cwdjrxyz wrote on Wed, 13 Aug 2008 13:56:57 -0700 (PDT):
> On Aug 13, 12:45 pm, Mark Lipton <not...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> James Silverton wrote:
> >> In a discussion of a related topic (beer) a British
> >> correspondent stated "Wine when not sold by the 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.
> As I have mentioned before, I usually store wine in a wine
> machine under pre-purified nitrogen and often drink it over
> several days or even weeks for the very sweet wines. For the
> usual modern table wines, I usually consider 4 oz a glass.
> This gives you 6 gl***** per 750 ml bottle with a little left
> I still have quite a few 700 ml bottles, mostly German wines.
It's marvellous how bottle sizes are chosen. I'm not surprised at 700ml
but have you ever seen the generous option of 800ml/
> There are even some variations in size for various German wine
> regions for old German wines. Here I measure out a bit less
> than 4 oz to give 6 gl***** per bottle. Then there are some
> 500 ml bottles. Here I measure out 4 oz and have enough left
> for a second glass for someone.
--
James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland
Email, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not
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