Wine bottle

A wine bottle is generally made of glass. Some wines are fermented in the bottle, others are bottled only after fermentation. They come in a large variety of sizes, several named for Biblical kings. The standard bottle contains 750 ml.

Table of contents

1 Sizes 1.1 Champagne 1.2 other wines and port

Sizes

Champagne

• quarter-bottle, split, or piccolo bottle: varies from 187ml to 200ml
• half-bottle (demiboite): 375 ml
• standard bottle (750 ml)
• magnum (1500 ml)
• Jeroboam (3 l)
• Rehoboam (4.5 l)
• Methuselah (6 l)
• Salmanazar (9 l)
• Balthazar (12 l)
• Nebuchadnezzar (15 l)
• Melchior (18 l)
• Sovereign (25 l)

other wines and port

• half-bottle: 375 ml
• standard (750 ml)
• magnum (1500 ml)
• double magnum (3.0 l)
• Jeroboam (4.5 l) (note that size differs from that for sparkling wine. there are also some 5 l Jeroboams)
• Rehoboam (4.5 l)
• Imperial (6 l)
• Salmanazar (9 l)
• Balthazar (12 l)
• Nebuchadnezzar (15 l)