Big bottles at wine auctions are not for drinking. They are for auctioning.
These days, magnums are all the rage at some wine auctions, where special bottles containing special wines are sold to the highest bidder. Marco Taliani de Marchio/Shutterstock
In wine terms, a magnum is two 750-milliliter bottles in one vessel. It holds 1.5 liters. As a double-size bottle, it holds 50.7 ounces—or more than 10 five-ounce glasses of wine.
These days, magnums are all the rage at some wine auctions, where special bottles containing special wines are sold to the highest bidder.
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