Fiasco (bottle)

: fiaschi) is a traditional Italian style of bottle, usually with a round body and bottom, partially or completely covered with a close-fitting straw basket.

A 14th century painting by Tommaso da Modena shows a small rounded fiasco, completely wrapped with cords of some type.

Other artistic depictions were provided by Botticelli (Banchetto per Nastagio degli Onesti [it]) and Ghirlandaio (Buonomini di San Martino and The Birth of John the Baptist).

However, a 1965 law reserved the fiasco for wines of legally controlled denomination (denominazione di origine controllata; DOC), restoring the prestige of that classical container.

[1] The straw bands can be vertical or horizontal; the former was traditionally used for fiaschi destined to local markets, while the latter, with a reinforced base and more careful weaving, was chiefly used for export.