As a side note, at least here in Italy, serving a glass of wine at a restaurant is a relatively recent use (say in the last 15-20 years) new thing (most probabl

As a side note, at least here in Italy, serving a glass of wine at a restaurant is a relatively recent use (say in the last 15-20 years) new thing (most probably "imported" from other countries). Until then you either ordered a bottle (around 75 cl) or some "house" wine, served in (measured) of either 25 cl (a quarter, "un quartino") 50 cl (a half liter, "un mezzo") or 100 cl (a liter, "un litro"), that looked like these: http://bar-barman.com/1183-thickbox_default/caraffe-misura-bollo-con-scritta-025l-05l-1lt.jpg http://bar-barman.com/1183-thickbox_default/caraffe-misura-b... Or, in many places, wine was "a consumo" (upon consumption?) where the waiter would bring on the table a full "fiasco" (large bottle of wine, usually 1.75 l) and then estimate how much of it you emptied when it came to calculate the bill. In any case normally each person would drink no more than "un quartino", no matter the size of the glass.