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And the reason they site for this worrying problem? Over-sized wine glasses. There is a trend for serving wine in ever larger glasses. I am not sure why. Perhaps it lends a sense of generosity, of extravagance or a sign of decadence that our prosperous society is reveling in at the moment.
"People have become used to these outsized glasses. They fill them up and believe it's OK because they are only having one glass, but that can now amount to a third of a bottle. If they have a small glass, they feel cheated."
In the UK the old 'standard' serving of wine was in a 125ml glass which contains one unit of alcohol, but a standard pub measure was increased to 175ml last year and larger glasses may contain as much as 250ml.
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6-07-2006 @11:23AM Fil said... It sounds silly. Oversized glasses?! Redicullous. Better they increase price of alcohol. It will be better limit to young people
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6-07-2006 @12:00PM Bonnie said... Is 3 and a half bottles of wine in 7 glasses a bad ratio? According to my headache the next day - yes it is. Can I blame the glasses that I was drinking from for my alcohol consumption stupidity? No... I should've just slowed down. At least with bigger glasses you don't have to go to the fridge as often.
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6-07-2006 @1:01PM Heather Johnston said... Large glasses allow for room to swirl and enjoy the wine more. When we fill the glass, it defeats the purpose. But this is the age of supersize sodas and overweight toddlers. We all need to use more common sense, it's not rocket science.
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6-07-2006 @5:19PM rusty said... As stated above, larger glasses are NOT intended to hold more wine. They intended to hold big red wines and provide the proper amount of space to swirl the wine in order to develop the aromas and hasten oxidation to smooth the tannins, both of which improve flavor. Pouring more wine into these glasses is actually a server error. Filling a small wine glass to the rim really decreases ones ability to properly enjoy the wine.
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