The Brexiteers finally after three years since brexit and six years since the beginning of the brexit process have something tangible to look forward to and the Remainers can stop wining (misspelt on purpose), they will now sell wine by the pint in UK. Hip Hip Hooray!
What a Churchillian victory over the EU!
A point of information though for those about to celebrate probably the biggest victory since WW2:
A pint is smaller than the usual bottle of wine. A pint is 0.56 litres, the rest of the world typical bottle size is 0.75 litres so yet again Brexiteers have been sold short.
Meanwhile here on the continent you can buy wine by the litre, right up to 15 litre bottles.
The remainers will have the last laugh since the word pint comes from the Old French word pinte and perhaps ultimately from Vulgar Latin pincta meaning "painted", for marks painted on the side of a container to show capacity, a very European Concept.
In fact today In France, a standard 250 mL measure of beer is known as un demi ("a half"), originally meaning a half-pint. A traditional German beer stein is 1 litre and can be up to 2.5 litres... yes in UK we have been sold short on our beer for a long time!
Churchill lived to a ripe old age of 90 and was allegedly a functioning alcoholic; drinking whiskey in the morning, champagne for lunch, often a second champagne in the afternoon, martinis and brandy's in the evening. Hitler on the other hand would just drink sweet champagne by the glass he had a sweet tooth, became a vegetarian in later years and Roosevelt repealed prohibition and liked to make his own cocktails. Stalin was Georgian so liked sweeter wines and of course vodka which is served in 0.75 litre bottles, bigger than a pint! Before the 1918 revolution and metrification vodka was served in bottles called shtofs about 1.2299 liters.
It appears everytime governments get involved our measures shrink?
What's your favourite tipple size this Christmas?
Are you celebrating that wine will now be sold by the smaller pint?
I am still getting over the screw top wine in UK?
Sorry to be old fashioned but personally the screw top its not right neither is a smaller bottle, send it back - cheap!
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--Retired Trading Standards Officer, still passionate about protecting consumers
5moComplete nonsense, playing up to the failure which is Brexit