Half-Bottle
Holds 375 ml or one half of the standard bottle size.
Bottle
Holds 750 ml – the standard size.
Magnum
Two bottles or 1.5 litres.
Double Magnum
Twice the size of a magnum, holding 3.0 litres, or the equivalent of 4 bottles.
Jeroboam
There are two sizes of Jeroboams: the sparkling wine Jeroboam holds 4 bottles, or 3.0 litres: the still wine Jeroboam holds 6 regular bottles, or 4.5 litres.
Rehoboam
Champagne only – 4.5 litres or 6 bottles.
Imperial / Methuselah
Both hold 6 litres or the equivalent of 8 bottles. The Imperial tends to be Bordeaux shaped while the Methuselah is usually used for sparkling wines and is Burgundy-shaped.
Salmanazar
Holds 12 regular bottles (one case), or 9.0 litres.
Balthazar
Holds 16 bottles or 12.0 litres.
Nebuchadnezzar
Holds 20 bottles of wine or 15.0 litres.
Melchior / Solomon
Holds 24 bottles of wine or 18.0 litres
Melchizedek / Midas
A Champagne format which weighs in at 30 litres, equivalent to 40 standard bottles.
