How many grapes does it take to fill a 500ml bottle of wine?

Answer 1

137 ... but it's hard o fit them through the hole. :)

Answer 2

It depends on variety and other factors, if the vines have been watered shortly before harvest this would make them more juicy. And some varieties (such as Semillon) are extremely juicy anyway. A basic rule of thumb we use in the industry is around 750 litres per tonne of grapes. This equates to around 1000 standard 750mL bottles per tonne and 1 Kilogram of grapes per bottle. I wouldn't have a clue how many berries per bottle but I will try to give you an idea, A usual size bunch weighs anywhere from 40 to around 80grams and has around 40-80 berries per bunch.

Just read the answer below, it is irrelevant that the skins are crushed and taken away, the question was 'how many grapes does it take to fill a 500mL bottle of wine?'....not 'how many grapes fit in a 500mL bottle?' It is entirely possible to work out the amount of grapes needed to provide enough juice to fill a 500mL bottle of wine (not that I have the time or motivation to do it) I think Freesumpin missed the point of the question. I don't believe there is a fool-proof method of finding the answer to your question short of actually performing the experiment and counting the amount of berries it takes, even then that would only give us the number for that particular grape variety....I stand by the numbers I gave above, as long as you understand that each grape variety differs in size etc. Only trying to give you an idea. hope I haven't just succeeded in making you even more confused :-)

Answer 3

Some, say, champagne grapes are 1/4" wide, some grapes, well, you know how big some big ones get! After squeezing the lil' suckers they loose volume in the skin; they don't just shove the whole darn things into the bottle. The process of making the wine leaves dead yeast cells on the bottom of the fermenting tank - further loss!

Dude, you're in a pickle! Your question in not answerable.
Oh, . . . and where do you find the 500 ml half liter bottles I've never even seen? In the US the average bottle is 750 ml, the half-bottle 375 ml.

I just saw the answer just above mine. His math 'theories' look like they make sense but they're bs.

Answer 4

I just tried but apart from not being able to find a 500ml bottle of wine the grapes wouldn't fit down the neck of a standard 70cl bottle

Answer 5

It depends on where the grapes were grown. Grapes that are grown in drier climates are smaller and yield less juice per grape. However, grapes that are grown near coastlines or rainy areas produce larger grapes with more juice per grape. There are even wines such as icewine where the grapes are frozen when pressed and yields only 1-2 drops of juice per grape.

Answer 6

If you've got a bottle of wine, why would you want to fill it with grapes? Sorry, depends on whether the grapes are crushed or whole..................... How big

Answer 7

generally it takes the fruits from one vine (wine tree whatever you want to call it) to make a bottle of wine.

Answer 8

10,000