Nebuchadnezzar
A large Champagne bottle, equivalent to twenty standard bottles.
New World
A term for wine making countries that are outside Europe particularly Australia, Argentina, Canada, Chile, New Zealand, South Africa and the USA.
Nebuchadnezzar
The largest of the Champagne bottles. It holds 20 ordinary bottles. They are very impressive, until you try to pour from one.
Negociant (neh-go-see-ahn) ...
Nebuchadnezzar
A bottle of 15 litres, or twenty 0.75 litre bottles.
Nebuchadnezzar: A giant wine bottle holding 15 liters; the equivalent of 20 standard bottles.
Nebuchadnezzar: Champagne or wine bottle with a 15-liter capacity.
Nebuchadnezzar A large bottle holding 15 litres, the equivalent of 20 regular wine bottles. Négociant French for "trader". A wine merchant who assembles the produce of smaller growers and winemakers and sells the result under its own name.
Nehemiah (compare Nehemiah 1:11) was the little captive Jewish boy exiled in Persia until the Medes and Persians defeated King Nebuchadnezzar and took control of his empire including all the war captives.
Magnum. A 1.5-liter bottle that's twice as big as regular bottles. Bigger still: Nebuchadnezzar, the equivalent of 20 regular bottles.
Magnum 2 bottles = 1/3 gallon Jeroboam 4 bottles (a double magnum) Rehoboarn 6 bottles = 1gallon Methuselah 8 bottles Salmanazar 12 bottles = 2 gallon Balthazar 16 bottles Nebuchadnezzar 20 bottles ...
Capacity (Liters) followed by the number of standard size bottles contained:
Standard (.75) 1
Magnum (1.5) 2
Jeroboam (3) 4
Rehoboam (4.5) 6
Methuselah (6) 8
Salmanazar (9) 12
Balthazar (12) 16
Nebuchadnezzar (15) 20 ...
Jeroboam 4 bottles (a double magnum) = 3 litres
Rehoboarn 6 bottles = 4.5 litres
Methuselah 8 bottles = 6 litres
Salmanazar 12 bottles = 9 litres
Balthazar 16 bottles =12 litres
Nebuchadnezzar 20 bottles = 15 litres ...
bottles (in Champagne); Methusaleh, 6 liters / 8 standard bottles (in Champagne); Imperial, 6 liters / 8 standard bottles (in Bordeaux); Salmanazar, 9 liters / 12 standard bottles; Balthazar, 12 liters / 16 standard bottles; and Nebuchadnezzar, ...
nebuchadnezzarThe common name for a 15 litre wine bottle. neckThe uppermost cylindrical part of a wine bottle. neroItalian for black.
 See also: Wine, Champagne, Bottle, Grape, Smell
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