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
|
|
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