Wine bottle

A wine bottle is a bottle used for holding wine, 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, although this is a relatively recent development.

Sizes

Champagne

• Quarter-bottle, split, or piccolo: varies from 0.187 l to 0.2 l
• Half-bottle (demiboite): 0.375 l
• Standard bottle 0.75 l
• Magnum: 1.5 l
• 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: 0.375 l
• Standard: 0.75 l (still sometimes referred to as a "fifth", the old US value of 0.2 gal. or about 0.757 l)
• Magnum: 1.5 l
• Double Magnum: 3 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