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Wine Bottle Per Person Estimator
Estimates wine bottles for an event from guest count, drinking pace, duration, buffer, and red, white, or sparkling split.
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What this means
Total glasses: 120 (132 with buffer). Bottles breakdown: 11 red, 11 white, 6 sparkling.
Formula used
Glasses needed = guests * pace * duration. Add buffer. Bottles = ceil(glasses/5). Split by percentages.
Worked example
20 guests, 4h, moderate 1.5, 10% buffer. Glasses 120, buffered 132, bottles 27.
Common questions
Can I use this internationally?
Yes. Currency selectors are display-only unless a tool explicitly says otherwise; no currency conversion is performed.
How exact is the result?
It follows the published Technofatty formula for this tool, but real life can add fees, rules, timing quirks, and context.
Plain-English summary
20 guests for 4.0h needs about 28 bottles.
This section translates the result into a short, direct takeaway rather than leaving the page at a bare number.
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