Dimensions of the original wine bottles
Did you know for a fact that wine bottles in addition to being named by volume also have their own names?
Also special is the size of the wine bottles named after biblical kings!
As with many parts of wine aesthetics, the nomenclature for wine bottles connects us to the structures of wine culture. Alcohol has long been a living part of our history as well as our daily lives. That is why the names of wines named after ancient heroes have great meaning, connecting us with history.
To be fair, we don’t know for sure how these conventions came to be or started. We can do some “research” and see if the answer can be found in the bottom of a six-liter (aka “imperial”) bottle. Surely there will be many interesting things revealed for you.
Below True Wine presents a list of wine bottle sizes and their names.
Size chart for wine bottles
187.5 ml Piccolo or Split: Usually used for one 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: Equivalent to six standard 750 ml bottles. (In sparkling wines a Jeroboam is 3 liters)
4.5 L Rehoboam: A sparkling wine bottle with six standard 750 ml bottles.
6.0 L Imperial: (aka Methuselah) 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.
18.0 L Solomon: (aka Melchoir) Equivalent to twenty four standard 750 ml bottles.
Some other interesting facts
Liquor boxes are usually 3 liters or double in size.A Rehoboam of Champagne is only 4.5 liters or 6 bottles.
Methuselah is the same size as Imperial (6 liters) but the name is more commonly used for sparkling wines in Burgundy shaped bottles.
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