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>If you can, look on p.7 of the Feb. 2005 issue of Decanter. The world's
>largest bottle of wine was recently sold at a charity auction, and it is
>filled with the 2001 Beringer Private reserve. The bottle alone weighs
>68 kg(150 lb) empty. It is 1.38 m tall and holds 130 L., or about 173
>bottles. The bottle was made in Sazava in the Czech Republic. The botle
>is pictured next to a single bottle and the Beringer winemaster Ed
>Sbragia. It sold for US$ 55,812 at Sotheby's New York. I think you may
>have to hire a gorilla to pour from that bottle :-).
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I guess that I would need an "industrial grade" Vaccuvin to re-seal that
monster! OTOH, my cellar has become so crowded, that I couldn't even stand
that puppy upright on the floor. <G>

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