Magnums of wine

As the saying goes, sometimes a bottle isn't big enough for two...

Another saying says that sometimes a Magnum is too much for one but too little for two, but that's not quite what we're getting at here.

Look: there is so much to be gained from Magnums. All wine writers love them and rave about them, decrying amongst other things: the aging benefits for the wine inside; the increased consistency of quality throughout the life of the pouring bottle once opened; the spectacle of a larger bottle; and quite simply, they are often really good value.

We love them for all those reasons but also because they look so wonderful and you tend to reserve them for special occasions and, with that, normally comes some special respect from the company that is being kept... The ceremony plus quality make magnums something we love to keep and love to serve even more than that (most of the time).

Here is a selection of some of our best-selling wines that are available in Magnum format.

Oh, and to be clear, a Magnum is simply double the normal size of wine bottle, which means it is 1.5 litres in volume. Other larger sizes all have different names, most of which are taken from the names of Kings in the Old Testament!