What is that BIG bottle called?
| Liters |
Name |
Notes |
| 0.188 |
Piccolo |
“Small” in Italian. Also known as a quarter bottle, pony, snipe or split. |
| 0.25 |
Chopine |
Traditional French unit of volume. |
| 0.375 |
Demi |
“Half” in French. Also known as a half bottle. |
| 0.5 |
50 cl bottle |
Used for Tokaj, Sauternes, Jerez, as well as several other types of sweet wines. |
| 0.75 |
Standard |
Worldwide standard wine bottle. |
| 1 |
Litre |
Popular size for Austrian wines. |
| 1.5 |
Magnum |
Equal to two standard bottles. |
| 3 |
Double Magnum, Jeroboam |
Jeroboam indicates different sizes in different regions of France. |
| 4.5 |
Rehoboam |
First king of separate Judea. |
| 5 |
McKenzie |
Primarily found in France and Italy, sometimes in the United States. |
| 6 |
Imperial, Methuselah |
Methuselah, biblical, oldest man. |
| 9 |
Salmanazar |
Assyrian King. |
| 12 |
Balthazar |
One of three Wise Men to present gifts at Jesus’ nativity. |
| 15 |
Nebuchadnezzar |
King of Babylon. |
| 18 |
Melchior, Solomon |
One of three Wise Men to present gifts at Jesus’ nativity. |
| 18 |
Solomon |
King of Israel, Son of David. |
| 26.25 |
Sovereign |
Reportedly created by Taittinger in 1988 for the launch of the then world’s largest cruise liner Sovereign of the Seas. |
| 27 |
Primat, Goliath |
Primat likely from the Late Latin prīmās (chief, noble); Goliath—biblical, killed by David. |
| 30 |
Melchizedek, Midas |
Melchizedek—King of Salem; Midas may refer to the mythical king of Phrygia in Greek mythology. |
Source material: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wine_bottle
