| >> Beer glasses have been standard sized for decades and glasses have a mark to | >> show that the proper amount has been poured. | >>
| >> As I recall, the idea is that wine glasses might come in two sizes: for | >> pours of 120 and 150 ml respectively. | >>
| >> I like the idea - it will ensure that consumers get an agreed amount for the | >> price. | >>
| >> The other intention would be that drinkers can judge how many standard | >> drinks they've had. This isn't going to work very accurately as wines here | >> come with different levels of alcohol content. Let's say typically between | >> 11.5% and 14.5% alcohol by volume. | >>
| >> (In Australia a standard drink is defined as 10 grams of pure alcohol. For | >> example, two 150 ml glasses of wine at 14.5% alcohol will deliver | >> approximately 3.4 standard drinks. Two 150 ml glasses of 11.5% alcohol will | >> provide 2.7 standard drinks. Formula: size of container in litres X alcohol | >> content X .789 (Alcohol S.G.). EG For a 150ml glass of 14.5% alcohol. | >> .15X14.5X.789 = 1.72.) | >>
| >> I wondered if other countries have legislated wine glass sizes? | >>
| >> Cheers! | >>
| >> Martin | >
| >Well, while it's true alcohol levels differ (and it could be more | >extreme than your examples- an 8% Mosel Riesling vs a 16% Zinfandel | >for instance) it at least gives a person the knowledge of how much | >they drank, and they should be able to get a closer estimate than if | >guessing on amount. | >I do find the idea of 120 ml and 150 ml a bit strange- I guess from | >bar/restaurant standpoint it lets them choose whether they want large | >or medium pours. I'd assume they'd only have one kind of glass. But | >I'd say more useful from a winegeek standpoint if a restaurant could | >offer a tasting pour (75 ml) and a full glass (150)- and easy to count | >if driving. Some winebars here tend to offer that, usually 3 oz and 6 | >oz. | | UK law is that wine glasses for still wine must be 125 ml or 175 ml or a | multiple of either; in practice, 175 and 250 are most common; quantities | under 75 ml are exempt from control (which allows tasting sizes). | Fortified: 50 or 70. But much more important, in almost all European | countries, by either legislation or custom, the amount is stated. I | have never understood why people in the US tolerate not knowing what | they are ordering until they see it. | | Sheila
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