Bottle Sizes
The chart below describes the most common bottle types and sizes used for wine. Individual regions may have additional sizes and names unique to that region.
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375 ml | “Dessert Wine” | Contains |
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750 ml | Bottle or “Fifth” | Standard bottle size. |
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750 ml or | Champagne | Most common sizes for Champagne. |
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1.5 liters | Magnum | Contains the equivalent to 2 bottles of wine. |
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3 liters | Double Magnum | Contains the equivalent to 4 bottles of wine and is twice as large as |
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3 or 4.5 | Jeroboam | Contains 3 liters (4 bottles) in Champagne and Burgundy and |
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| 4.5 liters (6 bottles) in Bordeaux. |
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4.5 liters | Rehoboam | Contains the equivalent to 6 bottles of wine and is used in Burgundy |
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6 liters | Imperial | Contains the equivalent to 8 bottles of wine and is usually used for |
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6 liters | Methuselah | Contains the equivalent to 8 bottles of wine. French champagne |
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| bottled in a Methuselah is expected to age for a long time. |
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9 liters | Salmanazar | Contains the equivalent to 12 bottles or a case of wine. |
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15 liters | Nebuchadnezzar | Contains the equivalent to 20 bottles and is the largest wine |
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