How Many Ounces In a Bottle of Wine? (Full Guide)

It seems an obvious enough question to answer, but how many ounces are in a bottle of wine can be a tricky one, especially if your brain works in millilitres. 

So let's look at converting imperial to and from metric using wine as a handy example. If only all maths equations looked like this!

How Many Ounces In a Bottle of Wine

There are around 25 ounces of wine in each 750ml wine bottle or 25.4 fluid ounces to be precise.

But the maths gets a little trickier when you take wine glasses into account.

Wine glasses come in lots of different shapes and sizes, so how can you tell how many fluid ounces will make up one glass of wine?

Here's a table of all the measures of wine sizes in ounces:

How Many Ounces In a Glass of Wine?

Here's how many ounces different sizes of glass weigh in ounces:

• Standard Wine Glass - A standard wine glass is 125ml and this works out as 4.4 ounces of wine.

• Medium Wine Glass - A medium glass of wine, that unusually comes in at 175ml, will therefore be 6.1 ounces of wine.

• Large Wine Glass - And then, last but not least, a large 250ml glass of wine will hold around 8.8 ounces of wine instead. 

Now this is all well and good but does the style of wine affect the standard pour in ounces?

Should different styles of wine be served in different quantities?

Standard Wine Pour in Ounces Based on the Wine Style

Here’s a handy guide to how many ounces of wine you should be aiming to pour depending on the style of wine you are drinking:

• Low Alcohol Wine - Lighter styles of wine such as Beaujolais or Vinho Verde can be served in larger quantities and you can pour between 6-11 ounces of wine per serving.

• High Alcohol Wine - Bolder, fuller bodied wines such as Cabernet Sauvignon and Zinfandel are best served in smaller portions, so aim for around 4.5-5 ounces of wine per glass. 

• Sparkling Wine - Fizzy and fun styles of wine like Champagne and Prosecco can be served in smaller quantities to help keep the sparkle in the glass fresh. Aim for around 4.5-5 ounces.

• Dessert Wine - Decadently sweet styles of wine like Sauternes and Tokaji can be served even smaller still. Aim for about 3 ounces of wine per glass, and remember you can always go back for another glass when you’re done!

• Fortified Wine - Rich and complex, fortified wines such as Port and Sherry are best served in small glasses, try about 1.5-2 ounces of wine per glass for these styles. 

So that’s a good introduction to ounces of wine and all the sizes they can come in, but why is it useful to know this information in the first place?

Why Knowing How Many Ounces in a Bottle of Wine is Useful

Knowing how many ounces you can get from one wine bottle and how many ounces per serving (depending on style, of course!) will help make you the perfect party host...

There’s nothing worse than running out of wine at an event, so knowing the above maths will help you to plan your wine shopping so that no one is without a glass of wine at one of your gatherings. 

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But what about other sizes of wine bottles?

Other Wine Bottle Sizes and Shapes & How Many Ounces They Hold

And just to make you look even better at your next wine event, here’s a list of some other sizes of wine bottle you may come across and how many ounces of wine they’ll hold:

• Half - perfect for when you want a glass or two without any leftovers to store, half bottles of wine hold just under 13 ounces of wine.

• Magnum - this bottle holds two standard bottles of wine in one, coming in at an impressive 51 fluid ounces of wine.

• Jeroboam - a 3 litre epic bottle of wine, this is the bottle for the busiest of gatherings. A jeroboam will hold 102 ounces of wine altogether, so quite the workout to pour from!

So you see, from date nights to discos, there’s a bottle of wine for every occasion. 

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Before You Go

We hope this answers any questions you may have on how many ounces are in a bottle of wine.

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