Alcoholic Beverages

The nominal standard bottles of wine is 75 cl (while bottled mineral water is 100 cl). The “half-bottles of wine have a capacity of 37.5 cl. The “watch” has a rated capacity of 25 cl.

Various orders, orders and decrees regulate, in France and other European countries, “features bottles that can serve as containers measures in trade in certain liquids. We distinguish the rated capacity of the capacity-flush board, which is 26 cl for a quarter-liter and 202 for a double cl liter.

For wines, various ratings are allowed, since until liter double shift. Liter, colloquially known as “kil” is often reserved for table wines, or in-limonaderie brewery in appellation wines quality very common, even higher under the name ‘delimited wine of superior quality, “said “wines counters). For communities (canteens, restaurants institutions retirement, vacations, etc..), A bottle of 20 cl is lawful.

Comparison of different bottles of champagne. From left to right on the ladder: magnum, bottle, half, quarter, on the floor: Balthazar, Salmanazar, Methuselah, Jeroboam.

Other exceptions include specific areas. Thus, for the wines of the Rhine, it is a liter of a flute-liter bottles of 70 cl and half bottles of 35 cl. For the quarter, both for the wines of the Rhine in other parts of tradition, the capacity is less than 20 cl. Derogations in the EU are set by Member States, in accordance with regulations of the Council and the European Commission concerning the “designation, designation, presentation and protection of certain products.” The governments of third countries should, to use containers exceptions which would be clean and the market in the European Union, given the conditions of reciprocity.

The capacities of bottles of sparkling wine or sparkling aerated and other sparkling wines, effervescent and sparkling aerated “may be different. The nominal capacity of the medium Champagne is 57 cl (60 cl to the brim). Under European regulations, the bottle says’ flûte d’Alsace “(from” body straight cylindrical, surmounted by a neck elongated profile is reserved for wines of Alsace, Crépy, Château-Grillet Côtes de Provence, Cassis, Jurançon, Béarn and Tavel.

The type Bocksbeutel or Cantil is reserved for some German wines, Italian, Greek and Portuguese.

The clavelin is reserved for wine appellations Côte du Jura, Arbois, the Star and Chateau-Chalon. It is a glass bottle neck short, with a capacity of 0.62 l, consisting of a cylindrical body topped with broad shoulders, giving a squat appearance, whose reports are approximately: height to diameter Base = 2.75 height of the cylindrical = height / 2. In practice, this is for clavelin yellow wine, but it could be used for wine in the pan (usually sold in half-bottles) or other of these wines only four names.

The capacity of miniature bottles, called MIGNONNETTES “for wines, cocktails, wines cooked, and others, are generally but 5cl bottles with a capacity below 10 cl are not subject to regulations requiring a marketing minimum capacity.

All the bottles in more than magnum bear the names of biblical characters with the exception of double magnum of the imperial sovereign, and primacy.

Containers bottles may vary depending on the source of the bottles. EIn Italy, the containers that are no longer used.