Wine
Bigger Is Better as Sales of Large-Format Magnums, Methusalehs Soar
Plus: What to look for in big wine bottles, how to pour, and five to know.
Big bottles are all the rage right now.
Source: Vendors
Everyone likes a spectacle—even wine connoisseurs.
When Philippe Newlin, now the Bordeaux buyer for wine.com, got married, he wowed his 80 guests by pouring glasses of crus classés Bordeaux from Methusalehs, or 6-liter bottles. Each one held the same amount as eight regular bottles of Bordeaux and stood nearly 2 feet high. The couple’s best friends wrote celebratory inscriptions with gold metallic markers on the glass, making the impressive empties treasured souvenirs.