This goes to show there is a hobby for everyone. I'm curious to know the "training" involved in learning how to stick an entire wine bottle up there. Or maybe not.
Friday, September 08, 2006
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2 comments:
I'm curious to know what sort of wine bottle we're talking about. B may be able to help out. If we're talking a Riesling or Gewurtztraminer, then probably not a big deal. Syrah bottles can be a bit trickier, as would champagne. Don't even want to think about MD 20/20 or, god forbid, a box of Franzia.
Let's hope it was not one of these:
CHAMPAGNE Magnum: 1.5 liters (two bottles) Jeroboam: 3 liters (four bottles) Rehoboam: 4.5 liters (six bottles) Methuselah: 6 liters (eight bottles) Salmanazar: 9 liters (12 bottles) Balthazar: 12 liters (16 bottles) Nebuchadnezzar: 15 liters (20 bottles)
Even larger sizes are occasionally seen, although they are very rare:
Solomon: 20 liters (28 bottles) Primat: 27 liters (36 bottles)
BORDEAUX Magnum: 1.5 liters (two bottles) Marie-Jeanne: 2.25 liters (three bottles) Double Magnum: 3 liters (four bottles) Jeroboam: 4.5 liters (six bottles) * Impèriale: 6 liters (eight bottles)
*Because of recent U.S. regulations limiting larger bottles to even liter sizes, some modern red-wine "Jeroboams" are now 5 liters rather than the traditional 4.5.
http://www.awinestore.com/big_bottles.htm
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