As linked in WineTerroirist, an interesting article on putting up wines in square btls. One of the concerns is if the wines in square btls will age as well as in round btls.
Yea I read that too Tom. Square bottle stacking seems efficient, until producers start using slightly different sizes that don’t stack neatly. Can’t think of a reason why the shape of the bottle would affect aging though.
why would it age differently in a flat bottle? long as the headspace is the same with the same area right at the neck and its still cork. unless you’re keeping it somewhere with sunlight, in which case its got more area for sun to strike wine directly.
my concern is what you do with the bottle on the table in the middle of dinner. you pour two glasses and… looks like he’s gotta hold the bottles to keep them upright.
I’m told the biggest problem is with the taste in a square bottle, which is less spherical, less well-rounded, more linear and the tannins can be quite angular. However, some also find that this gives the wine more structure and backbone, so each to their own.