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Bara att sluta hoppas, det blir knappast några 568ml eller ens 500ml champagneflaskor.
French champagne makers say ‘non merci’ to Brexit pint bottles | The Independent
The bottles have a historic link with Churchill, who claimed they were the perfect size.
Churchill once said that a pint bottle of champagne was the “ideal size”, being “enough for two at lunch and one at dinner”.
But the idea would require French champagne makers to actually choose to use the imperial measure,
and a number of practical problems are preventing a comeback.
Even Pol Roger, the champagne house famously favoured by Winston Churchill and the former
producer of pint bottles, told The Independent the idea was a "non-story".
The government has also been dragging its feet on legalising the measure, and has not yet actually done so.
It is understood that officials are debating whether to introduce actual imperial pints, or to opt for the easier 500ml measure.
The latter size would have the advantage of potentially being exportable to other countries,
meaning the wine might one day be able to be sold outside the UK
– whereas a true imperial pint of 568ml unlikely to be useful anywhere except the UK.
French champagne makers say ‘non merci’ to Brexit pint bottles | The Independent
The bottles have a historic link with Churchill, who claimed they were the perfect size.
Churchill once said that a pint bottle of champagne was the “ideal size”, being “enough for two at lunch and one at dinner”.
But the idea would require French champagne makers to actually choose to use the imperial measure,
and a number of practical problems are preventing a comeback.
Even Pol Roger, the champagne house famously favoured by Winston Churchill and the former
producer of pint bottles, told The Independent the idea was a "non-story".
The government has also been dragging its feet on legalising the measure, and has not yet actually done so.
It is understood that officials are debating whether to introduce actual imperial pints, or to opt for the easier 500ml measure.
The latter size would have the advantage of potentially being exportable to other countries,
meaning the wine might one day be able to be sold outside the UK
– whereas a true imperial pint of 568ml unlikely to be useful anywhere except the UK.