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2. Alcohol measurements - Wikipedia

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   Bordeaux region. Usually used for a Claret wine bottle. Tregnum: 76: 2.25 L: 3: Port wine bottle. Also called "Tappit hen", [26] from a Scottish breed of chicken from the Shetland Isles with a tuft of feathers on the top of its head. The red sealing wax over the cork stopper resembles a red tuft of feathers. Double Magnum: 101.4: 3 L: 4 ...

3. Fifth (unit) - Wikipedia

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   A metric fifth of Dewar's Scotch whisky. A fifth is a unit of volume formerly used for wine and distilled beverages in the United States, equal to one fifth of a US liquid gallon, or 25 + 3 ⁄ 5 U.S. fluid ounces (757 milliliters); it has been superseded by the metric bottle size of 750 mL, [1] sometimes called a metric fifth, which is the standard capacity of wine bottles worldwide and is ...

4. Hock (wine) - Wikipedia

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   Riesling in its traditionally-shaped bottle. Hock is a British term for German white wine.It sometimes refers to white wine from the Rhine region (specifically Riesling) and sometimes to all German white wine. [1]

5. Egri Bikavér - Wikipedia

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   A bottle of Egri Bikavér. Egri Bikavér (Bull's Blood of Eger) is a blended red wine produced in Eger, Hungary.It is very representative of the red wines of Eger, a terroir wine, which carries the flavour of the soils of local production sites, the mezzo-climate unique to the region and the traditions and mores of local residents, from the selection of varieties to choosing the period and ...

6. Sauternes (wine) - Wikipedia

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   A half bottle of Sauternes from Château d'Yquem. Sauternes (French pronunciation:) is a French sweet wine from the region of the same name in the Graves section in Bordeaux. Sauternes wine is made from Sémillon, sauvignon blanc, and muscadelle grapes that have been affected by Botrytis cinerea, also known as noble rot.

7. Plonk (wine) - Wikipedia

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   Despite the reference to the colour white, the term is not limited to white wine, and can as easily indicate a red wine or rosé. [1] In this context, the phrase has even spawned the title of a novel which evokes the perceived tackiness of the 1980s. [2] In Australia, plonk packaged and sold in a cask or simply in a bag is commonly called "goon ...