Friday, January 19, 2007

Now That's a Bottle of Red

The world's biggest wine bottle - weighing in at 1,300 pounds and containing nearly 64 gallons - was unveiled on Wall Street yesterday.

At 6-foot-5, the bottle - which hails from Western Australia - was the centerpiece of a show featuring all things from Down Under and part of a marketing effort dubbed "G'day USA: Australian Week."

The Guinness Book of World Records named the bottle of Shiraz, which bears the label Five Virtues, the world's largest in 2005.

The towering container, which contains the equivalent of 387 regular-size bottles, is a joint venture among wineries from Western Australia.
Most wine is sold in 750ml bottles, although you will also find 1500ml bottles and gallon bottles as well (jug wines). You could have quite the party with this bottle.

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