UK drops plans for use of imperial measuring system | RTE
The UK government has said it had dropped its plan to start selling in imperial measures after a consultation revealed 99% support for keeping the metric system.
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Holy shit the pint of wine measure is hilarious
They're definitely doing that to present as a success story and save face with the red faced express reader demographic.
Wahey, some bottles might contain an extra double shot of wine!
Not that I imagine anything was stopping wine makers from selling bottles that size, just not calling it a pint.
Edit: okay they couldn't before, but I still don't see many jumping at the opportunity to retool their bottling for a weird size they can only sell here
Standard bottles of wine are generally 750ml tho. So a pint would be less.
The current small bottles are 187ml (personal?) and 375ml (half/demi).
So, 568ml just doesn't fit. And I have no idea who would actually produce them.
English winemakers (yes, they exist…) who will now sell a pint of wine at the cost of a 0,75l bottle
English wine can actually be quite good. It's only made in relatively small quantities though.
Be aware that English (or Welsh) wine is different from "British". English wine is made with English grapes, and is fairly 'artisan'. British wine is made from imported grapes, and is generally low price, low quality.
Why the hell even they would want to sell by the pint is a mystery to me however. Standardisation makes their lives easier, and their costs lower.
I once had a bottle of fortified British wine. 20yrs later I can still remember the taste of the vomit. :(
Especially when the 500ml measure already legally exists—y'know that bottle size you never see because what's the point of it
As a confused American, why does 187ml size exist? My confusion is not with the metric system, I'm fluentish. But... Why so small? I don't think I've ever seen a bottle of wine smaller than 500ml, and even that is pretty teeny. That's the size of a water bottle. Am I just not shopping at the right liquor stores, or is this a British thing to do shots of wine?
Do you not step foot in liquor stores? They have 4 packs of Sutter Home and other cheap wine brands in 4 packs of 187 ML. 4 bottles = 750 ml bottleish. They are meant to bring as singles to events or picnics or whatever. These have existed for far longer than those small 500 Ml wine boxes.
Liquor availability varies wildly
Even the most dodgy liquor stores sell these in my experience. But I do not traverse the Midwest, so maybe mileage will vary.
Where I'm from the government owns all the liquor stores so we don't get everything. We may have those though, I've never looked.
I think it is for travel and hospitality places. Not something you would typically buy in a shop or liquor store but more a hotel or at an airport or similar.
1/3 pint is 189 ml, so basically a glass of wine at 1/4 a bottle is a third of a pint. It's pretty much the sweet spot where metric and imperial meet for volume measurements.
