A man stands next to a 490 liter Grande Cuvee TBA NV No.7 2005 of Austrian wine maker Kracher during its presentation Rehetobel Switzerland, some 40 km (26 miles) from lake Constance on November 28, 2007.
The bottle itself has been certified by Guinness World Records as the world’s largest bottle of wine which holds the equivalent to 640 regular bottles, or 69,000 glasses of wine. Yum!…”hic”
Who want’s wants one for Christmas?
Link: Yahoo News
Chris
...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.
James Barker
Wine most commonly comes in 750ml bottles, with about 3 glasses of wine after decanting.
Clint
That is the perfect Christmas gift for my housemate, I wonder if I can find a stocking large enough to fit it in.
Zav
Want's?
Come on.
'Wants' is correct.
If you're trying to look professional, it helps to try and master grade school punctuation.
Dave
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?
Chris
*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
Chris
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.
Bewild
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.
algonkin
It's just a common typo Zav...take a chill pill.
sparge
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
Diamond
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!
Francesca
Chris I don't know where you are from, but in England we have large glasses of wine sold in pubs which are 250ml, so three large glasses would be a bottle.
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