When you often buy wine, you will see a big difference in the color of the wine bottle.Some are green, some are brown, some are white.Some consumers think that green and brown bottles protect against light.Therefore, wines in green and brown bottles are considered to be of relatively better quality.And the white bottle of wine relative quality is slightly less.Is that true? Before answering this question, let’s look at the history of wine bottles.
1.The development of wine bottles
The original containers in which wine was stored were not actually glass bottles,it’s a long, thin clay pot.Although these containers look nice,but it is very heavy, not easy to carry, and the clay material has an effect on the flavor of the wine.So the clay pot soon became obsolete.It was not until the mid to late 17th century that glass bottles were introduced.However, because the glass is mostly made of sand limestone as raw materials.It is inevitable that there will be some impurities,In addition, the production technology was limited at that time.The level at which impurity compounds are removed from the glass cannot be reached.So the glass bottles were the most natural color, which was green.Later, with the progress of science and technology, all kinds of wine bottles came out gradually.Then came the brown, blue and white bottles.
2.The benefits of a green bottle
Oxygen is a double-edged sword for wine.Micro oxygen can make the tannins and polyphenols of wine more mature and soft.The structure is smoother and more delicate, and the aroma is more complex and varied.And excessive oxygen, will make wine tannins become weak, tasteless structure, aroma loss quickly.But some of the substances in wine itself have strong antioxidant properties.For example, resveratrol can prevent the oxidation of wine to a certain extent.But when exposed to bright light, the antioxidant properties of wine are quickly destroyed.it accelerates the excessive oxidation of the wine,causes the wine to oxidation spoilage.In addition, ultraviolet light will speed up the movement of wine molecules, damaging the stability of the wine.
Green bottles can block light from entering the wine, effectively preventing excessive oxidation of wine.It provides a better environment for the storage of wine and is conducive to the aging of wine.
3.The benefits of a brown bottle
Brown wine bottles and green wine bottles, the light has a certain blocking effect.It can prevent the oxidation of wine and is beneficial to the storage of wine.But brown bottles filter more light than green ones,therefore, a brown bottle is more conducive to the aging of the wine.
4.The benefits of white wine bottles
White wine bottles don’t filter much light,Therefore, white wine bottles are generally not suitable for wine aging storage.Mainly suitable for some white wine and rose wine.White wine bottles can give a fresh and bright feeling,the wine can be attractive color display to consumers.At the same time, it makes it very easy for consumers to observe whether the wine has precipitation and impurities and other phenomena, easy to buy.
White bottles are generally used for wine that is drunk within 1 to 2 years after bottling, such as French Provence rose wine and Chilean Chardonnay white wine.Some sweet wines, such as Sauternes from France, Sauternes from Austria, Icewine from Canada and Tokay from Australia, are still bottled in white.But because it has a very strong antioxidant capacity.
Therefore, the proper light does not have a very large effect on the quality of the wine.At the same time, the white bottle can be more conducive to observe the quality of sweet wine aging, easy to adjust the storage conditions.
5.A green and brown bottle is always better than a white one
According to the above conclusions, green and brown wine bottles are generally filled with wines with long aging potential, while white wine bottles are generally filled with ready-to-drink wines .So some consumers reasoned:The quality of the wine in a green and brown bottle must be higher than that in a white bottle.But that’s not the case,green and brown bottles, though, do a better job of filtering light,but a lot of poor quality wine now comes in green and brown bottles,many fine wines come in white bottles.For example, many common French table wines (VDT VDP) are packaged in green and brown bottles, while some top expensive wine is packaged in white bottles.
Therefore, the color of the bottle is not a performance of the quality of the wine,Not to say that the quality of green and brown wine bottles must be higher than white wine bottles.
6.Can a bottle of green and brown wine be kept out of the light
Green and brown wine bottles block light,but that doesn’t mean you don’t need to protect it from light.Of course not.For example, green and brown wine bottles are placed under strong sunlight,Sometimes the wine is ruined within a day.Green and brown bottles block some of the light.But it doesn’t block out all the light.Therefore, green and brown wine bottles are placed under the light source for a long time.It is also bad for the aging of the wine.It can even harm the quality of the wine,Therefore, green and brown bottles of wine should also be kept out of the light.
Post time: 6月-25-2021
