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Bottles
Оглавление“Wine is light, held together by water”
- Galileo
Bottles have a mouth, a neck, an ogive (shoulder), a body, and a bottom. Some bottles have a concave indentation in the bottom called a punt. This structure provides added strength to bottles and makes separation of any sediment easier in older wines. There are three basic shapes of bottles on the market today - a Bordeaux bottle, a Burgundy bottle and an Alsace or Mosul bottle.
These bottle shapes help identify the type of wine contained inside. There are many variations of these shapes in the market place to help spur sales of wine by uninformed wine buyers or to build a market identity. We also would be remiss if box wines were not acknowledged as an alternative wine container.
Box wines are typically quaffing wines that are to be consumed quickly and are designed to be stored in a refrigerator. There is a convenient spigot that allows a glass to be filled without removing the box from its place in the fridge. Also note that there are current experiments and market research studies being conducted for using cans for wine – similar to beer or carbonated beverages.
Bottle sizes can also be confusing to those who do not spend enough time around wineries and wines to learn the various bottle sizes that are used to package wines. A few bottle names will hold different amounts of wine depending upon the wine region where it is bottled. The following wine bottle chart should provide assistance to those needing to know how much wine is actually held in each of the various sizes:
| BOTTLE NAME | SIZE |
| Picolo/quarter bottle/snipe (sparkling) | 1/4 bottle (.187 Liters) |
| Chopine - for Bordeaux wine | 1/3 bottle (.250 Liters) |
| Split/Demi/Half | 1/2 bottle (.375 Liters) |
| Pot | 2/3 bottle (.500 Liters) |
| Clavelin/Jura bottle for vin jaune | 4/5 bottle (.620 Liters) |
| Standard Bottle | 1 bottle (.750 Liters) |
| Magnum | 2 bottles (1.5 Liters) |
| Tregnum | 3 bottles (2.25 Liters) |
| Marie-Jean - for Bordeaux wine | 3 bottles (2.25 Liters) |
| Double Magnum - for Bordeaux wine | 4 bottles (3 Liters) |
| Jeroboam | 4/6 bottles (3-4.5 Liters) |
| Reboboam - Champagne & Burgundy | 6 bottles (4.5 Liters) |
| Imperial - for Bordeaux wine | 8 bottles (6 Liters) |
| Methuselah – Champagne & Burgundy | 8 bottles (6 Liters) |
| Salmanazar – Champagne & Burgundy | 12 bottles (9 Liters) |
| Balthazar – for sparkling wine | 16 bottles (12 Liters) |
| Nebuchadnezzar – for sparkling wine | 20 bottles (15 Liters) |
| Melchior | 24 bottles (18 Liters) |
| Solomon – for sparkling wine | 28 bottles (20 Liters) |
| Sovereign – for sparkling wine | 331/3 bottles (25 Liters) |
| Primat – for sparkling wine | 36 bottles (27 Liters) |
| Melchizedek – for sparkling wine | 40 bottles (30 Liters) |
Liquid Measurement Conversions
1 U.S. gallon = 3.785 liters
1 U.S. gallon = 5 standard bottles
1 U.S. quart = 0.946 liters
1 U.S. fluid oz. = 29.573 ml.
1 Imperial gallon = 4.546 liters
1 Imperial gallon = 6 standard bottles
1 Imperial quart = 1.136
1 Imperial fluid oz. = 28.413
