Monday, August 6, 2012

Fun Wine Math Facts

Fall harvest is right around the corner for our winegrowers and winemakers.
For all our potential winemakers and winebuyers this is for you.

Wine math, here we go.
Have fun with this!

1 oz wine =                 30 ml  (24 calories & no Fat Grams)
1 glass of wine =        5 oz, = 1.5 oz of whiskey or a 12 oz beer,
                                    all have the same alcohol level. Check the can
                                    or bottle for calories & fat grams :)
1 grapecluster =          5 oz of wine or 148 ml.
1 grapecluster =          1 glass of wine; see above... really; 5 oz pours!!!
4 grapeclusters =        1 bottle of wine.
40 grapeclusters =      1 vine of grapes.
1200 grapeclusters =  1 barrel of wine.
1 barrel =                     60 gallons of wine or 7680 oz or 227125 ml
60 gallons =                 25 cases of wine.
30 vines =                    1 barrel of wine.
400 vines =                 1 acre of vines. 

1 Split of wine is 12.7 oz  or 375 ml. or 2.5 glasses of wine.
1 Standard bottle of wine has 25.4 ounces or 750 ml or 5 glasses of wine.
1 magnum of wine has 54 oz. or 1.5 ml  or 2.12 bottles.
1 double mag. or Jeroboam of wine has 108 oz or 3 ml or 4.25 bottles.
1 Rehoboam bottle of wine has 162 oz or 4.5 ml or 6.3 bottles of wine.
1 Imperial bottle of wine has 216 oz or 6 ml or 8.5 bottles of wine.
1 Salmanazar bottle of wine has 324 oz or 9 ml or 12.75 bottles of wine.
1 Nebuchadnezzer bottle of wine has 508 oz or 15 ml or 20 wine bottles.

Here's a related thought on cellaring wine. The magnum bottle is the best choice to mature wine over the standard bottle.  A smaller proportion of air to wine lets the wine mature more slowly in the magnum.

Have you had enough of wine math?   I have.

Now's a great time to grab a glass...now where's that bottle of Zin?

Cheers!    
  

    
 



  

 


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