Ditto, Nat. I suspect that once the FPLA is amended (and the UPLR adopted in all US jurisdictions) we will start seeing a pretty brisk conversion to rational metric sizes in prepackaged goods.
Ezra ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nat Hager III" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2004 11:58 AM Subject: [USMA:29762] RE: Calif. wineries go outside the bottle > Over here wine and liquor MUST be sold in rational metric sizes. > Occasionally vendors of other products such as non-alcoholic wine, > cocktail mixers, vinegar, etc, find the available wine and liquor bottle > sizes convenient, and hence those products become metric. > > With a proliferation of new packaging styles in wine, all required to be > metric, I would hope that spills over into other areas. > > Nat > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Terry Simpson > Sent: Wednesday, 2004 May 12 14:44 > To: U.S. Metric Association > Subject: [USMA:29761] RE: Calif. wineries go outside the bottle > > > > Of Nat Hager III > >Could be a positive development, by proliferating new packaging styles > >in the wine industry which could spill over into other areas. > >http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4952871/ > >Now I know you wine connoisseurs would cry. <g> > > I occasionally buy 3 litre boxes of wine here in the UK. The box has a > bag inside and a tap at the bottom. As the wine goes out, the bag gets > smaller so air cannot rush in to spoil the wine. So it lasts for many > days and is very appropriate for people who just want one or two > glassfuls a day. I will admit to having bought 1 litre plastic bottles > of wine in France. > > The EU is debating pack size regulations. They specifically suggest that > wine that is not in glass containers would be deregulated to allow any > size. > http://europa.eu.int/comm/enterprise/prepack/impacts_alternatives/en_imp > acts > .pdf > >
