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Tuesday, July 13, 2010

With wine, sometimes more is more


When we think of larger sized wine bottle formats, we tend to think either of cheap, poor quality jug wine or, on the opposite end of the spectrum, magnums or double magnums of pricey vintage Bordeaux. A regular sized wine bottle holds 750 milliliters of wine, and most standard wine bottles are in direct relation to that benchmark. For example, a 'half bottle' holds 375 milliliters and a magnum holds the equivalent of 2 regular bottles or 1.5 liters.

Some vintners are experimenting with the 1 liter format for wine, a size most readily associated with booze, precisely vodka. We love these 1 Liter wine bottles for