Champagne bottle sizes
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MAgnum not biblically derived according to this...
MAgnum not biblically derived according to this...
Quarter-Bottle 6.3 fluid ounces
Half-Bottle 12.7 fluid ounces
Bottle 25.4 fluid ounces
Magnum 50.8 fluid ounces 2 bottles
Jeroboam 101.6 fluid ounces 4 bottles
Rehoboam 147 fluid ounces 6 bottles
Methuselah 196 fluid ounces 8 bottles
Salmanazar 304.8 fluid ounces 12 bottles
Balthazar 406.4 fluid ounces 16 bottles
Nebuchadnezzar 508 fluid ounces 20 bottles
---- Google says:
No one is exactly sure of the reasons why larger format bottles were given biblical names. But, according to the Champagne expert Francois Bonal, winemakers in Bordeaux had been using the name Jeroboam for the four-bottle size since 1725. (It's presumed they selected Jeroboam, the biblical founder of Israel, who ruled from 931-910 BC because he is referred to as "a man of great worth," as were the larger size bottles). Bonal also explains that a Champagne medieval poet, Eugene Destuche, mentioned several of these names in his poetry. The region of Champagne adopted the Jeroboam size and followed suit with larger format bottles developed in the 1940s, continuing the practice of selecting biblical kings and patriarchs.
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ErnestM
Half-Bottle 12.7 fluid ounces
Bottle 25.4 fluid ounces
Magnum 50.8 fluid ounces 2 bottles
Jeroboam 101.6 fluid ounces 4 bottles
Rehoboam 147 fluid ounces 6 bottles
Methuselah 196 fluid ounces 8 bottles
Salmanazar 304.8 fluid ounces 12 bottles
Balthazar 406.4 fluid ounces 16 bottles
Nebuchadnezzar 508 fluid ounces 20 bottles
---- Google says:
No one is exactly sure of the reasons why larger format bottles were given biblical names. But, according to the Champagne expert Francois Bonal, winemakers in Bordeaux had been using the name Jeroboam for the four-bottle size since 1725. (It's presumed they selected Jeroboam, the biblical founder of Israel, who ruled from 931-910 BC because he is referred to as "a man of great worth," as were the larger size bottles). Bonal also explains that a Champagne medieval poet, Eugene Destuche, mentioned several of these names in his poetry. The region of Champagne adopted the Jeroboam size and followed suit with larger format bottles developed in the 1940s, continuing the practice of selecting biblical kings and patriarchs.
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ErnestM
Want one!
cinque said:
there are two larger than the Nebuch.
18 litre / 24 bottle Solomon
27 litre / 36 bottle Primat (pronounced 'preemah') weighs 65 kilo.
looks like the 'magnum' explanation is still open?
72 bottle 54 litre was made by Taitanger for display on the Titanic. Unfortunately its still down there .
The one in the guinness book of records is apparently called the 'Adelaide' though I can't remember how many bottles it held.
As to the sort of bottle mere mortals like myself would buy, I was told that anything above a Magnum was hand made, whereas bottles below that were mass produced (obviously, due to the volume).
Is this still true, or have Jeroboams become popular enough amongst the gangsta-Cristal-swilling fraternity to require mass production??
As to the sort of bottle mere mortals like myself would buy, I was told that anything above a Magnum was hand made, whereas bottles below that were mass produced (obviously, due to the volume).
Is this still true, or have Jeroboams become popular enough amongst the gangsta-Cristal-swilling fraternity to require mass production??
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