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Big Champagne Bottles Can you help
Article Posted: Thursday August 30th
Article last updated on: Thursday August 30th
Champagne in Big Bottles and why are large champagne bottles called after ancient kings?
One of the many pleasures in life is to drink Champagne in big bottles particularly if they have been maturing in one's cellar. To remind you of the names of these magnificent monsters, they are: MAGNUM = 2 bottles
TAPPIT-HEN = 3 bottles Port only
MARIE-JEANNE =3 bottles of Bordeaux
JEROBOAM = 4 bottlesChampagne & Port
DOUBLE MAGNUM = 4 bottlesBordeaux
REHOBOAM = 6 bottlesChampagne
JEROBOAM = 6 bottlesBordeaux
METHUSELAH =8 bottlesChampagne
IMPERIAL = 8 bottlesBordeaux
SALMANEZAH = 12 bottlesChampagne
BALTHAZAR =16 bottlesChampagne
NEBUCHADNEZZAR =20 bottlesChampagne ONE BOTTLE = 75 centilitres
*The names can vary between Champagne, Bordeaux and Port Wine & Dine is trying to find out the answer to the question, why are large champagne bottles called after an assortment of kings? There seems to be little logic. An archeologist friend of the editors came back with the following piece of information. JEROBOAM
Jeroboam was the first king of Israel (North) after the separation of Judah and Israel in the 10th century BC, so he predates Nebuchadnezzar and is from a different country.
REHOBOAM
That's quite funny really, as Rehoboam was king (of Shechem) before Jeroboam and was deposed by him.
METHUSELAH
The seventh descendent of Adam in the Bible - he
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