World’s Biggest Bottle of Wine

1. Chris
   December 2nd, 2007 at 5:38 pm

   …holds the equivalent to 640 regular bottles, or 69,000 glasses…

   This works out to about 108 glasses of wine per bottle. I don’t know much about wine, but this doesn’t seem right.

2. James Barker
   December 2nd, 2007 at 6:02 pm

   Wine most commonly comes in 750ml bottles, with about 3 glasses of wine after decanting.

3. Clint
   December 2nd, 2007 at 6:04 pm

   That is the perfect Christmas gift for my housemate, I wonder if I can find a stocking large enough to fit it in.

4. Zav
   December 2nd, 2007 at 9:49 pm

   Want’s?

   Come on.

   ‘Wants’ is correct.

   If you’re trying to look professional, it helps to try and master grade school punctuation.

5. Dave
   December 2nd, 2007 at 11:10 pm

   But how does it taste?

   Also, does it have a cork or a screw-on cap? If it’s a cork, I don’t think my corkscrew is up to the task. Then again, how would you pour it?

6. Chris
   December 2nd, 2007 at 11:44 pm

   *Wine most commonly comes in 750ml bottles, with about 3 glasses of wine after decanting.*

   Wow. 250ml glasses? [about 8.4 fl.oz.] that mean that you’re filling your glass up the rim, or that you’re using a beer glass! Or it’s a very old bottle and you have a lot to decant
   A “normal” use for a wine bottle is 5 to 6 servings. Champagne would go 6 to 8, especially if you add the French red current cream or other cocktail ingredients.

   James you either have a math problem, or a drinking problem ;p

7. Chris
   December 2nd, 2007 at 11:49 pm

   Bummer, my comment got lost.

   Anyway :
   * a 750ml bottle of wine is 5 to 6 servings.
   * Champagne is 6 to 8, more if you add cocktail ingredients.

8. Bewild
   December 3rd, 2007 at 5:16 am

   He might have a drinking problem, his math might be slightly off.

   But regardless…there is nowhere near 108 servings in a regular bottle of wine.

9. algonkin
   December 3rd, 2007 at 8:07 am

   It’s just a common typo Zav…take a chill pill.

10. sparge
    December 3rd, 2007 at 9:26 am

    490 L * 1.333333333 standard bottles/L = 653.3333333 standard bottles — check.

    490L / 69000 glasses ~= .0071 L ~= a quarter ounce per glass

    So someone (presumably at Reuters) screwed up in the conversion from Liters to servings

11. Diamond
    December 4th, 2007 at 7:57 am

    Dont worry about the spelling…worry about how are we going to get that wonderful bottle of wine home. And will it fit thru the door? And how many people should I invite over to help me drink it?

    Happy holidays!

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