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Wine Bottle Sizes

Could you consume a Melchizedek of Dom Perignon by yourself? Do you know the difference between a Chopine and a Clavelin? If not, see below. 
Volume Litres
0.1875
0.25
0.375
0.378
0.5
0.620
0.750
0.757
1
1.5
2.25
3
4.5
4.5
6
6
9
9
12
15
18
20
25
27
30
Ratio
0.25
0.33
0.5
0.505
0.67
0.83
1
1.01
1.33
2
3
4
6
6
8
8
12
12
16
20
24
26.66
33.33
36
40
Bottle Name
Piccolo
Chopine
Demi
Tenth
Jennie
Clavelin
Standard
Fifth
Litre
Magnum
Marie Jeanne
Jeroboam
Jeroboam
Rehoboam
Imperial
Methuselah
Mordechai
Salmanazar
Balthazar
Nebuchadnezzar
Melchior
Solomon
Sovereign
Goliath
Melchizedek
Notes
"Small" in Italian.  AKA quarter bottle, pony, snipe, or split.  Used for Champagne.
Traditional French unit of volume.  Mainly used for Bordeaux wines.
"Half" in French.  AKA half bottle.
One-tenth of a U.S. Gallon.
Use for Tokaj, Sauternes, Jerez, and several other sweet wines.
Primarily used for vin jaune.
By far, the most common wine bottle size we see everyday.
One-fifth of a U.S. Gallon
Used for cheaper priced wines.
Not to be confused with Dirty Harry's .357
Mainly for Bordeaux wines.  AKA a Tregnum or Tappit Hen in the port wine trade.
Biblical - 3 Litre Jeroboam used for Champagne and Burgandy
Biblical - 4.5 Litre Jeroboam used for Bordeaux
Biblical - First king of separate Judea
Used for Bordeaux wines.
Biblical - Oldest man
Biblical - Cousin of Ester Queen of Persia
Biblical - Assyrian King
Biblical - One of the three wise men
Biblical - King of Babylon
Biblical - One of the three wise men
Biblical - King of Israel.  Used for Champagne.
Used for Champagne.
Biblical - Stoned by David.  Used for Champagne
Biblical - King of Salem
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    • Wine Words >
      • A - G
      • H - N
      • O - Z
    • Wine Bottle Sizes
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