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Bottles Flashcards

1
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What is the traditional bottle for Moscato di Scanzo DOCG wines and what volume does it hold?

A

Futura

500mL

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2
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Where is a Futura bottle used and what volumed does it hold?

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Moscato di Scanzo DOCG

500mL

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3
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What is the volume of a Piccolo or Split? What wine is this most used for?

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187.5mL

Champagne

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4
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What is the name of a bottle that holds 187.5mL?

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Piccolo

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5
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What is the name of a bottle that holds 375mL?

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Demi or Half

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6
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What is the name of a bottle that holds 750mL?

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Standard

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7
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What is the name of a bottle that holds 1.5L? How many standard bottles?

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Magnum

=2 standard bottles

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8
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What is the name of a bottle that holds 3L? How many standard bottles?

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Double Magnum/Jeroboam (Burgundy and Champagne)

=4 standard bottles

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9
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What is the name of a bottle that holds 4.5L of still wine? how many standard bottles?

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Jeroboam (Bordeaux)

=6 standard bottles

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10
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What is the name of a bottle that holds 6L? How many standard bottles?

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Imperial/Methuselah

=8 standard bottles

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11
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What is the name of a bottle that holds 9L? How many standard bottles is this equal to?

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Salamanzar

=12 standard bottles

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12
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What is the name of a bottle that holds 12L?

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Balthazar

=16 standard bottles

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13
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What is the name of a bottle that holds 15L? How many standard bottles is this equal to?

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Nebuchadnezzar

=20 standard bottles

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14
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How many L are commonly contained within a box of wine?

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3L

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15
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What is the name of a bottle that holds 4.5 L of Champagne? How many standard bottles is this equal to?

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Rehoboam

=6 standard bottles

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16
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How many L of wine does a Jeroboam of Bordeaux hold? Jeroboam of Burgundy and Champagne?

A

4.5L for Bordeaux prior to 1978, 5L today

3L in Champagne and Burgundy

17
Q

What is the volume of a Topette and what is it most commonly used for?

A

93.5mL (1/8 bottle)

18
Q

What is the name for the following volume bottles?

93.5mL (1/8bottle)
187mL (1/4 bottle)
375mL (1/2 bottle)

A

93.5mL (1/8bottle): Topette

187mL (1/4 bottle):
Piccolo

375mL (1/2 bottle):
Demi, Half bottle, or Split

19
Q

What is the name of the bottle that holds 20L? How many standard bottles does this hold?

A

Solomon

=26 standard bottles

20
Q

What is the name of the bottle that holds 25 L? How many standard bottles does this hold?

A

Sovereign

=33.3 bottles

21
Q

What is the name for a bottle that holds 27L? How many standard bottles can this hold?

A

Primat or Goliath

=36 bottles

22
Q

What is the name of the bottle that holds 30L? How many standard bottles is this equal to?

A

Melchizedek

=30L

23
Q

Who created the Maximus bottle? For what wine? How many L can it hold? Standard bottles?

A

Beringer for 2001 Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

130L

=184 bottles

24
Q

What is the difference between an Imperial and a Methuselah?

A

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.

25
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What is the volume of a Cylinder bottle? What is it most commonly used for?

A

100mL

Used for single, test tube shaped bottles of 3.3oz for individual servings of Sauternes and for some bottles of Eszencia in Tokaj

26
Q

What is the volume of a Chopine? How many bottles is this equivalent to?

A

250mL or 1/3 bottle

27
Q

What is the volume of a Clavelin half? What is it used for?

A

310mL

Vin Jaune

28
Q

What is the volume of a Tenth bottle?

A

378mL

29
Q

What is the volume of a Jennie? Where is it most commonly used?

A

500mL

Tokaji, Sauternes, and Jerez

30
Q

What is the volume of a Clavelin and where is it used?

A

620mL

Jura for Vin Jaune

31
Q

What is the volume of a Tappit Hen? Where is it used? What are its other two names?

A

2.25L (3 times the volume of a standard bottle)

Used in Portugal for Port

Also called Marie Jeanne and Tregnum

32
Q

What two famous Bordeaux Châteaux have different shaped bottles than the standard BDX bottle?

A

Château Haut Brion and Château Pavie

33
Q

Which California producer uses a different shaped bottle and size for each vintage?

A

Sine Qua Non

34
Q

What is the name of the traditional straw wrapped bottle used in Chianti?

A

Fiasco

35
Q

What are two names for the traditional bottle used in Côtes de Provence?

A

Skittle and Corset

36
Q

What is the traditional bottle used in Franken? What is this bottle called in Portugal where it is used for some rosés?

A

Bocksbeutel

Cantil

37
Q

What is the traditional bottle used for Vin Jaune? What volume does it hold?

A

Clavelin

62cl or 620mL

38
Q

What volume does a bottle of Winston Churchill contain? Who makes it?

A

20 oz

Pol Roger

39
Q

Who invented the BDX bottle? From what Château?

A

Pierre Mitchell from Château du Terte in Margaux

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