Bottles Flashcards
What is the traditional bottle for Moscato di Scanzo DOCG wines and what volume does it hold?
Futura
500mL
Where is a Futura bottle used and what volumed does it hold?
Moscato di Scanzo DOCG
500mL
What is the volume of a Piccolo or Split? What wine is this most used for?
187.5mL
Champagne
What is the name of a bottle that holds 187.5mL?
Piccolo
What is the name of a bottle that holds 375mL?
Demi or Half
What is the name of a bottle that holds 750mL?
Standard
What is the name of a bottle that holds 1.5L? How many standard bottles?
Magnum
=2 standard bottles
What is the name of a bottle that holds 3L? How many standard bottles?
Double Magnum/Jeroboam (Burgundy and Champagne)
=4 standard bottles
What is the name of a bottle that holds 4.5L of still wine? how many standard bottles?
Jeroboam (Bordeaux)
=6 standard bottles
What is the name of a bottle that holds 6L? How many standard bottles?
Imperial/Methuselah
=8 standard bottles
What is the name of a bottle that holds 9L? How many standard bottles is this equal to?
Salamanzar
=12 standard bottles
What is the name of a bottle that holds 12L?
Balthazar
=16 standard bottles
What is the name of a bottle that holds 15L? How many standard bottles is this equal to?
Nebuchadnezzar
=20 standard bottles
How many L are commonly contained within a box of wine?
3L
What is the name of a bottle that holds 4.5 L of Champagne? How many standard bottles is this equal to?
Rehoboam
=6 standard bottles
How many L of wine does a Jeroboam of Bordeaux hold? Jeroboam of Burgundy and Champagne?
4.5L for Bordeaux prior to 1978, 5L today
3L in Champagne and Burgundy
What is the volume of a Topette and what is it most commonly used for?
93.5mL (1/8 bottle)
What is the name for the following volume bottles?
93.5mL (1/8bottle)
187mL (1/4 bottle)
375mL (1/2 bottle)
93.5mL (1/8bottle): Topette
187mL (1/4 bottle):
Piccolo
375mL (1/2 bottle):
Demi, Half bottle, or Split
What is the name of the bottle that holds 20L? How many standard bottles does this hold?
Solomon
=26 standard bottles
What is the name of the bottle that holds 25 L? How many standard bottles does this hold?
Sovereign
=33.3 bottles
What is the name for a bottle that holds 27L? How many standard bottles can this hold?
Primat or Goliath
=36 bottles
What is the name of the bottle that holds 30L? How many standard bottles is this equal to?
Melchizedek
=30L
Who created the Maximus bottle? For what wine? How many L can it hold? Standard bottles?
Beringer for 2001 Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon
130L
=184 bottles
What is the difference between an Imperial and a Methuselah?
Imperial is shaped like a standard BDX bottle and are used for red or white wine.
Methuselah is usually reserved fro Champagne or Sparkling wine and comes in a sloped shoulder wine similar to Burgundy bottles.
What is the volume of a Cylinder bottle? What is it most commonly used for?
100mL
Used for single, test tube shaped bottles of 3.3oz for individual servings of Sauternes and for some bottles of Eszencia in Tokaj
What is the volume of a Chopine? How many bottles is this equivalent to?
250mL or 1/3 bottle
What is the volume of a Clavelin half? What is it used for?
310mL
Vin Jaune
What is the volume of a Tenth bottle?
378mL
What is the volume of a Jennie? Where is it most commonly used?
500mL
Tokaji, Sauternes, and Jerez
What is the volume of a Clavelin and where is it used?
620mL
Jura for Vin Jaune
What is the volume of a Tappit Hen? Where is it used? What are its other two names?
2.25L (3 times the volume of a standard bottle)
Used in Portugal for Port
Also called Marie Jeanne and Tregnum
What two famous Bordeaux Châteaux have different shaped bottles than the standard BDX bottle?
Château Haut Brion and Château Pavie
Which California producer uses a different shaped bottle and size for each vintage?
Sine Qua Non
What is the name of the traditional straw wrapped bottle used in Chianti?
Fiasco
What are two names for the traditional bottle used in Côtes de Provence?
Skittle and Corset
What is the traditional bottle used in Franken? What is this bottle called in Portugal where it is used for some rosés?
Bocksbeutel
Cantil
What is the traditional bottle used for Vin Jaune? What volume does it hold?
Clavelin
62cl or 620mL
What volume does a bottle of Winston Churchill contain? Who makes it?
20 oz
Pol Roger
Who invented the BDX bottle? From what Château?
Pierre Mitchell from Château du Terte in Margaux