Indeed, a typical wine glass 300 years ago would only have held about a half of today’s smallest “official” measure of 125ml. They found wine glass capacity increased from 66ml in the 1700s to 417ml in the 2000s, with the mean wine glass size in 2016-17 even higher at 449ml. “Wine glasses became a common receptacle from which wine was drunk around 1700,” says first author Dr Zorana Zupan. Larger, stylish wine glasses can also increase the pleasure from drinking wine, which may also increase the desire to drink more. The Wine and Spirits Trade Association said sociological trends were probably part of the reason for the growing wine glasses.

Source: The Guardian December 14, 2017 06:00 UTC