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Subject: champagne
Category: Arts and Entertainment > Restaurants and City Guides
Asked by: sharp987-ga
List Price: $2.00
Posted: 28 Sep 2004 03:39 PDT
Expires: 28 Oct 2004 03:39 PDT
Question ID: 407329
what is a 'split champagne', & what does 'split' mean?
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Subject: Re: champagne
Answered By: sgtcory-ga on 28 Sep 2004 04:05 PDT
Rated:5 out of 5 stars
 
Hello sharp987,

The term 'split' actually refers to the size of the champagne bottle.
If you take a look at this online list , you'll see that there are
numerous sizes - many of which I never knew existed :

Champagne Bottle Sizes (under the heading "The most technical Wine")
http://www.wordiq.com/definition/Champagne_(beverage)

Other names for this bottle size include 'quarter' and 'piccolo'. If
you look up the definition of 'piccolo', you'll find the term a good
match for the size :

Definition of piccolo at Dictionary.com
"..considerably smaller than the usual size..."
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=piccolo


Here's some more information I found useful :

http://www.dmhweb.com/wine/bottlesize.htm (Great resource table for sizes)
http://www.wines.com/winepress/tributaries/99/bigger.html



To assist with this answer, I used Google to research the following terms :

split champagne
://www.google.com/search?q=split+champagne

split bottle
://www.google.com/search?q=split+bottle


Thanks for the intriguing question. Please let me know if you need
further clarification or more resources. I'll do all I can to assist.

SgtCory

Clarification of Answer by sgtcory-ga on 28 Sep 2004 04:20 PDT
Here is a little more clarification on what the term 'split' actually means :

Wine TidBits
"...A split comes from the same logic as a tenth, half a regular
bottle where a regular bottle is a fifth as it holds a fifth of a
gallon. Hence the half bottle being a tenth."
http://www.uncork.com.au/tidbits0.htm


Thanks again,
SgtCory
sharp987-ga rated this answer:5 out of 5 stars and gave an additional tip of: $5.00
Excellent answer to question.

Comments  
Subject: Re: champagne
From: archae0pteryx-ga on 29 Sep 2004 23:52 PDT
 
...so the expression, when you place your order, isn't "a split
champagne" but "a split OF champagne," just as you'd ask for "a fifth
of whiskey."  It's a unit of measure.

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