{"id":314,"date":"2008-09-30T07:37:56","date_gmt":"2008-09-30T14:37:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/danthewineguy.com\/?p=314"},"modified":"2009-02-22T12:06:50","modified_gmt":"2009-02-22T19:06:50","slug":"larger-bottles-great-for-parties-but-beware-of-quality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.danthewineguy.com\/?p=314","title":{"rendered":"Larger Bottles &#8211; Great for Parties, But Be Wary of Quality"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A standard 750 milliliter bottle holds slightly more than 25 ounces. Double that to 50 ounces and divide it by, say, 5 ounces, which is a pretty decent pour for a single glass of wine. That gives you about 10 glasses of wine per 1.5 liter bottle \u2013 far too much for two people to enjoy at a single sitting for dinner.<\/p>\n<p>At my house, and I\u2019m sure at many of yours, you\u2019ll always find a few wine bottles on the kitchen counter and in the refrigerator in various stages of completion. Provided they don\u2019t get used in cooking, they\u2019re usually poured out. It\u2019s a sad ritual akin to throwing away a worn out pair of your favorite shoes; they were great for awhile, but all they\u2019re doing now is taking up space.<\/p>\n<p>So why buy a 1.5 liter bottle at all? The main reason is because it\u2019s a great size to serve at large gatherings and parties. Unfortunately, there are a lot of marginal quality wines produced at this volume, with California the leading culprit. But if you do a little sifting around you can find a few good ones out there at some really reasonable prices.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve also had good results with Washington\u2019s <strong>Hogue Cellars Non-Vintage Harvest White <\/strong>(about $12). It\u2019s a nice wine in the 1.5 liter size, with plenty of crisp apple flavors and a slightly sweet finish.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.spiritshoppe.com\/images\/bn\/160\/39112.jpg\" alt=\"null\" \/>From Spain\u2019s Rioja region, the <strong>Cortijo III 2006 Tinto <\/strong>(about $20) is a super buy for 1.5 liters. This red wine blend of 80 percent tempranillo and 20 percent Garnacha displays lots of dried cherry flavors, an underlying trace of smokiness, and a good dash of acidity.<\/p>\n<p>If you must serve a California wine,<strong> Barefoot Cellars<\/strong> is probably one of the better options available. The wines are very fruit-forward and tend to appeal to those who drink wine less frequently. They also come in a variety of choices \u2013 ranging from chardonnay and pinto grigio to zinfandel and merlot \u2013 and all are priced at about $11 for a 1.5 liter bottle.<!--703d3efa495a11324556b53760eba14e--><!--9387305c31310faf878f4b77a3c21bae--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A standard 750 milliliter bottle holds slightly more than 25 ounces. Double that to 50 ounces and divide it by, say, 5 ounces, which is a pretty decent pour for a single glass of wine. That gives you about 10 glasses of wine per 1.5 liter bottle \u2013 far too much for two people to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-from-the-bellingham-herald"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danthewineguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danthewineguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danthewineguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danthewineguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danthewineguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=314"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.danthewineguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danthewineguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danthewineguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danthewineguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}