John: Given that one of our goals is to get everyone to use SI, what is the point of not advising them of the error of their ways? "Everyone" does include them, too.
By the way, my wife likes their fruit-supplemented Chardonnay. She also likes Gew�rtztraminer and Riesling, which are also sweet. I like a good, middle-priced ($8 to $12), dry Chardonnay or a Fum� Blanc. On the red side, I like a Merlot or a Cabernet Sauvignon. Bill Potts, CMS Roseville, CA http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On >Behalf Of kilopascal >Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2002 20:43 >To: U.S. Metric Association >Subject: [USMA:21845] RE: Now wine bottles > > >2002-08-20 > > >I have one of their Chardonnay's in my refrigerator. I have not opened it, >so I don't know how it tastes, but I purchased it at a store that sells >overstock and slow moving items cheap. This bottle cost 3.28 $. Very >cheap! > >I did not notice the amount on the label until now and it does say 750 ML >(1.5 Pt). 1.5 pint and 750 mL are equal to each other is you use a 500 mL >pint. I feel that there is no standard to FFU and any FFU unit can be >defined any way the user wants it to be. That is the way it always has >been. > >Why inform them that their conversion to FFU is wrong compared to >the 473 or >568 mL pint? Let the "error" continue. Let it seed confusion >among the FFU >units. The more the variations in the definitions of FFU, the better it is >for SI. > >I do hope they realise that including FFU is illegal and drop it, but if >they don't, I hope they leave the "error" as it is. > >John > > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Bill Potts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Tuesday, 2002-08-20 19:17 >Subject: [USMA:21841] RE: Now wine bottles > > >> I just sent the following message, via their feedback page, to Arbor Mist >> Wineries: >> >> Please accept the following comments in the helpful spirit in which I >offer >> them. >> >> Although wine labeling regulations prohibit it, your bottles show U.S. >> Customary Units on their labels. >> >> For example, after 750 mL, you show 1.5 Pt in parentheses. This is not >only >> inappropriate, but it's also wildly inaccurate, given that neither a U.S. >> nor an Imperial pint is 500 mL. >> >> Additionally, you show the serving size in fluid ounces, with >the SI value >> (240 mL) only parenthetically -- in spite of the fact that all the >nutrition >> information itself is pure SI (i.e., modern metric). >> >> Further, your bottles do not have the usual 750 mL embossing at the base. >> >> With the exception of the U.S., all the countries in which you sell your >> wines are metric (some of them for over 150 years). >> >> I strongly recommend that you adjust your labeling practices to >conform to >> those of the rest of the wine and liquor industry, both of which are >> exclusively metric. >> >> Respectfully, >> >> Bill Potts >> >> Bill Potts, CMS >> Roseville, CA >> http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] >>
