Even more impressive, a Melchior can hold 18 litres (24 bottles) with the Solomon bottles holding 20 litres (26 bottles).
How many bottles in a Melchior? You get 24 standard-sized bottles of wine per Melchior bottle or 144 glasses of wine.
The Solomon, for example, contains the equivalent of 24 bottles, which is 18 litres. It weighs 43kg and measures 85cm x 23cm. The Primat, also known as Goliath, contains the equivalent of 36 bottles, which is 27 litres.
The first of the larger bottle sizes of Champagne is known as a Magnum and is 150cl (1.5 Litres). The Magnum of Champagne is the equivalent of two standard bottles.
Imperial: 6 Liters (8 bottles)
Imperials are shaped like a standard wine bottle and are used for red or white wine and contain the equivalent of 8 bottles of wine.
A 750ml bottle is most often called a “two-six” in the province. You can hear this elsewhere in Canada too, though “twenty-sixer” seems more common. Us Newfoundlanders will sometimes call it a “two-sixer” as well.
A Jeroboam, or a Double Magnum, holds 3 litres of wine (four bottles), where a Bordeaux Jeroboam holds 5 litres. A Rehoboam holds 4.5 litres (six bottles), a Methuselah holds 6 litres (eight bottles), and a Salmanzar holds 9 litres (twelve bottles).
Champagne Nebuchadnezzar 15L
Nebuchadnezzars are 15 Litres of Champagne and are equal to 20 standard Champagne bottles.
A package or box of bottles or cans of an alcoholic beverage is sometimes called a 'case', usually of a set number like 6, 12, 24, etc. This term i s common on grocery websites and wine shop lists.
She described a mnemonic for remembering bottle size: “Michael Jackson Really Makes Small Boys Nervous”. The first letters represent the various sizes of wine bottles above the standard 750 ml bottle that is the norm.
In Bordeaux and Champagne, even larger bottles exist and these are named after Biblical kings – so we have Salmanazar, the Assyrian King (9 litres), Balthazar (12 litres), Nebuchadnezzar (15 litres), the 18-litre Melchior, equivalent to 24 standard bottles of wine, Solomon (20 litres), Primat or Goliath (27 litres), ...
The average wine case in the United States contains 12 bottles of wine 750ml each, about nine liters of wine in total. That's about 60 glasses of wine, and most of your guests will likely have about two to three glasses each, depending on everyone's preferences.
Miniatures may be used as gifts, samples, or for promotional purposes. In Scotland and the Northeastern United States they are often known as nips and shooters, and referred elsewhere as airplane bottles or mini-bar bottles or travel-sized bottles.
Salmanazars are 9 Litres of Champagne and are equal to 12 Standard Champagne Bottles. Large Bottles of Champagne are named after Biblical figures and the Salmanazar is named after five Assyrian kings, the most famous being Salmanazar III (858-824 BC) who is remembered as a great builder.
The world's most expensive Champagne, Magnum 2.5, has sparkling artwork featuring Shammi Shinh's signature sparkles and Swarovski diamonds cut like diamonds. Not only is it a luxury you can sip on, but also a collectible NFT bottle decorated with a Mutant Ape.
Jeroboam (4.5L): 6 bottles of wine. Methuselah: (6L): 8 bottles of wine. Imperial (6L): 8 bottles of wine. Salmanazar (9L): 12 bottles of wine.
Dimensions - (L) 370mm x (W) 250mm x (H) 235mm.
A half-sized non-EU Standard Liquor Bottle, considered a US metric "pint". Called a mickey in Canada. 16.9 US fl. oz.
The most common bottle sizes across the industry are nips or miniature (50 ml), half pint (200 ml), fifth (750 ml), liter (1,000 ml), and half gallon (1,750 ml).
Bottle Sizes Chart
1.5 L Magnum: Equivalent to two standard 750 ml bottles. 3.0 L Double Magnum: Equivalent to two Magnums or four standard 750 ml bottles. 4.5 L Jeroboam: Equivalent to six standard 750 ml bottles. ( In sparkling wines a Jeroboam is 3 liters)
Balthazars are 12 Litres of Champagne and are equal to 16 Standard Champagne Bottles.