Wine and Champagne are bottled in various sizes; the wine you would typically purchase off the shelf from a wine merchant or a supermarket is a ‘standard’ 750ml wine bottle, but other sizes are available.
The size of wine bottles ranges from 187.5ml, referred to as a ‘Split’, which is typically a one-glass serving commonly consumed onboard aeroplanes. The biggest bottle is 15L, referred to as a ‘Nebuchadnezzar’, and is equal to twenty (yes, 20!) bottles, roughly 100 glasses of wine! In context, a Nebuchadnezzar bottle of Moet and Chandon will set you back approximately £2,000 per bottle!
The actual bottle shapes do vary within the set bottle size. The 'classic' shaped bottle is referred to as a Bordeaux style, the traditional shape/size bottle. It features straight sides and sits tall and proud; this bottle shape is common in most wine-producing countries worldwide. Other shaped bottles include Burgundy (wide at the base, which gradually curves upwards into a shorter neck), Rhone (which is similar to Burgundy but features a longer/taller neck), Alsace (long and thinner style of design) and Champagne (similar to Burgundy but made from much thicker glass to withstand the pressure from the gas/bubbles inside.) Champagne bottles can also vary from one another, but they are generally the same shape and style of design.
We stock and provide a great selection of wine racks ideal for storing different shapes and sizes of bottles. Most of our racks will store the standard-size bottles mentioned above, but we can also provide racking for half-bottles, magnum bottles, and more!
What are the different bottle sizes for Wine?
Wine Bottle Sizes Chart
| Capacity | Name | Description | Amount of glasses |
| 187.5ml | Split | Usually for single glasses of Champagne (referred to as Piccolo in Italian) | 1 |
| 375ml | Half | It holds half a standard-size bottle (referred to as ‘Demi’ in France) | 2 |
| 750ml | Standard | Universal bottle size for most wines around the World | 5 |
| 1.5L | Magnum | Double the standard bottle | 10 |
| 3.0L | Double Magnum/Jeroboam | Two Magnums or four standard bottles | 20 |
| 4.5L | Rehoboam | Six standard bottles | 30 |
| 6.0L | Imperial | Eight standard bottles or two Double Magnums | 40 |
| 9.0L | Salmanazar | Twelve standard bottles | 60 |
| 12.0L | Balthazar | Sixteen standard bottles or two Imperials | 80 |
| 15.0L | Nebuchadnezzar | Twenty standard bottles | 100 |
About the Wine Bottle size names
Traditional different-sized wine bottles have been named after Biblical kings and historical figures, as shown below:
| Jeroboam | First King of The Kingdom |
| Salmanazar | Assyrian King |
| Balthazar | One of The Wise Men |
| Nebuchadnezzar | King of Babylon |
