There was a group of liquor stores in the D.C. area which collectively called themselves the "Cork Club". Monday is liquor store advertising day in The Washington Post, and they always ran an ad which included their offerings and the names of all the liquor stores that were members of the Cork Club. For a long time the ad mentioned "25.4 oz" and "50.7 oz" bottles of wine. No doubt some retrograde put the ads together.
Carleton > I have never seen any advertising in non-metric units for liquor. Even unit > pricing at the local Shop-Rite and Costco are in metric. Although the > bottles are labeled in L or mL, I do recall seeing cL on some bottles but > that was a while ago. I have not seen it recently. > > Phil > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Howard Ressel > Sent: Monday, April 12, 2004 8:24 AM > To: U.S. Metric Association > Subject: [USMA:29499] Liquor metric bottles > > How long has liquor (wine and sprits) been hard metric? If I am correct, are > most bottles labeled in ml only? I don't think there are any regulations > that require English measurements be used in advertisements. > > I ask because we have one local Liquor store here advertising in ounces > obviously converted. The ad is very odd. Several other stores use the metric > labeling. Before I write them I want some facts to use in the letter. > > Thanks > > Howard Ressel, Metric Manager > NYSDOT Region 4 > > Howard Ressel > Project Design Engineer, Region 4 > (585) 272-3372 >
