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To be fair, no one really knows how this convention started for sure. If you know, we’d love to be enlightened. We could do some “research” and see if the answer can be found at the bottom of six liter? I bet you we’d discover something. Below is a list of wine bottle sizes and their names. Wine Bottle Sizes Chart 187.5 ml Piccolo or Split: Typically used for a single serving of Champagne. 375 ml Demi or Half: Holds one-half of the standard 750 ml size. 750 ml Standard: Common bottle size for most distributed wine. 1.5 L Magnum: Equivalent to two standard 750 ml bottles. 3.0 L Double Magnum: Equivalent to two Magnums or four standard 750 ml bottles. 4.5 L Jeroboam (still wine): Equivalent to six standard 750 ml bottles. 6.0 L Imperial: Equivalent to eight standard 750 ml bottles or two Double Magnums. 9.0 L Salmanazar: Equivalent to twelve standard 750 ml bottles or a full case of wine! 12.0 L Balthazar: Equivalent to sixteen standard 750 ml bottles or two Imperials.

15.0 L Nebuchadnezzar: Equivalent to twenty standard 750 ml bottles. Facts about wine bottle sizes Box wine is commonly 3 liters or a double magnum size Rehoboam in terms of Champagne Bottles is only 4.5 litres or 6 bottles. Methuselah is the same size as an Imperial (6 litres) but the name is usually used for sparkling wines in a Burgundy-shaped bottle Save it for later! Do you like this post? All Vintage / Years - Any -Bottle (1.5 l)Bottle (750 ml) WHEN ONE BOTTLE JUST WONT DO!Limited to 30 bottles each year.Sciandri Family Vineyards - Estate Cabernet 1.5L bottles are beautifully screen printed and hand waxed. 2012 SFV Cabernet Sauvignon 2007 SFV Cabernet Sauvignon 2008 SFV Cabernet Sauvignon 2009 SFV Cabernet Sauvignon 2010 SFV Cabernet Sauvignon 2011 SFV Cabernet Sauvignon All orders must be made and received by someone 19 years of age or older. Orders outside of Canada can be made directly with our list of international agents.

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in some cases, the bottles are so huge that it takes a special wine cradle just to pour them into glasses. It begs the question: why do collectors invest in the biggest wine bottle sizes, and should this practice continue? Wine bottle sizes range from the minute , which holds just enough sparkling wine for a glassful, to the gargantuan Nebuchadnezzar, which holds 15 liters (equal to 20 standard 750 ml bottles). The Melchizedek is twice the size of the Nebuchadnezzar, but it is rarely made since few collectors are interested in keeping 30 liters of wine in a single bottle. Most wine sold at auction are 750 ml standard bottles or Magnums, which are twice the size of a standard bottle. Because they are a rarity on the market, large-format bottles are usually worth more than standards. typically love to sell anything larger than a Jeroboam (4.5 liters) since few of these bottles are made, they look impressive on an auction shelf, and they usually age better than standard bottles. How well large-format bottles age is up for debate.

In the when the first big wine bottles were made, winemakers initially put wine in larger bottles because they thought the wine looked more appetizing that way. It was only later that they discovered that the wine inside actually aged more slowly than wine in smaller bottles. Generally, this is still true, but that’s only if the bottle’s seal is perfect. Supposing that a large bottle of wine has a perfectly-shaped cork, you’ll find less ullage in a large bottle than in a small bottle. Ullage is the space between the wine and the bottom of the cork, and in large bottles, very little air creeps into the bottle over time because the glass is usually thick and the pressure from the wine inside keeps air out. This means less , slower aging, and . It might seem like it’s in your best interest to buy as many Nebuchadnezzars and Melchizedeks as you can, but large format bottles aren’t without their flaws. We already mentioned that huge Champagne bottles can explode for seemingly no reason, and this actually used to be a .

In the past, Champagne bottles were thinner than they are today, and pressure inside of the bottle would push against the fragile glass until it couldn’t hold it together any longer. A standard bottle of Champagne puts 11 pounds of pressure on every square centimeter of glass. When the amount of Champagne inside of a bottle increases, so does the pressure, sometimes with explosive results. In addition, when giant bottles explode, they cause far more damage than standard bottles, so you put your other bottles at risk when you store them next to one another. Most wineries have to customize corks to fit larger bottles, and this inherently adds risk. If the cork size is off by even a few millimeters, air will leak into the bottle, and the wine will quickly spoil. A wine’s age is only as good as its cork. In general, this is one of the greatest problems with large bottles: when anything goes wrong, more wine can spoil than in a standard bottle. If you also paid more for the larger bottle, any spoilage will tank your hefty investment.

It’s the wine collector’s equivalent of putting all of your eggs in one basket. A more minor, but frequently overlooked, problem is . Unless you have plenty of space already designed for large bottles in your cellar, you’ll likely need to store them in a . Should you invest in large bottle sizes for your cellar? The answer depends on your patience. If you’re a collector who wants to age a special wine under the best possible conditions, and you have at least 30 years to wait, buying a large format bottle might be your best investment choice. You won’t be able to drink your bottle anytime soon, especially if you’re buying a relatively new vintage, but the good news is that as long as you keep your large format bottles under safe storage conditions, they are usually hardier than their smaller peers. The thick glass can protect the wine from becoming cooked, since it naturally insulates and regulates the temperature inside of the bottle, and the wine ages with a complexity that you usually find in long barrel aging.