Producers, Get Rid of Those Weighty Bottles!

We are not impressed. Plus, let's be environment-friendly.

There seems to be, in the wine industry and its marketing arms, a notion that a thick, heavy bottle with a deeper than usual punt in the bottom will impress consumers with the quality, the elite nature, the overall superior character of the wine. Like: “Wow, if this bottle of wine is so heavy that I can hardly lift it, it must be great!”