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Wine by the glass calculator

How many glasses a bottle really gives you, what each one costs, and what to charge. Put in what you pay and how much you pour.

dollars
oz: sediment, tastes, the one that turned
dollars
percent
Glasses0per bottle, after what's lost
Cost per glass$0what each glass costs you
Pour cost0%at your glass price
Price for target$0a glass
Bottle brings in$0sold by the glass

How many glasses in a bottle of wine

A 750 ml bottle is 25.4 oz. At a 5 oz pour that's five glasses with a splash left; at 6 oz it's four with a little over; at 8 oz, three. Most bars don't get the full count: tastes for guests, the last inch of sediment, and the bottle that went off before it sold all come out of the same 25 ounces. That is what the lost per bottle box is for.

Glasses = (Bottle oz − Lost oz) ÷ Pour oz
Cost per glass = Bottle cost ÷ Glasses
Price for target = Cost per glass ÷ Target %

A common rule of thumb is to price a glass near what you paid for the bottle, so the first glass covers it. The calculator shows you what that works out to in pour cost, so you can decide.

Put the clipboard down. Just say it.

ShelfCall is bar inventory you count out loud, with sales that take the right pours by the recipe. It's in beta now.