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JB

Abbreviation for the bottle oversize Jeroboam; see there.

Name (also Jeoroboam or Jeroboam) for an oversized bottle of champagne with a volume of three litres or the content of four normal bottles. However, the name is not origin-protected, but can be used freely for sparkling wines or wines. Jeroboam was the first biblical name for oversized bottles, first used by winegrowers in Bordeaux (i.e. not in Champagne) in 1725. In Bordeaux, however, this bottle size for still wines is known as a double magnum. In Bordeaux, the name Jeroboam is also used for still wines for other volumes: until 1977 for bottles with a volume of four and a half (six bottles) and from 1978 with a volume of five litres.

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The name is derived from the biblical figure of Jeroboam I (926-907 BC)....

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