What is a Magnum bottle?

Ever heard anybody talking about a Magnum bottle?  If yes, it was most likely a bottle of Magnum Champagne.  Magnum is a size descriptor for bottles of wine.  Just like there are splits aka half bottles of wine or piccolo’s for tiny 187ml bottle, there are names for the bigger wine bottles as well.  See below for a full list of

different sizes for wine bottles and where those are being used.  Magnum and even some double Magnum bottling are also pretty common at US and other wineries.

Size (liter)	Name	Notes/Orign of name	Champagne	Bordeaux	Burgundy
0.187	Piccolo	"Small" in Italian	Yes
0.375	Demi	"Half" in French. Also known as a half bottle or split.	Yes	Yes	Yes
0.5	Jennie	"White Spirit" in Welsh. Also known as a 50 cl bottle. Used for Tokaj, Sauternes, Jerez, as well as several other types of sweet wines.
0.75	Standard	"regular" wine bottle	Yes	Yes	Yes
1.5	Magnum		Yes	Yes	Yes
2.25	Marie Jeanne	Also known as a Tregnum or Tappit Hen in the port wine trade.		Yes
3	Jeroboam	Biblical: First king of Northern Kingdom.  Also known as double magnum	Yes		Yes
4.5	Rehoboam	Biblical: First king of separate Judea	Yes	Yes	Yes
6	Imperial			Yes
6	Methuselah	Bibical: Oldest man	Yes		Yes
9	Salmanazar	Bibical: Assyrian King	Yes	Yes	Yes
12	Balthazar	One of the wise men	Yes	Yes	Yes
15	Nebuchadnezzar	Biblical: King of Babylon	Yes	Yes	Yes
18	Melchior	One of the wise men	Yes	Yes	Yes
20	Solomon	Biblical: King of Israel - Son of David	Yes
30	Melchizedek	Biblical -far eastern	Yes