
There are some instances in the world of food and drink when bigger is simply better.
Tomahawk steaks at a summer barbecue; a sharing pitcher of Pimm’s and lemonade. When hosting, that ethos also extends to supersized bottles of wine for big groups, whether magnums — containing 1.5 litres, the equivalent of two standard 750ml bottles — or jeroboams, which hold three litres, the same as four standard 750ml bottles.