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[Jorge_Stolfi]

The straw cover is the cheap version of a basket bottle. Woven around the glass to protect the contents from knocks.

Sigh.

For the large "damigianas" the wicker basket indeed has that function (because those large heavy bottles are more subject to breaking).  But also to provide a rough surface with better grip, and handles for easy lifting and pouring. 

(When I was a kid my father still bought wine in those containers.  From vineyards in the South of Brazil, mostly by immigrants from Veneto, like him.  Now only You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. and they are already You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view....)

But as for the Chianti fiasco: again, why don't all wine bottles have that straw basket?

And why did you have to post an AI image? Because you could not find one showing those two kinds of baskets together, that did not make it obvious that they are two very different things?

All the best, --stolfi