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 ...

Karla Walsh is a Des Moines, Iowa-based lifestyle writer with more than 15 years of journalism experience. Visiting restaurants helped her fall in love with food while conquering an eating disorder, ...

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 ...

• Tall, slender. Wines from Germany’s Mosel and France’s Alsace. Green, brown, and blue glass historically marked regional differences. • Tall, curvy, often distinctive. Once exclusive for rosés from ...

Ever stared at a $22 restaurant wine pour and wondered, “That’s it?” You’re not alone. The question of how many glasses come from a standard wine bottle seems simple but opens a world of variables, ...

The glass wine bottle certainly was quite an invention: less porous, more cleanable and, compared to the ceramic amphora, the glass bottle was somewhat easier to handle. As good an idea as it was, ...