In Italy this is the stubby bottle used for Orvieto.
An oak barrel (cask) that is of a particular size ranging from 70-100 gallons. This large barrel is used by many of the estates of the Cote D'Or Burgundy region of France. The belief is that when dealing with a wine of high acidities, high alcohols, and strength...
The age-old wine making practice of repeatedly pushing down the skin and grape solids as they rise on the carbon dioxide generated by fermentation. This promotes the extraction of color, tannins and flavor constituents from within the skins of the crushed...
The indentation at the base of a bottle, which helps spread the internal pressure over a greater surface area and thus reduces strain on the bottle's structure.