I Thought punt Was A Football Term?

By Wineablegifts

I thought "PUNT" was a football term?
In football when a team fails to make a first down, the team who has possession of the football kicks or punts the football to the other team. The term "punt" in the wine industry has nothing to do with football but everything to do with the shape of the bottom of a wine bottle.

In the wine world, the "Punt" is the concave base at the bottom of a wine bottle. Why in the world would wine bottle manufactures put a rather large dimple in the bottom of the bottle? These are some of the many theories:

* The dimple was a byproduct of the manufacturing process
* The bottle is easier to hold and pour with a punt.
* The larger the punt the better the wine
* With a smaller flat surface area is less likely to scratch a table
* The bottle is more stable and less likely to topple over
* Sediment deposits consolidate in a thick ring at the bottom of the bottle
* Increases the strength of the bottle, allowing it to hold the high pressure of sparkling wine/champagne
* Holds the bottles in place on pegs of a conveyor belt as they go through the filling process in manufacturing plants
* Provides a grip for riddling a bottle of sparkling wine manually in the traditional champagne production process.

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