How many units in a bottle of wine
A 75 cl bottle of 13% wine is 9.8 UK units. That is already most of a 14-unit UK week, and almost a full French week of 10 verres standards, in one bottle.
750 ml × 13 ÷ 1000 = 9.8 UK units. About 7.7 French verres, 5.5 US standard drinks, 77 g of alcohol, about 550 kcal from ethanol alone.
One 75 cl bottle, by strength
UK supermarket still wine is often 12–13.5%. Australian and New World bottles frequently print 13.5 or 14%. The label ABV is the input; the glass size is not.
| ABV | UK units | FR verres (10 g) | US drinks (14 g) | AU drinks (10 g) | CA drinks (13.45 g) | Grams | kcal | % of UK week (14) | % of FR week (10) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11% | 8.3 | 6.5 | 4.6 | 6.5 | 4.8 | 65.1 | 462 | 58.9% | 65.1% |
| 12% | 9.0 | 7.1 | 5.1 | 7.1 | 5.3 | 71.0 | 504 | 64.3% | 71.0% |
| 12.5% | 9.4 | 7.4 | 5.3 | 7.4 | 5.5 | 74.0 | 525 | 67.0% | 74.0% |
| 13% | 9.8 | 7.7 | 5.5 | 7.7 | 5.7 | 76.9 | 546 | 69.6% | 76.9% |
| 13.5% | 10.1 | 8.0 | 5.7 | 8.0 | 5.9 | 79.9 | 567 | 72.3% | 79.9% |
| 14% | 10.5 | 8.3 | 5.9 | 8.3 | 6.2 | 82.8 | 588 | 75.0% | 82.8% |
| 14.5% | 10.9 | 8.6 | 6.1 | 8.6 | 6.4 | 85.8 | 609 | 77.7% | 85.8% |
Calories are ethanol only. Work a leftover glass with the unit calculator. Caps: weekly guidelines.
Sharing the bottle does not shrink the alcohol
Two people splitting a 13% bottle each drink 4.9 UK units if they split it evenly. The bottle is still 9.8. Logging "a glass" without the fill is how a quiet Tuesday becomes 15 units by Sunday.
Log the bottle, or the glasses. Not both, not neither.
Common questions
How many units in a 75 cl bottle of wine?
At 13% ABV: 9.8 UK units (750 × 13 ÷ 1000 = 9.75). At 12% it is 9.0. At 14% it is 10.5.
How many glasses in a bottle?
A 75 cl bottle poured as 125 ml is six small glasses. As 175 ml, about four. As 250 ml, three. The bottle is the same alcohol either way; the glass size changes how fast it goes.
Is a bottle of wine over the weekly guideline?
At 13%, one bottle is 69.6% of the UK 14-unit week and 76.9% of the French 10-verre week. Two bottles in a week are over both lines.
Are wine calories just the alcohol?
The table is ethanol only, 7.1 kcal per gram. Sweet wine and dessert wine carry sugar on top. Dry still wine is mostly the alcohol figure.