'scutcheons the hectolitre, that is, eight sols the litre; what do I say? it is worth a Louis a cup: but I will sell it at the price I name, and not a penny less.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Path to Rome] Reference

I have no idea what a hectolitre is, but it sounds like an awful lot of wine.    From Wordnik.com.  [Claustrophobia] Reference

In 1881 M. Jooris gives it as 45,000,000 hectolitres (one hectolitre = 2.75 bushels).    From Wordnik.com.  [Roumania Past and Present] Reference

Add to that the fact that 4x4s have become very popular in America, as people become wealthier - and those things just swallow petrol by the hectolitre.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

The average is 16 francs, 21 centimes, the hectolitre.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Grounds of an Opinion on the Policy of Restricting the Importation of Foreign Corn: intended as an Appendix to "Observations on the Corn Law"] Reference

To put all this into perspective, one hectolitre contains 100 litres.    From Wordnik.com.  [canada.com Top Stories] Reference

The average price of a cwt. of wheat is 6s; a pound of beef about 2-1/2d., a hectolitre.    From Wordnik.com.  [Freeland A Social Anticipation] Reference

At present, duty rates are cider up to 7. 5% abv £31.83 and a 4% beer £65.88 per hectolitre.    From Wordnik.com.  [Politics news, UK and world political comment and analysis | guardian.co.uk] Reference

Then they divide that up again into their decimetre, centimetre, millilitre, decalitre, hectolitre, and a kilolitre.    From Wordnik.com.  [The British and the Metric Systems] Reference

The hectolitre is about 1/20th less than 3 Winchester bushels, which makes the English quarter come to about 38 shillings.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Grounds of an Opinion on the Policy of Restricting the Importation of Foreign Corn: intended as an Appendix to "Observations on the Corn Law"] Reference

For example, at its Wernigerode brewery in Germany the company has already cut water use per hectolitre of production to 3.09 litres.    From Wordnik.com.  [BeverageDaily RSS] Reference

The company said that cost of sales per hectolitre rose by 9.1 per cent in 2008, above the company's own expectation of 5 to 6 per cent.    From Wordnik.com.  [ireland.com Breaking News] Reference

At the heart of the property stands the 2,000 square meter cellar with its capacity for 16,000 hectolitres plus approximately 900 hectolitre capacity in small oak.    From Wordnik.com.  [CellarTracker Tasting Notes (all notes)] Reference

Ducasse had been buying Pinot Noir at 58 euros per hectolitre when the official market price was 97 euros, and generic local grape varieties were selling for 45 euros.    From Wordnik.com.  [Latest News - Yahoo!7 News] Reference

The brewer has already made progress towards this goal having reduced its water use from 5.03 hectolitres per hectolitre of production in 2007 to 4.3 hectolitres last year.    From Wordnik.com.  [BeverageDaily RSS] Reference

The plan is to increase overall production by 12% while reducing the current 1. 1m hectolitre production of 'basic Bordeaux' - considered to be wine sold for less than €2 in.    From Wordnik.com.  [CellarBlog] Reference

A pilot project to grow cassava for brewing has begun in Angola, where SABMiller this year opens a 2,5-million-hectolitre combined brewery and soft drinks facility in the capital.    From Wordnik.com.  [Engineering News | Home] Reference

FEMSA Cerveza's operating profits rose by nearly 13% for the quarter, to MXN887m, reflecting a strong rise in average price per hectolitre of beer in Mexico and Brazil, said the group.    From Wordnik.com.  [Daily beverage news and comment - from just-drinks.com] Reference

Construction on the 220,000 hectolitre capacity brewery is expected to start in the second half of 2010 and will also include a returnable bottle packaging line and warehousing facilities.    From Wordnik.com.  [Food IngredientsFIrst News] Reference

According to the publication, Anheuser Busch's water usage is currently at 5.5 hectolitres of water per each hectolitre of beer packaged but the brewer aims to cut this to 4 hectolitres by 2010.    From Wordnik.com.  [FoodProductionDaily RSS] Reference

Heineken in 2009 had a share of some 64 percent of the 16.5 million hectolitre Nigerian beer market, the second largest market in Africa and growing at an annual rate of 9 percent in the 10 years to 2009.    From Wordnik.com.  [UPDATE 1-Heineken buys five Nigerian breweries | Reuters] Reference

Unveiling a strategy here this week, Bordeaux's wine trade council (CIVB) decided to increase overall production by 12 percent while reducing the current 1.1 million hectolitre production of so-called "Basic Bordeaux".    From Wordnik.com.  [Channel NewsAsia Front Page News] Reference

It takes you a long time to say millilitre, hectolitre, etc., not to say inch, foot, yard; besides, these men think that the education in the school is for nothing more than for what you can get out of it for the practical part it plays in life.    From Wordnik.com.  [The British and the Metric Systems] Reference

(4,400 gals.) of light wine, sold on the ground at twelve or fifteen francs the hectolitre.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Man-Wolf and Other Tales] Reference

(and) has made strides in the year to improve margin per hectolitre through targeted capital spending, Tabata said.    From Wordnik.com.  [Brandon Sun Online - Top Stories] Reference

Setier = 1½ hectolitre = 33 gals.    From Wordnik.com.  [Paris and Northern France] Reference