Arborbridge wrote:Lootman wrote:But why not? It would provide another choice of size for buying bottles of wine. And many older people like me still "think" in pints (and pounds) rather than metric.
And wine by the glass could then be sold in half pint sizes as well, that being a little more than the current largest glass - 250 ml.
I doubt you have ever thought of buying a pint of wine in a glass. That sounds pretty obscene to me, and owuld take some getting used to. I think 250mm is quite gross to start with, and I believe this was just a con to get us to drink more in restaurants.
I cannot recall ever wanting to buy a pint of wine. Although I have certainly drank an entire bottle of wine at a single sitting and that is more than a pint. I probably would not drink wine out of a pint glass unless that was the only glass I had. And the weakest wines are about the same alcohol level as the strongest beers.
But then again there is nothing magical or special about 750 ml, 500 ml or any other particular measure. And going into a shop and having a choice of sizes would be better than one size fits all. So again I ask the question - why would anyone object to having more choice?