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A bottle size invented so champagne could match the size of the occasion.
means A wine or champagne bottle holding about 1.5 liters — double the standard bottle, and widely thought to age wine more gracefully.
from From Latin 'magnum,' meaning 'great' or 'large' — the neuter form of 'magnus.' English borrowed it directly for oversized bottles by the 18th century, and the same Latin root gives us 'magnify,' 'magnitude,' and 'magnate.' The .357 Magnum cartridge and Dirty Harry's revolver later borrowed the word for the same reason the wine trade did: it simply means 'the big one.'
- capacity
- 1.5 liters, exactly two standard bottles
- aging perk
- wine matures slower, more gracefully in magnums
- name origin
- latin magnum means great or large
- gun crossover
- also a massive handgun, same ego energy