When you see a wine cask this big, it's mandatory to take a self-portrait. This monster dwells underneath the Würzburg Residenz (the palace of the Würzburg prince-bishops) in the Residenz wine cellar. The gold plaque states that the cast holds "660 Eymer, 24. Mas" which in the modern measure is around 45,000 liters. Given that a standard bottle of wine is 3/4 liter, that's... well, that's a whole lot of wine. Back to homepage