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by emrekzd
3104 days ago
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Not sure about wine glasses but universities have at least 7 times more incentive to publish BS papers these days. >> "These days, the average British pour of wine is 250 milliliters". According to data collected from dive bars. And I'm serious, see the article they referenced in the paper:
https://www.morningadvertiser.co.uk/Article/2014/10/24/Direc... Modern wine glasses are designed for drinking experience and you are supposed to hold the glass using your fingers from it's stem. And that's exactly why you don't fill half of your glass and try to carry 250 milliliters of liquid with your fingers. |
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How do you know? A British pub can be anything from a squalid shabeen to a comfortable community space to a restaurant that happens to sell beer.
In the UK, wine by the glass can only be legally served in measures of 125ml, 175ml or multiples thereof. The vast majority of pubs today only sell 175ml and 250ml measures.
A few decades ago, asking for "a glass of red wine" would have got you a 125ml glass unless you specifically asked for a large glass, which would be 175ml. Gradually, the default moved to 175ml and the 125ml "small" glass was phased out in favour of the 250ml "large" glass, with 175ml becoming the new "small".
It's abundantly clear that there's been a vast increase in the quantities of wine drunk over the past few decades. Wine consumption has contributed to the legitimisation of heavy drinking amongst the middle-aged and middle-class. Drinking several large glasses of wine doesn't carry the same stigma as drinking several pints of strong beer. As a result, we've seen a quadrupling of chronic liver disease, with the increase mainly being seen in middle-aged, middle-class and disproportionately female drinkers.
https://www.gov.uk/weights-measures-and-packaging-the-law/sp... https://www.morningadvertiser.co.uk/Article/2008/06/27/Major...