Re: Wine by the glass in the US

"James Silverton" <not.jim.silverton@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote: 

> It's marvellous how bottle sizes are chosen. I'm not surprised 
> at 700ml but have you ever seen the generous option of 800ml/ 

Yes, this was the standard measure of the Champagne bottle until
the 1970s. Bollinger 1973 is 798 ml, 1975 750 ml. Mags at the time
contained 1,598 ml, jéroboams 3,198 ml. Remark that 2 ml are
always missing due to rather bigger air space.

M.