RSF Charity Auction 2010

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TERMINOLOGY .375 A half bottle which hold .375 milliliters of wine. .750 A standard-sized bottle which holds 750 milliliters of wine, or 4/5 quart. Magnum A bottle which holds 1.5 liters of wine, the equivalent of two .750ml bottles. Double Magnum Also called JĂŠroboam in Burgundy, a bottle which holds 3 liters of wine, the equivalent of four .750ml bottles. Rehoboam A bottle which holds 5 liters of wine, the equivalent of six 750ml bottles. Methuselah (Burgundy) or Imperial (Bordeaux) A bottle which holds 6 liters of wine, the equivalent of eight 750ml bottles. Salmanazar A bottle which holds 9 liters of wine, the equivalent of twelve 750ml bottles. Balthazar A bottle which holds 12 liters of wine, the equivalent of sixteen 750ml bottles. Nebuchadnezzar A bottle which holds 15 liters of wine, the equivalent of twenty 750ml bottles.


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