, accident free project!!"
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