Bottle Size Calculator: From Piccolo to Melchizedek

Bottle Size Calculator

From the Piccolo to the Melchizedek, champagne formats carry biblical names. Larger bottles do not just look better, they often age more slowly thanks to the smaller share of oxygen.

Pick a format and see glasses and guests, or enter your guest count and find the right size.

About the maths

For the pour you can choose between tasting, classic and generous. Classic is about six glasses from a standard bottle. The values are rounded, real volume and foam vary.

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