>Pat Naughtin asked in USMA 22660: > >Last week, as I was reading the annual report of the Foster's Group, a beer >and wine company, I noted that wine production levels were given in >hectolitres. This is the only time that I have ever seen this unit used in >Australia. > >I know that Foster's has extensive wine interests in California and I >wondered if the use of hectolitres had come from the wine industry there.
The French wholesale wine trade uses the hectolitre. If the American wine trade used it, it would be spelt hectoliter. Joseph B. Reid 17 Glebe Road West Toronto M5P 1C8 Telephone 456-486-6071
