Have You ever wondered about the name of the different bottle sizes in Champagne?
Piccolo 0.1875 litres – ‘Small’ in Italian. Also known as a quarter bottle, pony, snipe or split.
Demi 0.375 litres – ‘Half’ in French. Also known as a half bottle.
Standard 0.750 litres
Magnum 1.5 litres – 2 bottles
Jeroboam 3.0 litres – 4 bottles – Biblical, First king of Northern Kingdom
Rehoboam 4.5 litres – 6 bottles – Biblical, First king of separate Judea
Methuselah 6 litres – 8 bottles – Biblical, Oldest Man
Salmanazar 9 litres – 12 bottles – Biblical, Assyrian King
Balthazar 12 litres – 16 bottles – One of three Wise Men to present a gift to Jesus after his birth
Nebuchadnezzar 15 litres – 20 bottles – Biblical, King of Babylon
Melchior 18 litres – 24 bottles – One of three Wise Men to present a gift to Jesus after his birth
Solomon 20 liters – 26,66 bottles – Biblical, King of Israel, Son of David
Primat or Goliath 27 litres – 36 bottles – Biblical stoned by David
Melchizedek 30 litres – 40 bottles – Biblical, King of Salem
