Since 1700, wine has gotten 7 times better.[1]
[1] http://drinks.seriouseats.com/2013/06/wine-history-paul-luka...
Since 1700, Wine Glasses Have Gotten 7 Times Bigger
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#32Flying a lot around Europe I'm always surprised by how full the British side of things fills a wineglass :-) 125 ml is normal in the majority of places, 180 ml is a British glass of wine. The article is from the UK... But both 125 and 180 ml servings are considerably less than the size of the glass, so the article title is at best clickbaity. The glass got bigger but nobody is pouring 7x as much wine per serving as b…
I think wine glasses became bigger to let the wine breathe and exposing as much surface as possible to air. Same logic as wine decanters.
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#33I have heard that such small glasses were a) somewhat necessary due to the difficulty of glassmaking in the 1700s, and b) not a problem when you have servants following you around keeping your glasses topped up.
I mean, the average person didn't exactly have servants. Glass-making concept makes sense to me though.
The average wine-drinking Briton in 1700 almost certainly had servants.
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#34Isn't wine also meant to be in a bigger glass so the vapour collects in the glass better for smelling?
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#35http://www.delish.com/food/news/a39120/super-sized-beverages...
"For 25 years, a 26-ounce drink was the biggest soda a person could buy. Then in 1980, a shift occurred when 7-Eleven began its Big Gulp campaign. Big Gulp fountain drink cup sizes steadily rose throughout the decade and beyond, beginning at 32 ounces in 1980, then climbing to 44 ounces in 1986, 64 ounces in 1989, and a behemoth 128 ounces in 2006. Called the Team Gulp, the 128-ounce cup holds a gallon of soda."
Wine is lagging behind. More wine please... :)
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#36Why has no one mentioned that "wine" to a Brit in 1700 meant FORTIFIED wine like Port wine or Sherry (aka 18-20% alcohol instead of 11-15%)? The fortification of Port wine is legendarily attributed to both British tastes for sweet or "stalled mid fermentation by addition of spirits" wine, and the voyage by sea, in which normal wines suffered excessively from spoilage etc.
But that's just a 1.5x in potency. Doesn't explain the 7x increase in size.
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#37It is always funny to see Americans using huge (as in HUGE) glasses to drink wine, believing that it is the French distinguished way of tasting wine, and being disappointed when they discover that French people just use regular/smallish glasses in any context.
No, it is just Americans confusing 'big' for 'refined' as usual :-) (and bigger for more refined, and even bigger for super classy).
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#38I have the hardest time finding standard 4.6-oz cocktail glasses. No, I don’t need to make an 8-oz martini; that would probably kill me.
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#39Why has no one mentioned that "wine" to a Brit in 1700 meant FORTIFIED wine like Port wine or Sherry (aka 18-20% alcohol instead of 11-15%)? The fortification of Port wine is legendarily attributed to both British tastes for sweet or "stalled mid fermentation by addition of spirits" wine, and the voyage by sea, in which normal wines suffered excessively from spoilage etc.
But that's just a 1.5x in potency. Doesn't explain the 7x increase in size.
It is sweeter and more intense, it tastes better in smaller quantities.
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#40Why has no one mentioned that "wine" to a Brit in 1700 meant FORTIFIED wine like Port wine or Sherry (aka 18-20% alcohol instead of 11-15%)? The fortification of Port wine is legendarily attributed to both British tastes for sweet or "stalled mid fermentation by addition of spirits" wine, and the voyage by sea, in which normal wines suffered excessively from spoilage etc.
This is what I thought. I regularly enjoy a "modern" glass of wine, but for port wine, even a full shot glass is too much for me. It's just so heavy and sweet. The glasses depicted in the article seem to hold exactly the amount of port I would be able to comfortably drink in 10-20 minutes.
Have you looked into cordial glasses? They’re made for this! They’re the perfect size for a nice port after dinner.