Poll: Bottle size preference

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If you could only choose 1 size for future Port bottles to be produced, which would it be?

375 ml
18
69%
500 ml
8
31%
 
Total votes: 26

Phil W
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Re: Poll: Bottle size preference

Post by Phil W »

Roy Hersh wrote:The vote came out 2:1 in favor of the 375 ml, so at least with the voters here, there seems to be no reason for any change.
Your question does not align with the current situation, so I don't think you can draw that conclusion. As mentioned above:
Phil W wrote:
Andy Velebil wrote:The other issue is aging curve. There is more than enough emperical evidence that the larger the format of bottle the slower a wine ages. Vintage Port has two good sizes right now, 375 and 750. Why would anyone want a 500ml for VP?
I don't, especially; however the question asked "If you could only choose 1 size for future Port bottles to be produced, which would it be?", so 750ml is not available in this context.
The status quo was therefore effectively not an option which could be selected, only "in future all bottle are 375ml" or "in the future all bottles are 500ml". Perhaps you intended to ask "In addition to 750ml, if you could only have one other size produced as well, which should it be", which from my original response I at least would clearly have answered differently.
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Re: Poll: Bottle size preference

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Given what Phil just wrote, and if I only had the choice between 375 and 500ml. I would take the larger size.

But I still prefer 750 or mags...
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