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A wine bottle is a bottle used for holding wine, generally made of glass. Some wines are fermented in the bottle, others are bottled only after fermentation. Recently, the bottle has become a standard unit of volume to describe sales in the wine industry, measuring . However, bottles are produced in a variety of volumes and shapes. Wine bottles are traditionally sealed with cork, but screw-top caps are becoming popular, and there are several other methods used to seal a bottle. == Sizes == Many traditional wine bottle sizes are named for Biblical kings and historical figures. The chart below〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://winestorageguide.com/wine-bottle-sizes-and-designations )〕 lists the sizes of various wine bottles in multiples relating to a standard bottle of wine, which is (five 150 mL servings). The "wineglassful"—an official unit of the apothecaries' system of weights—is much smaller at . Most champagne houses are unable to carry out secondary fermentation in bottles larger than a magnum due to the difficulty in riddling large, heavy bottles. After the secondary fermentation completes, the champagne must be transferred from the magnums into larger bottles, which results in a loss of pressure. Some believe this re-bottling exposes the champagne to greater oxidation and therefore results in an inferior product compared to champagne which remains in the bottle in which it was fermented.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.adorechampagne.com/stemware/guide-champagne-bottle-sizes-names-653 )〕 * 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Wine bottle」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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