MikeL's Guide to WA Wineries
Wine bottle names/sizes
There's a mystique/tradition around the sizes/names of wine bottles.
This chart will explain it all...
| Name | capacity (liters) |
| Quarter, split, "tenth" | 180mL |
| Demi, "fifth" | 375mL |
| bottle | 750mL |
| Magnum | 1.5L |
| Jeroboam | 3.0L |
| Rehoboam | 4.5L |
| Methuselah | 6.0L |
| Salmanazar | 9.0L |
| Nebuchadnezzar | 15.0L |
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