Wine Bottles - Names and Sizes
Ever been confused by the names given to different-sized wine bottles and how much wine they contain? Use this chart the next time you're eying that silk-screened double magnum bottle in Walla Walla and know how much wine is in it.
1 glass = 6 oz pour
Name |
Volume |
How Many Bottles? |
|---|---|---|
| Piccolo, Pony, Split | 0.1875 L | 1/4 = |
| Demi, Half | 0.375 L | 1/2 = |
| Standard | 0.75 L | 1 = () |
| Magnum | 1.5 L | 2 = |
| Marie Jeanne | 2.25 L | 3 = |
| Jeroboam, Double Magnum |
3 L | 4 = |
| Rehoboam | 4.5 L | 6 = |
| Imperial, Methuselah |
6 L | 8 = |
| Salmanazar | 9 L | 12 (1 case) = |
| Balthazar, Belshazzar |
12 L | 16 = |
| Nebuchadnezzar | 15 L | 20 - |
| Solomon | 18 L | 24 (2 cases) = |
| Sovereign | 26.25 L | 35 (2 cases) = |
| Goliath, Primat |
27 L | 36 (3 cases) = |
| Melchizedek, Midas | 30 L | 40 = |
