Posted 12/27/2023, 12:32:00 PM
UK to Allow Sale of Pint Bottles of Wine for First Time in Decades
- UK to allow sale of pints of wine for the first time in decades starting in 2024, hailed as a Brexit benefit
- Overhaul of measurement laws announced, will allow wine producers to sell still and sparkling wines in pint bottles
- Pint bottles of champagne were favored by Winston Churchill
- Use of imperial measurements seen by some Brexiteers as symbolic fight with EU
- During 2019 election Boris Johnson pledged to bring back imperial units like pounds and ounces in shops