Name (also Jeoroboam or Jeroboam) for an oversized bottle of champagne with a volume of three litres or the contents of four standard 0.75 litre bottles. However, the name is not origin-protected, but can be used freely for sparkling wines or wines. Jeroboam was the very first biblical name for oversized bottles, first used in 1725 by winegrowers in Bordeaux (i.e. not in Champagne), which was then imitated for other sizes. In Bordeaux, however, this bottle size for still wines is known as a double magnum. In Bordeaux, 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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Markus J. Eser
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