30/09/2024
BOTTLES ARE 750 ml. WHY???
Wine bottles are, in general, 750 ml (75 cl) and not one liter (1,000 ml).
Where does this exception come from?
The capacity of a bottle of wine was standardized in the 19th century and then the most extravagant explanations for this fact were born, which corresponded to:
— The lung capacity of a glassmaker;
— The average consumption during a meal;
— The best capacity to preserve the wine;
— An ease of transport...
— None of the above.
It is simply a practical organization with a historical basis:
At the time, the main customers of French winemakers were the English. But they never adopted the same system of measurements as the French.
The English unit of volume was the "imperial gallon" which corresponded precisely to 4.54609 liters.
To simplify the calculations in the conversion, they transported Bordeaux wine in barrels of 225 liters, that is, precisely 50 gallons, corresponding to 300 bottles of 750 ml (75 centiliters).
Since the calculation was easier, they adopted that one barrel = 50 gallons = 300 bottles.
In this way, one gallon corresponded to 6 bottles.
In fact, this is why even today, cases of wine generally contain 6 or 12 bottles.
50ml coming soon!!
