AND YOU THOUGHT MAGNUMS WERE BIG!
August 25th, 2010
NEW RELEASE! Double Magnum of the ’08 Cabernet Sauvignon
This is the first double magnum produced by Airfield. It’s a 3 liter bottle, equivilent to 4 standard bottles of wine. Only 42 bottles are available!
Price: $180 (Wine Club discounts apply)
To order yours today, call (509) 786-7401, email info@airfieldwines.com, or simply visit our tasting room in Prosser or Woodinville.
Below is a reference guide for bottle sizes:
| Bottle Equivalent | Bordeaux Bottle Sizes | Burgundy & Champagne Bottle Sizes | Comments |
|
Quarter (187mL) |
Piccolo | Piccolo | Italian for small. |
|
Half (375mL) |
Demi |
Demi |
French term for “half” |
|
One (750mL) |
Standard Bottle |
Standard Bottle |
|
| Two (1.5L) |
Magnum |
Magnum |
Latin term for “large” |
| Three (2.25L) |
Marie-Jeanne |
- |
Named after a wine enthusiast from the 1700s. |
| Four (3L) |
Double Magnum |
Jéroboam |
Biblical, First king of Northern Israel. |
| Six (4.5L) |
Jéroboam |
Rehoboam |
Biblical, First king of separate Judea, Son of Solomon. |
| Eight (6L) |
Impériale |
Methusaleh |
Biblical, Oldest Man, Stated to have lived 969 years. |
| Twelve (9L) |
- |
Salmanazar |
Biblical, Assyrian king |
| Sixteen (12L) |
- |
Balthazar |
King of Treasures, One of the Three Wise Men. |
| Twenty (15L) |
- |
Nebuchadnezzar |
King of Neo-Babylonian Empire (B.C. 604 to 561) |
| Twenty-four (18L) |
Melchior |
Melchior |
King of Light, One of the Three Wise Men. |
| Twenty-eight (20L) |
Solomon |
Solomon |
Very rare. Biblical, King of Isreal, Son of David. |
| Thirty-three & a half (25L) |
Sovereign |
Sovereign |
In Champagne, rare. |
| Thirty-six (27L) |
Primat |
Primat |
|
| Forty (30L) |
Melchizedek |
Melchizedek |