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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.

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)

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