We had a nice bottle of rosé wine from New Zealand for dinner and it was quite pleasant. Out of curiosity I read the label at the back of the bottle and I read the following: "this bottle contains 7.4 standard drinks." The bottle is of course the standard 750ml wine bottle.
Now, people, in New Zealand and elsewhere, have been drinking wine from 750ml wine bottles forever and they know approrximately how many glasses of wine to expect from that bottle, the number of glasses depending on their habits, on their winre glasses, etc.
who thought that it was necessary to have such a mention on a wine bottle level?
who thought that it was necessary to define a standard drink?
who decided that ti was worth making the effort of doing this?
how was this standard drink determined? By a survey of NZ wine drinkers? By an scientific study based on a standard size of wine glass? Did this require another study or survey?
how much did this all cost and how many people are employed doing that sort of thing?
did anybody ever read that label except for me?
how much did NZ citizens pay in additional taxes to have such an information and standard produced that they do not need?
how pedantic can you be for specifying that, instead of a standard drink being estimated to be 100ml, you should specify that a standard drink is in fact 101.35135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135135ml?
what politician or citizen can think that a public good has been produced by having this mention produced and inserted by law or regulation on the label of a bottle of wine?
who evaluated that doing all this had generated any benefit for the NZ citizens?
