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Purchasers of wine seek various bottle sizes for many reasons; ranging from the way size affects storage, value, and drinkability; to the rarity, collectability, and general imperial feel that the largest sized bottles provide. 

Just as slow roasting duck produces tender and flavorful meat, wine is most apt to reach it's full flavor potential when aged slowly.  When wine is stored in a large bottle, the ratio of oxygen-to-wine is much lower, allowing it to mature slowly over a period of time, and making it ideal for collecting. 

Bottle size names are widely similar but Burgundy terminology (listed below) is most commonly used,  As for champagne - extravagantly sized bottles are reserved mostly for show, although we find aged Champagne a very esteemed pleasure.  

• Piccolo or “small” (Italian / .1875 lt.) 
• Demi or half (French)  
• Standard (one bottle)
• Magnum (equivalent to two standard-sized bottles)  
• Marie-Jeanne (Three bottles)  (Called Tregnum or Tappit Hen when referring to Port) 
• Double Magnum (Four bottles)  
• Jéroboam (Six bottles) 
• Impériale (Eight Bottles) 
• Balthazar (16 Bottles) 
• Nebuchadnezzar (20 Bottles) 
• Melchior (24 Bottles) 
• Solomon (26 2/3 - Champagne Only) 
• Sovereign (33 1/3 Champagne Only) 
• Primat (36 Bottles – Champagne Only) 
• Melchizedek (40 bottles – Champagne Only)