Bottle sizes

Distilleries Canada/ August 10, 2020

Have you ever wondered why a standard bottle of wine or alcohol is 750 milliliters and not 1 liter ? It all dates back to the French Revolution. Commercial habits were revolutionized when the standardization of measurements was developed by adopting the metric system. However, if the liter became the unit of reference, wine bottles bypassed the reform. At that time, there were already very large vineyards…