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Hah! You have just hit upon my current pet peeve. It's not just
limited to CA, though it's certainly more prevalent there.
. . . so many high end CA cabs (and, increasingly,
Zins) are put into bottles that are easily 50% more massive
than the traditional B'dx bottle. As their shoulders are
widerthan their base, they don't stack well either. . . .Grrrr...

Is the problem, fundamentally, that manufacturers now use these gimmick
bottles, or that the consumers who buy them respond to gimmick marketing
rather than to the content?


Max

Max,
That's a good question. All of bottles, with which I have a problem are "fine"
wines, or at least preceived as such by me. The bottle is not part of the hook
in my case. As a matter of fact, I'm starting to pass on some well
recommended wines, or even ones that I have tasted, if their bottle is such
that storage is suspect. These are not the gimmick bottles, but rather bottles
with much larger diameters, extreme tapers, or maybe extra length, though that
is less of a problem, provided that other dimensions are not out of line.

If the wine is to be consumed on, or near the day of purchase, I have fewer
problems with them. Anything for long-term storage creates a tough situation.
If it is a marketing gimmick, then it's backfiring, in my case.

Hunt