Home Wine U   Glossary   Regions   Grapes   Stemware   Bottles   Wine Tasting   Tasting Tips   Bubbly   Port   Yield   Wine Myths   Wine & Health   Wine & Hormones   Tip of the month The Buzz Wine Reviews Calendar Fun Stuff About Us Key Contacts Search FAQ Links		Learning module Large Capacity Wine Bottles While most people are most familiar with 750 mL full-size bottles and 375 mL half-bottles, one occasionally encounters bottle names that sound vaguely Biblical (aside of invoking a mental image of a large caliber handgun).       Fighting wine ignorance one person at a time. The larger capacity bottle sizes contain volumes in multiples of the standard 750 mL full-size bottle. These sizes can be as large as 50 liters (67 standard bottles) but such bottles are very rare. It is not clear just how these large capacity bottles came to be used, but they offer the advantage of greater longevity - since there is less air n the bottle, relative to the volume of wine. Just when it seems that this subject is simple enough, it turns out a few of the names (taken from biblical kings of the Old Testament) can refer to different sizes, depending on wine making region. However, more often than not, producers around the globe follow the Burgundian nomenclature. So here goes:... CAPACITY (Multiples of standard bottle /L)     NAME 1X / 0.75L     Standard, Full size. 2X / 1.5L     Magnum - universally used. 3X / 2.25L Marie-Jeanne - used in Bordeaux only. 4X / 3.0L     Double Magnum -  used in Bordeaux. Jéroboam - used in Burgundy and Champagne. 6X / 4.5L     Jéroboam - in Bordeaux. Rehoboam - in Burgundy and Champagne. 8X / 6.0L     Impériale - used in Bordeaux only. Methusaleh - used in Burgundy and Champagne. 12X / 9.0L     Salmanazar - used in Burgundy and Champagne. 16X / 12.0L     Balthazar - used in Burgundy and Champagne. 20X / 15.0L     Nebuchadnezzar - used in Burgundy and Champagne.      Back to top Tell a friend about this Learning Module! Your name: Your e-mail: Your friend's name: Your friend's e-mail: Your message: 100 character limit Send me a copy of this email redwinebuzz.com respects your privacy. The information you enter here will not be used to send unsolicited mail and, in accordance with our Privacy Policy, it will not be disclosed to any third party. Back to top.			Tell a friend about this Learning Module               Get the buzz: Wine reviews Great stories Interviews Wine education tools New content every month It's FREE! Click here
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