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A methuselah of Chardonnay? A solomon of Champagne? How big wine bottles got so biblical

JL;DR SUMMARY The article discusses the biblical origins and significance behind the naming of large wine bottle sizes, such as Methuselah, Nebuchadnezzar, and others. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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SolomonWine Bottle SizesMethuselahNebuchadnezzarJeroboamRehoboamSalmanazarBalthazarMelchiorMelchizedek

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