How many bottles of wine is 120 gallons?
To take it a little further, 1 gallon is equivalent to about 3.8 liters, and a 12-bottle case of wine is 9 liters, so 1 ton of grapes is roughly equivalent to 120 gallons of wine, aka 2 barrels, aka 50 cases, aka 600 bottles (more or less).
Range. A standard bottle of wine is 750 milliliters (ml), meaning a case of 12 bottles contains 9 liters, or 2.378 gallons. At 150 gallons per ton, a ton of grapes becomes 150/2.378 gallons per case, or a little more than 63 cases of wine. With 12 bottles per case, we have 756 bottles in total.
| 1-2 hours | 60 bottles of wine | 8 bottles of spirits |
| 3-4 hours | 100 bottles of wine | 10 bottles of spirits |
| 4+ hours | 120 bottles of wine | 12 bottles of spirits |
The chart below lists the sizes of various wine bottles in multiples relating to a standard bottle of wine, which is 0.75 litres (0.20 US gal; 0.16 imp gal) (six 125 mL servings).
If you want to double that collection and store up to 1,000 bottles, your cellar needs to be a minimum of 50 square feet. Building from this base of 50 square feet, for every additional 500 bottles, add 50 square feet. For example, if you want to store 1,500 bottles, your cellar should be at least 100 square feet.
So, for 100 guests, you would need 200 glasses (at two glasses each), which translates into 34 bottles. There are 12 bottles in a case, so you'll need three cases (36 bottles).
In the US, you can legally produce 200 gallons of wine for personal use. (That's 1,000 bottles!) There are 300 bottles in a standard wine barrel.
For each guest to have one glass on arrival a good rule is: 100 guests: 15 bottles. 150 guests: 23 bottles. 200 guests: 30 bottles.
150 GUESTS:
22 bottles of liquor (750 ml)
A Jeroboam, or a Double Magnum, holds 3 litres of wine (four bottles), where a Bordeaux Jeroboam holds 5 litres. A Rehoboam holds 4.5 litres (six bottles), a Methuselah holds 6 litres (eight bottles), and a Salmanzar holds 9 litres (twelve bottles).
What is 20 bottles of wine called?
A 15L bottle is referred to as a 'Nebuchadnezzar' and is equal to twenty (yes 20!) bottles, roughly 100 glasses of wine!
125 glasses / 5 glasses per bottle = 25 bottles of wine.
