Oversized Champagne Bottle

An oversized Champagne bottle is great to use as a decoration for a party or event or to give as a gift for someone who really loves Champagne.

Consider a large Champagne bottle.

About the Oversized Champagne Bottle

You often see oversized bottles of Champagne in bars and restaurants, mainly for decorative purposes. These larger bottles of Champagne aren't sold by every Champagne house, but many offer them through special order. Here are the various sizes for these bottles of Champagne:

• Magnum – The smallest of these large Champagne bottles is basically one and a half the size of a regularly-sized bottle of Champagne, holding one and one half liters.
• Jeroboam - The Jeroboam is the next size up and holds three liters of Champagne.
• Rehoboam – A Rehoboam bottle holds four and one-half liters.
• Methuselah – This large bottle is twice as big as the Jeroboam at six liters.
• Salmanazar – This large Champagne bottle holds nine liters of bubbly.
• Balthazar – The second to the largest bottle is 12 liters.
• Nebuchadnezzer – This large Champagne bottle comes in at 15 liters.

Using Oversized Champagne Bottles

If you are planning on serving the Champagne from a oversized bottle, here's how many glasses each generally serves:

• 750 ml - Yields about six, four-ounce servings
• Magnum – Pours about nine four-ounce glasses of Champagne
• Jeroboam – Approximately 18 four-ounce glasses
• Rehoboam – Holds approximately 27 glasses of Champagne
• Methuselah – 36 four-ounce glasses of bubbly
• Salmanazar – 54 four-ounce servings
• Balthazar – Serves about 72 four-ounce pours
• Nebuchadnezzer – 90 glasses

If you're looking to save a little bit of cash and think that you'll do so by purchasing a huge bottle of Champagne, think again. You are most likely better off buying your bubbly by the case (12 bottles). Many wine vendors offer discounts (sometimes deep discounts) when you order wine or Champagne by the case, not to mention, a Nebuchadnezzer of, say, Veuve Clicquot will cost you thousands. Plus, there is the issue of lifting a 15 liter bottle of Champagne in order to serve it. So, do yourself a favor and order cases of bubbly for your next large get together. If you're giving the Champagne as a gift, stick with more manageable sizes like Magnums, Jeroboams and Rehoboams.

Where to Buy

You may be able to find a Magnum or even possibly a Jeroboam of Champagne at your local wine merchant; but more than likely, you will have to special order them. You can do this with your local wine merchant or an online retailer. When ordering from an online retailer, you must keep in mind the shipping costs (the bigger bottles are very heavy) and your state shipping laws regarding ordering alcohol from outside of the state. Also, keep in mind that international shipping laws are different as well.

• Whisk Hampers – Offering all sizes of Champagne bottles. Keep in mind that the prices give are in Great Britain Pounds (GBP), so currency conversion is necessary to get the United States Dollar (USD) price.
• A Wine Store – This online retailer offers mainly Magnums of Champagne.
• D & M Wine and Liquor – Offers various-sized Magnums of Mumm's and Dom Perignon, among others.
• Finest Wine – Offers large bottles of Champagne in all sizes.

Final Words

Generally, the larger Champagne bottles, like the Nebuchadnezzer are more difficult to find. Bottles that size should really only be used for decorative purposes — great if you own a restaurant or a bar - but that's an awfully expensive decoration for say, a New Year's Eve party or wedding. If you're looking for an oversized bottle of Champagne to give as a gift to the Champagne lover in you life, most Champagne houses offer the smaller range of the large bottles such as Magnums, Jeroboams and Rehobaums. Consider:

• Dom Perignon
• Mumm's
• Veuve Clicquot
• Louis Roederer
• Ruinart
• Deutz
• Bollinger

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