GE Monogram Wine Vault Beverage Dispenser User Manual


 
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Bottle Sizes
Capacity Name Description
375 ml Dessert Wine Contains one-half a standard 750 ml bottle.
750 ml Bottle or “Fifth Standard bottle size.
750 ml or
Champagne Most common sizes for Champagne.
1.5 liters
1.5 liters Magnum Contains the equivalent to 2 bottles of wine.
3 liters
Double Magnum Contains the equivalent to 4 bottles of wine and is twice as large as
the magnum.
3 or 4.5
Jeroboam Contains 3 liters (4 bottles) in Champagne and Burgundy and
liters 4.5 liters (6 bottles) in Bordeaux.
4.5 liters
Rehoboam Contains the equivalent to 6 bottles of wine and is used in Burgundy
and Champagne. For Bordeaux, see Jeroboam.
6 liters
Imperial Contains the equivalent to 8 bottles of wine and is usually used for
Bordeaux and for Cabernet Sauvignon. In Burgundy and
Champagne, this size is called a Methuselah.
6 liters
Methuselah Contains the equivalent to 8 bottles of wine. French champagne
bottled in a Methuselah is expected to age for a long time.
9 liters Salmanazar Contains the equivalent to 12 bottles or a case of wine.
15 liters
Nebuchadnezzar Contains the equivalent to 20 bottles and is the largest wine
container. Found most often in Burgundy and Champagne.
The chart below describes the most common bottle types and sizes used for wine.
Individual regions may have additional sizes and names unique to that region.