Chatham Hill Winery

Chatham Hill Winery, an Urban Winery in the Heart of North Carolina, was established in 1999 as the first winery in the Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill area. Our mission is to produce distinctive, handcrafted wines of high quality and purity from grapes grown in North Carolina. The majority of Chatham Hill wines—including Chardonnay, Viognier, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, and Cabernet Franc—are handcrafted from the best quality Yadkin Valley AVA grapes produced by our grower partners.

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Did You Know? All About Wine Bottle Sizes

Pony: ¼ of a standard bottle =187 ml
Half-bottle or Split: ½ of a standard bottle =375 ml
Standard: 1 bottle; adapted from the old 1/5^th gallon =750 ml
Magnum: 2 bottles; Magnum is the Latin word for “large” =1.5 liters
Marie Jean: 3 bottles; Named after a wine enthusiast from the 1700s =2.25 Liters
Jeroboam or Double Magnum: 4 bottles; Named after 1^st king of Northern Isreal = 3.0 Liters
Rehoboam: 6 bottles; King of Judah, 922-908 BC = 4.5 liters
Methuselah or Imperial: 8 bottles; Named after Biblical Patriarch, lived to the age of 969 = 6 liters
Salamanazar: 12 bottles, AKA 1 case; Named after King of Assyria, 859-824 BC = 9 liters
Balthazar: 16 bottles; Named after Regent of Babylon, 538 BC = 12 liters
Nebuchadnezzar: 20 bottles, Named after King of Babylon, 605-562 BC = 15 liters
Paramount: 36 bottles, 27 liters.