Click on the link below for another interesting study touting the benefits of drinking wine!

http://bodyodd.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/08/01/7218394-drink-wine-dont-get-sunburned

If anything on this list rings true, you might want to consider spending some time away from the tasting room!

*You think raisins are a waste of a grape.

*You know Sangiovese isn't a character from "The Sopranos."

*You list wine as a budget item in your home financial planning.

*When people say "Red, white and..." you immediately think "Rose."

*You sniff the cork notice board at work.

*You wonder why so many people dislike the French.

*You find yourself swirling your water glass.

It is always interesting to see alternative sizes to the usual wine bottle - here's a list of the names of the bottle sizes and their standard bottle equivalents.  How many are you familiar with?

Split:  187ml - 1/4 of a 750ml

Half bottle:  375ml - 1/2 of a 750ml

Bottle:  750ml

Magnum:  1.5 litres - 2 750ml bottles

Double magnum/Jeroboam:  3 litres - 4 750ml bottles

Rheoboam:  5 litres - 6 1/3 750ml bottles

Methuselah:  6 litres - 8 750ml bottles

Salamanzar:  9 litres - 12 750ml bottles; a standard case

Balthazar:  12 litres - 16 750ml bottles

Nebuchadnezzar:  15 litres - 20 750ml bottles

Melchior/Solomon:  18 litres - 24 750ml bottles; 2 cases

Goliath/Primat:  27 litres - 36 750ml bottles; 3 cases

"Here's to the corkscrew - a useful key to unlock the storehouse of wit, the treasury of laughter, the front door of fellowship, and the gate of pleasant folly."

-W.E.P. French

Here's a fun list of approximate quantities regarding the dynamics of grape growing and winemaking!

1 grape cluster = 1 glass

75 grapes = 1 cluster

4 clusters = 1 bottle

40 clusters = 1vine

1 vine = 10 bottles

1200 clusters = 1 barrel

1 barrel = 60 gallons

60 gallons = 25 cases

30 vines = 1 barrel

400 vines = 1 acre

1 acre = 5 tons

5 tons = 332 cases