02 September 2022
How many glasses can be made from a bottle of wine? | Castello Banfi Wine Resort
How many glasses are in a bottle of wine?
A family lunch, work dinner or special occasion should always be paired with a nice bottle of wine, matching the menu and the guests’ taste. Moreover, for the dinner to be successful, it is important to know how many glasses can be served with a bottle of wine, in order to open the right number of bottles.
Indeed, wine, differently from other beverages such as beer or soda, should never fill the glass entirely; conversely, it should follow specific rules, depending on the kind of glass used and wine selected, in order to enhance its scent, texture and flavor, in the best way possible.
To each wine its own glass
The art of bringing wine to the table and pairing it with specific dishes is not limited to choosing the right bottle; it also concerns choosing the kind of glass and the right quantity of wine to pour in it, so as to know how many glasses can be filled with a wine bottle beforehand.
The most used glass type is the tulip glass, perfect for both white and red wines. While for red wines, pot-bellied glasses should be used, in order to make the wine breathe and release its scent and flavor bouquet.
For Spumanti and very sparkling wines, the perfect glass is the flûte, with its tall and slender cup, which helps to appreciate the pearling of this kind of wines. Lastly, glasses for dessert wines are smaller and have the characteristic rounded cup shape to enhance the aromas and the narrow opening and make them go straight to the nose.
How many glasses with a bottle of red wine or still white wine
Red or still white wines are the most appreciated on Italian tables, therefore it is important to know, for instance, how many glasses can be obtained with a 750 ml bottle.
The rule is that a tulip wine glass should never be filled completely, only by one third, and never more than two thirds of the glass. This allows the wine to release its scents and aromas, and to wine connoisseurs to test its brilliance and texture.
As mentioned earlier, still white and young red wines should be served in medium-sized tulip glasses, while structured red wines should be served in slightly larger tulip glasses. In any case, the ideal quantity of wine to pour is approximately 150 ml. Consequently, from a standard 750 ml bottle, we can obtain 5/6 glasses of wine.
How many glasses with a bottle of sparkling wine?
With sparkling wine glasses or flutes, the quantity to pour in a glass for the perfect, classy toast is always 150 ml, since the rule is to fill 90% of the flûte. Therefore, from a 750 ml bottle of sparkling wine, we obtain approximately 5 glasses.
Dessert wines: how many glasses
Sweet or dessert wine bottles are generally smaller (usually 500 ml) than table wines, and this applies also to the glasses, which are smaller and have a peculiar shape. The quantity of wine to pour is about 90 ml, almost half the glass. Therefore, we can obtain 5/6 glasses.
Tasting glasses
On a separate note, we have tasting glasses, for when you are visiting a winery, for instance. The International Organization for Standardization has coded in 1970 the size of the tasting lass used during official events, called ISO glass.
This glass has a specific shape, with a medium-sized bowl and a narrower opening, which allows the perfect concentration of aromas. During a wine tasting, the quantity of wine poured should be approximately 50- 100ml. Consequently, you can obtain between 7 and 15 glasses from a bottle.