and a glassware manufacturer’s records to get a measure of shifting sizes over the past few centuries. The results? The average glass in 1700 held 66 milliliters (ml) of wine, or a little over ...

Perhaps it's the size of their wine glass ... The University of Cambridge researchers found that the average capacity of wine glasses in England increased from 66 milliliters (mL) ...

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Well, the size of your wine glass has grown much ... wine glasses could hold about two ounces of liquid. Now the average wine glass holds about 15 ounces. The researchers point to a number of ...

In the 1700s, the average wine glass held 66 mL of liquid ... for example—which reflected an increased interest in the size of stemware. The U.S. demand for larger wine glasses also increased ...

but starting around 1990 the average size ballooned dramatically, reaching 449 ml, over 15 ounces, and well over half the size of a typical 750 ml bottle of wine. According to the study, glass ...

The research, published Wednesday in the medical journal BMJ found that the capacity of the average wine ... first glass of wine. This graphic shows how wine glass size has grown steadily since ...

Today the average glass holds 449 millilitres ... but when it comes to how much we drink, wine glass size probably does matter," she said.

Their 16.9-ounce capacity allows for optimal aeration and swirling, while the slightly larger opening makes nosing the wines much easier than with your average stemless wine glass. We also found ...