French wine containers

Glass
A glass of red wine
A glass of white wine
The balloon, 12.5 cl
The champagne flute, 12.5 cl. (sometimes called the tulip)

Bottle
The mignonette, 5 cl
The girl (Loire wines) 37.5 cl
Jar (wines of the Lyon region) about 46 cl. It has a thick ass, giving it some stability.
The clavelin, 62 cl (Jura) => bottle used for the yellow wine (AOC)
The half-bottle, 37.5 cl (35 cl in wines of the Rhine)
The normal glass bottle of 75 cl, the Alsace is finer than champagne thicker and durable (and made 70 cl until twentieth century).
The desired, 50 cl (Switzerland)
The flask (Italy)
The demijohn

Other bottle sizes:
1.5 l magnum (2 bottles)
Jeroboam 3 l (4 bottles)
Rehoboam 4.5 l (6 bottles)
Methuselah 6 l (8 bottles)
salmanazar 9 l (12 bottles)
Balthazar 12 liters (16 bottles)
Nebuchadnezzar 15 l (20 bottles)
salomon 18 l (24 bottles)
Sovereign 26.25 l (35 bottles)
primate 27 l (36 bottles).
melchizedech 30 l (40 bottles).

The majority of glass containers for wine are multiples or divisions of volumes of 75 cl for most titles. The origin of this “odd” volume is under discussion among specialists of weights and measures; surprised that the normalization of measures post-French Revolution has apparently not been taken on this container (actually a cylinder is still frequently sold for current wines).   In contrast, bottling “quality” wine in used containers near 75 cl.  It is believed that this volume was chosen because it corresponded to a measure commonly used in trade on the export markets (one imperial gallon about 4.5 l). Buying a case of 12 bottles of vintage Bordeaux thus corresponded to the purchase of two imperial gallons of the same wine, a Bordeaux barrel of 225 liters to 50 imperial gallons.
When the bottle is empty, it is colloquially called a “corpse”.  Traditionally, many have the habit of drinking before drinking their drinks. This habit comes from the desire to mix the contents of the glass before drinking.  So if one contained poison, some of it fell in the second glass.  It was one way to appease the spirits at a time when poisoning was not uncommon.
Plastic and cardboard
The “bib” of anglicism bag-in-box, is a wine bag inside a cardboard box, it shrinks gradually as it empties. In Quebec it is called the “Vinier”.  There are plastic bottles and containers of type Tetra Brik.

Oak
The staves of several species of oaks in Europe are used in the manufacture of various drums, barrels and barrels where wine is subjected to maturation. They are mostly sessile oak (Quercus petraea) and pedunculate (Quercus robur) which are wanted for winemaking; the North American oaks, white oak (Quercus alba) and red oak (Quercus rubra) – are too rich in tannins – are not used for breeding of fine wines, but they are used for potable spirits and strong alcohols .