Certified Sommelier Practice Exam

A Nebuchadnezzar holds how many standard bottles of wine?

1. 16 Bottles

2. 20 Bottles

3. 24 Bottles

4. 36 Bottles

The correct answer is: 24 Bottles

A Nebuchadnezzar is a large-format wine bottle that holds the equivalent of 15 liters of wine. To put this in perspective, a standard wine bottle typically holds 750 milliliters, which is 0.75 liters. To calculate how many standard bottles fit into a Nebuchadnezzar, you divide the total volume of the Nebuchadnezzar (15 liters) by the volume of a standard bottle (0.75 liters). When you do the math: 15 liters ÷ 0.75 liters = 20 standard bottles. So, a Nebuchadnezzar actually holds 20 standard bottles of wine. The choice of 24 bottles, while it may seem substantial, does not correspond to the correct capacity of a Nebuchadnezzar. Other options like 16 and 36 similarly do not reflect the accurate conversion from liters to standard bottle equivalents.