Champagne bottle with a 3-liter capacity (equal to four standard 750ml bottles), or wine bottle with a 4.5-liter capacity (equal to six standard 750ml bottles). There are also some 5-liter Jeroboams."Wine is a part of society because it provides a basis not only for a morality but also for an environment; it is an ornament in the slightest ceremonials of French daily life, from the snack to the feast, from the conversation at the local café to the speech at a formal dinner." Roland Barthes (1915-80), French semiologist. Mythologies,"Wine and Milk" (1957; tr. 1972)."It is the hour to be drunken! To escape being the martyred slaves of time, be ceaselessly drunk. On wine, on poetry, or on virtue, as you wish." Charles Pierre Baudelaire (1821-1867), French poet, critic and translator.
a large wine bottle holding about 3 liters, 4 times the volume of a regular bottle. A jeroboam is sometimes called a double magnum.
For Bordeaux wines, this was equivalent to six regular bottles (or 4.5 liters) until the mid- to late-1970s. More recent vintages have been bottled in 5-liter jeroboams. For Burgundy wines and Champagne, a jeroboam is equivalent to four regular bottles (or 3 liters).
There are several sizes of Jeroboams: 3.0L, 4.5L and 5.0L. Typically the 3L size is used for sparkling wine, and the 4.5L is for red wine.
A large bottle, equivalent to to six regular sized bottles (four in Champagne).
a large wine bottle (holds 4/5 of a gallon)
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A large bottle equivalent to four to six 750ml bottles; also called a double magnum.
An oversized bottle holding the equivalent of six bottles. In Champagne, a jeroboam holds four bottles.
A large bottle holding three litres, the equivalent of four regular wine bottles.
A large format bottle of 4.5 liters. Equl to 6 standard size bottles.
The term Jéroboam is actually used to describe two different sizes of large format bottles. A Bordeaux wine bottle is called a Jéroboam if it holds the equivalent of six regular 750ml bottles, or 4.5 liters. If the wine bottle is a Burgundy or Champagne style bottle, a Jéroboam holds the equivalent of four regular 750ml bottles, or 3.0 liters, and a Rehoboam holds the equivalent of six regular 750ml bottles, or 4.5 liters. A 3.0 liter Bordeaux style bottle is called a double-magnum.
A large bottle that holds the equivalent of six regular bottles; however, in Champagne a Jeroboam holds four bottles of wine.
Bottle able to contain 3 bottles of Champagne, or 6 bottles of Bordeaux
an oversized bottle, generally holding up to 4 quarts.