It’s attainable to eat a magnum of wine by your self, however that doesn’t make it advisable. The equal of two bottles in a single, the party-sized format essentially implies a crowd.
For causes each sensible and psychological, then, the magnum has been of restricted utility these previous two years. Living proof: the magnum of Champagne, bought on a whim in February 2020, that continues to collect mud in my closet. Wedged between an outdated suitcase and a crate of sneakers, the bottle assumed an exaggerated significance throughout the top of the pandemic, a relic of easier instances.
In fact, the scenario may change at any second. However with this 12 months’s vacation gatherings poised to be much more IRL than the final, possibly it’s not too quickly to entertain 1.5-liter-sized hopes as soon as once more. If something, the varied assortment of large-format bottles presently available in the market seems to counsel as a lot.
From acquainted standbys (Beaujolais, nebbiolo, glowing rosé) to much more esoteric fare (unfortified, flor-aged palomino fino; Chilean skin-contact chasselas), there’s no scarcity of fantastic choices that—importantly—gained’t drain your vacation reward fund. All produced by small growers and obtainable for lower than $75, listed here are 10 bonus-sized bottles to assist get you thru no matter kind this 12 months’s festivities will take. —Zachary Sussman
