The shape and size of a bottle can tell you much about the wine without even looking at the label.

The shape of a wine bottle can tell you a number of things about the contents without even looking at the label. Where it is from, or the type of wine it contains are all revealed by the bottle's design.

For example, smaller bottles generally indicate a fortified wine. Higher in alcohol content and sweetness, they are therefore drunk more slowly than regular wines and not needed in as large a quantity.

There are a variety of characteristics in bottle design, though some interesting differences between wine bottles that reveal grape type or country of origin are: