Bocksbeutel [BAWKS-boy-tuhl]
A squat, flagon-shaped, green or amber bottle used for quality wine (QbA or QmP) from Germany’s Franken region. Badisches Frankenland, a wine produced in the northern part of German’s Baden region, also uses a Bocksbeutel. Bock is German for “goat,” and it’s said that the bottle is patterned after the scrotum of that animal. Others feel that the name is taken from a bag used to carry religious books called a Bockesbeutel in Low German.
The New Wine Lovers Companion, 2nd Edition, by Ron Herbst and Sharon Tyler Herbst. Copyright © (1) 2003, 1995 by Ron Herbst and Sharon Tyler Herbst. Reprinted by arrangement with Barron's Educational Series, Inc.