Current Affairs All hail 'Maximus,' the world's largest bottle of wine

26-11-2004 | Brian Kenety

The world's largest bottle of wine was auctioned off at Sotheby's in New York last weekend. Dubbed "Maximus" by the president of the U.S. chapter of the Court of Master Sommeliers, the mammoth bottle -- which contains over 1,200 glasses of red wine -- was fashioned by Czech craftsmen and glassblowers.

Glass engineer and artist Charles Parriott (on the far left) Glass engineer and artist Charles Parriott (on the far left)   Back

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