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From: dgray@ihuxp.UUCP (Gray)
Newsgroups: net.wines
Subject: Re: Italian wine bottles
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Date: Fri, 10-Oct-86 13:06:11 EDT
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Posted: Fri Oct 10 13:06:11 1986
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> ... wine bottles with the woven basket attached to the bottom. 
> ... know of any reason for the basket other than aesthetic? 
> Maybe a historic significance.

I would suspect that the main reason is the fact cardboard had not yet been
used for boxes. :-)..  If there were a basket with a loop/hoop in it, you
could attach it to your mode of transportation. i.e. Horse, Donkey, etc.

Daniel Gray
AT&T Bell Labs
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