A GUIDE TO WINE BOTTLES, SHAPES AND SIZES.

When it comes to wine bottles, does size and shape really matter?

Different bottle sizes don’t mean better wine quality, although smaller bottles are believed to hasten the ageing process while larger bottles not only looked better, they could also change the taste of a wine. This ability to change took place because the larger sized wine bottles allowed the wine to age and develop over longer periods of time than the standard glass bottles of the day, in other words, wine from larger format wine bottles age more slowly, and possibly even develop more complexity and nuances than wines from smaller wine bottle sizes. This is due to the smaller amount of air, or more accurately, (oxygen and sulfur dioxide) that resides between the cork and the wine.
This means that if you’re planning on buy a very old bottle of wine, or aging a wine for 30, 40, 50 or in some cases 100 years, the wine will most likely be better if it was aged in a large format bottle. Plus, large format wine bottles also look quite impressive on the dinner table!

What are the different wine bottle sizes and names?

Half Quarter: 93.5ml (1/8 Bottle) — Better known as a Topette, is used most often as sample bottles

Quarter Bottle: 187ml Also known as Piccolo. (1/4 bottle) 1 glass of wine

Half Bottle: Demi or Split: 375ml (1/2 bottle) 9 1/2” tall, 2 1/4” tall, 2 glasses of wine..

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