Wine Bottle Sizes
Staff Writer - April 25, 2005
- Half-Bottle
375 milliliters or one half of the standard bottle size. Also known as a "split" or a "tenth".
- Bottle
750 milliliters of wine, this is the worldwide standard wine bottle size.
- Magnum
1.5 liters or twice the standard bottle size.
- Double Magnum
3.0 liters or twice the size of a magnum, equivalent of 4 bottles.
- Jeroboam
There are two sizes of Jeroboams:
Sparkling wine Jeroboam equals 4 regular bottles, or 3.0 liters.
Red wine Jeroboam equals 6 regular bottles, or 4.5 liters.
Some 5.0 liter Jeroboams exist.
- Imperial
6.0 liters or 8 regular bottles.
- Methuselah
Same size as an Imperial but is usually used for sparkling wines and is Burgundy-shaped.
- Salmanazar
9.0 liters. 12 regular bottles or one case.
- Balthazar
12.0 liters. 16 bottles. Usually used for sparkling wines.
- Nebuchadnezzar
15.0 liters. 20 regular bottles. Usually used for sparkling wines.
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