Re: Wine by the glass in the US

James Silverton wrote:

> In a discussion of a related topic (beer) a British correspondent stated

> "Wine when not sold by the bottle comes in small, medium and large 
> gl*****. 125ml, 175ml and 250ml respectively."  Is this the case in the 
> US tho' there's usually no description of the actual capacity of a 
> "glass"? I suspect that restaurants are often looking for 6 gl***** to a

> bottle (125ml) but, to give them the benefit of the doubt, they may be 
> serving 1/5 of a bottle or 150ml. The stated British measure of 175ml is

> a bit strange since it is not an integral fraction of a bottle.

Hi, Jim!
    The standard I've heard most frequently quoted is 5 gl***** to the 
bottle, so 150 would seem reasonable.  Regarding the strange choice of 
175 ml, I'd guess it to be a holdover from old English units (6 oz). 
Perhaps the original numbers were 4,6 and 8 oz and they just converted 
to the closest attractive number in metric.

Mark Lipton

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