Pint Bottles Of Champagne – The Brexit Benefit So Good That It Continues To Feature Daily In The Daily Mail

[Hymie]

My bet is no producer will go to the expense of having 2 bottling lines, just to produce such a volume that can be sold in the UK.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12912919/deadline-scrap-EU-law-former-Minister-New-Years-Resolutions-Brexit.html

[davebro3]

pillock

[theshedman]

Yes it does feature as the last of the 10 but only to say that producers should have the choice of how they market stuff.  Also it says "So, let's make 2024 the year of Brexit delivery. And in an Election year, reap the rewards of the millions who voted for it."  The article is about making Brexit work and not about scrapping it.

[johnk]

Bottling lines can be adapted for different size bottles overnight

[Cloverjo]

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Who really wants a pint of champagne, apart from Winston Churchill?

 

[bazwillrun]

oh dear, yet again the OP shows himself  up for what he is...

[Peter Pedant]

Hymie hymie - aent they brutal ? ( other posters)

remember - brown bread is white bread with the brown added in. That is wiv large production scaled up, you do the odd bits as an add on not with a little production line alone

and so - - - - pintsa chanpagne - pourquoi

keeps people thinking about champagne, and perhaps they will say - oo I will go out and buy one ! ( marketing ploy)

even the AB jerks knew that didnt they?

[Peter Pedant]

Who really wants a pint of champagne, apart from Winston Churchill?

Evelyn Waugh - and Maxwell ( yacht fella) pint of Krug I think

[ToraToraTora]

Stop it with the idiocy Hymie more or less any measure can be sold in the UK. It's not one or the other, 1 pint bottles + 70CL bottles can sell side by side, nothing to see here.

[Peter Pedant]

read the other posts TTT - - it is whether it is economic ( = profitable) to do it

no one has pointed out Champers is made in the bottle innit? not in a vat like beer - oops!

[Peter Pedant]

usual thing - the fact you CAN do something doesnt mean you should

[royfromaus]

 Cloverjo

 

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Who really wants a pint of champagne, apart from Winston Churchill?

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Do you ask for 750ml of wine when you fancy a tipple?

[THECORBYLOON]

TORATORATORA, "more or less any measure can be sold in the UK. It's not one or the other, 1 pint bottles + 70CL bottles can sell side by side"

These are the current permitted sizes for sparkling wine (in millilitres)    
 
125, 200, 375, 750, 1500 or any amount if under 125 or above 1500 mililtres.

https://www.gov.uk/weights-measures-and-packaging-the-law/specified-quantities

No mention of 700ml for sparkling wine but there are "specified quantities" for other types of alcohol and 700ml for spirits, is one of them.

[New Judge]

For once, Oeter has made a very valid point:

"no one has pointed out Champers is made in the bottle innit? not in a vat like beer - oops!"

The "Méthode Champenoise" does indeed involve already fermented white wine being bottled before additional yeast and sugar is added. This starts a secondary fermentation and when this is complete the bottles are stored in racks neck downwards. They are regularly turned by hand to encourage the remains of the yeast to gather in the neck and this debris is then ejected (by the pressure from teh CO2 formed during the fermentation). The bottles are topped up before being corked.

It is unlikely the French will start producing pint bottles of Champagne. Spanish Cava is produced using a similar method and it is unlikely that pint bottles of that will be available. However, Italian Prosecco undergoes its secondary fermentation in steel tanks and can be bottled in any size (though whether the Italians will bother producing 568ml of the stuff remains to be seen).

However, far more important from the OP's point of view is to see how many companies cut the pay of their female workers.  According to earlier posts on the topic, he believes employers will have the right to do so from tomorrow since the "rights" they had whilst the UK was a member of the EU are being ditched.

[douglas9401]

With Churchill firmly bolted on these would most likely fly off the shelves, at the same price as the real thing of course.

 

Land of dope and Tory...

[Atheist]

NJ; Did you by any chance visit Damascus over the christmas hols?

[New Judge]

"NJ; Did you by any chance visit Damascus over the christmas hols?"

No. There are no reveletions to be gained from this story. I don't know how it was trailed. I have an idea that it may have been a more general announcement about weights & measures than specifically relevant to Champagne but since I haven't seen it first hand I couldn't say.

But if any government minister has mentioned specifically Champagne then they were foolish.

[Hymie]

Going back to using imperial weights & measures would be dumber than only pint champagne bottles.

 

Imagine having individual consignments, each weighing 11Ib 3 ½ oz, and having to calculate how many can be shipped in a container limited to 30 tons?

[Atheist]

NJ; I think it applies to wine, still or sparkling. I personally don't think it will persuade producers to provide a pint bottle. Part of the fun of wine is its image of coming from lovely places where the weather is hot and the scenery is different from the UK. I can't see a market for a pint of plonk with Winnie or bulldog on the label. Furthermore, 75cl is an excellent size - just right for sharing over a dinner for two.

[Old_Geezer]

Ars you sure that this isn't about shrinkflation ?

 

A pint is excellent if it's someone else's round. Aside from that, buy whatever size is available.

[ToraToraTora]

Hymie: "Imagine having individual consignments, each weighing 11Ib 3 ½ oz, and having to calculate how many can be shipped in a container limited to 30 tons?" - well they are both imperial measurments, so just some Rithmetic. Very simple.