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From: graifer@net1.UCSD.EDU (Dan Graifer)
Newsgroups: net.wines
Subject: Re: Wine bottle bottoms
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Date: Thu, 30-Oct-86 02:18:21 EST
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I once heard that the indentation on the bottom of a champagne bottle was to
take the compressional stress when the bottle is recorked after disgorgement.
The bottle is held by a (usually wooden) cone that fits into the depression.

P.S. I am also very fond of D-C Blanc de Noirs.

Dan Graifer
graifer@net1.UCSD.EDU