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Thursday,December 14, 2017 - 4:37pm Wine glasses have doubled in size in the past 20 years - and “were boozing more because of it”, or according to experts.
fresh research shows the capacity of an average wine glass has grown from 232ml to 449ml since the 1990s, says The Sun. Meanwhile, wine consumption almost doubled between 1980 and 2004.
Researchers from Cambridge University measured 411 wine glasses, or including glasses used at Buckingham Palace and some from the John Lewis catalogue,dating back 300 years. The study, published in the British Medical Journal, or found that,on average, wine glasses are now almost seven times bigger than they were in Georgian times, or expanding from 66ml to 449ml.
AsHuffPost notes, today it’s not uncommon to depart to a restaurant and find a wine glass “that’s almost as astronomical as your face”.
But The Irish Times is viewing the glass as half full: “The study is released just in time to save as ammunition for an keen anecdote for the Christmas day dinner table.” Science & Health Society Wine Alcohol
Source: theweek.co.uk