If you can't read wine labels (yet), start with the shape of the bottle. Karla Walsh is a Des Moines, Iowa-based lifestyle writer with more than 15 years of journalism experience. Visiting ...

Wine put into paper bottles won't have as long a shelf-life as that packaged in conventional glass, however. The company estimates red wine can be kept for 18 months in its bottles, while white ...

Today, most wine bottles are made by machines, and it would be easier to manufacture them with even bottoms that lay flat than it was 200 years ago. But because of tradition, the punt has endured.