500ml bottle

[Ratcatcher]

I reckon more wine companies should produce 500ml bottles. Jamiesons Run and Banrock Station do non-standard 1 litre bottles so it couldn't be that hard to organise (for the big production brands).

My wife and I often have a wine with dinner with the kids and 750ml is about 1.5 glasses too much and 375ml is about 1 glass too little. I usually can't be stuffed saving 1.5 glasses or it usually sits on the bench for 4-5 days before we tip it down the sink.

Alternatively if you are drinking it on your own you could probably manage 500ml pretty easy but 750ml would probably be just that bit too much.

Anyone agree or is it a stupid suggestion?

[Guest]

Respectfully disagreed, Ratcatcher. For an OZ ur consumption is rather low and tat's not the norm. I can take 1.5 bt. (1 lt) no sweat on 1 single seating(those big red, high alchohol bruiser)




Drinking while I'm typing

[Ian S]

Ratcatcher
Fair suggestion from the consumers point of view - there's enough people that would see a need.
There's a usual issue with this about the economics of bottling etc. with everything geared to 750ml - thus the proportionate cost would be more. It's already common for 1/2 bottles and Magnums to be proportionately more than 750ml bottles.

However there are companies who regularly bottle in 500ml (I'm thinking of some of the Rutherglen fortifieds for instance). Perhaps they could be persuaded to run some of their table wines off in that size. If nothing else, I'd assume that there might be interest from the restaurant trade.

Ian

[cranky]

I, for one, would be interested.

But then again, I would also be interested if restaraunts carried a larger range (or any, in some cases) of half bottles!

I guess I can cope with trying to stick to places which offer decent quality (and preferably at a decent price) by the glass instead. Unless, of course, I go with a few friends. Then we usually BYO too much!


cheers

[Ian S]

I, for one, would be interested.

But then again, I would also be interested if restaraunts carried a larger range (or any, in some cases) of half bottles!

I guess I can cope with trying to stick to places which offer decent quality (and preferably at a decent price) by the glass instead. Unless, of course, I go with a few friends. Then we usually BYO too much!


cheers

On holiday in Torino, Italy this year, a restaurant opened up two separate bottles for us to have by the glass. They seemed to take the view that there should be a certain number of wines available by the glass, but that they could be flexible about which ones they were. Very refreshing!
Ian

[Ian S]

I, for one, would be interested.

But then again, I would also be interested if restaraunts carried a larger range (or any, in some cases) of half bottles!

I guess I can cope with trying to stick to places which offer decent quality (and preferably at a decent price) by the glass instead. Unless, of course, I go with a few friends. Then we usually BYO too much!


cheers

On holiday in Torino, Italy this year, a restaurant opened up two separate bottles for us to have by the glass. They seemed to take the view that there should be a certain number of wines available by the glass, but that they could be flexible about which ones they were. Very refreshing!
Ian

[DJ]

I seem to recall that it has been tried in the past (may be 10 years ago) - people are too set in their ways to make it commercial. Alternative solution - decant half bottle for next night and have a beer before dinner and or a fine fortified after dinner.