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If you and your significant other were to drink five bottles of wine a week That's 12 1/2 to 15 glasses of wine a week. I'm hardly a teetotaler, but that seem

If you and your significant other were to drink five bottles of wine a week That's 12 1/2 to 15 glasses of wine a week. I'm hardly a teetotaler, but that seems excessive.

swang 11y ago
The start of the next paragraph already mentions your point, and says on average people drink 1 bottle/month.
leif 11y ago
A bottle is usually about 4 glasses (which is consistent with my experience, not sure how you made your calculation), so when shared, that's one to drink with the meal and one to share over conversation after. I'm far from a teetotaler, but it doesn't seem terribly excessive when phrased that way. It may depend on your upbringing. In the modern US, particularly the more puritan regions, any alcohol at all is usually considered a luxury reserved for celebration, but in some parts of the world, wine or beer is just the drink you drink with a meal, and there's less of a stigma about it. If it's not your thing, it's not your thing, but applying the label "excess" is a pretty specifically cultural decision.
- michaelchisari 11y ago
  A single serving of wine is 4 to 5 ounces. Don't base it off of restaurant pours, they often over-pour to compensate for the high markup. A bottle is at least 25 ounces. Split between two people, that's 2.5 to 3.125 glasses of wine per person per bottle. 5 times a week, that's 12.5 to over 15 ounces. I'm in the US, but from an Italian family. Wine was on the table often, especially around my extended family. I enjoy whiskey, and I've been into savory hard ciders since I found out beer is out of the question. Like I said, hardly a teetotaler. Yet I'm under no illusions that drinking 15 servings of alcohol a week regularly is recommended. If someone were drinking that much, that consistently, their physician would definitely recommend that they cut their consumption considerably. http://www.niaaa.nih.gov/alcohol-health/overview-alcohol-consumption/moderate-binge-drinking http://www.niaaa.nih.gov/alcohol-health/overview-alcohol-con...
beachstartup 11y ago
that's 2 glasses a day. i don't think many would call that "excessive".
- michaelchisari 11y ago
  Sure, but that's two glasses of wine 7 days a week with no days off.
Mikeb85 11y ago
A bottle is 750mL, or ~26oz. Five bottles, then divide by two, then by 7, and you're on average drinking 267 mL each, or 9 ounces per day. That's just under 2 'standard' drinks here. In some restaurants that's a single pour. Anyhow, that sort of consumption is pretty average in many parts of the world, Europe for example. And far from excessive.
- michaelchisari 11y ago
  > that sort of consumption is pretty average in many parts of the world, Europe for example. The highest consumption of alcohol is Estonia, at 415.9oz of pure alcohol a year. Taking wine at 12% alcohol content, that's 3,465oz per year. That's 9.49oz per day. I simply disagree that matching the highest consumption rate in the world is recommended, especially when a country like Italy , among one of the top wine producing countries, is at half that rate. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_alcohol_consumption_per_capita http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_alcohol_co...
  - Mikeb85 11y ago
    And the European average seems to be around the 7-9 oz per day mark based on your chart. For instance France is barely behind Estonia, and half a dozen other countries are within a litre/year.

If you and your significant other were to drink five bottles of wine a week That's 12 1/2 to 15 glasses of wine a week. I'm hardly a teetotaler, but that seems excessive.

swang 11y ago

The start of the next paragraph already mentions your point, and says on average people drink 1 bottle/month.

leif 11y ago

A bottle is usually about 4 glasses (which is consistent with my experience, not sure how you made your calculation), so when shared, that's one to drink with the meal and one to share over conversation after. I'm far from a teetotaler, but it doesn't seem terribly excessive when phrased that way. It may depend on your upbringing. In the modern US, particularly the more puritan regions, any alcohol at all is usually considered a luxury reserved for celebration, but in some parts of the world, wine or beer is just the drink you drink with a meal, and there's less of a stigma about it. If it's not your thing, it's not your thing, but applying the label "excess" is a pretty specifically cultural decision.

michaelchisari 11y ago
A single serving of wine is 4 to 5 ounces. Don't base it off of restaurant pours, they often over-pour to compensate for the high markup. A bottle is at least 25 ounces. Split between two people, that's 2.5 to 3.125 glasses of wine per person per bottle. 5 times a week, that's 12.5 to over 15 ounces. I'm in the US, but from an Italian family. Wine was on the table often, especially around my extended family. I enjoy whiskey, and I've been into savory hard ciders since I found out beer is out of the question. Like I said, hardly a teetotaler. Yet I'm under no illusions that drinking 15 servings of alcohol a week regularly is recommended. If someone were drinking that much, that consistently, their physician would definitely recommend that they cut their consumption considerably. http://www.niaaa.nih.gov/alcohol-health/overview-alcohol-consumption/moderate-binge-drinking http://www.niaaa.nih.gov/alcohol-health/overview-alcohol-con...

beachstartup 11y ago

that's 2 glasses a day. i don't think many would call that "excessive".

michaelchisari 11y ago
Sure, but that's two glasses of wine 7 days a week with no days off.

Mikeb85 11y ago

A bottle is 750mL, or ~26oz. Five bottles, then divide by two, then by 7, and you're on average drinking 267 mL each, or 9 ounces per day. That's just under 2 'standard' drinks here. In some restaurants that's a single pour. Anyhow, that sort of consumption is pretty average in many parts of the world, Europe for example. And far from excessive.

michaelchisari 11y ago
> that sort of consumption is pretty average in many parts of the world, Europe for example. The highest consumption of alcohol is Estonia, at 415.9oz of pure alcohol a year. Taking wine at 12% alcohol content, that's 3,465oz per year. That's 9.49oz per day. I simply disagree that matching the highest consumption rate in the world is recommended, especially when a country like Italy , among one of the top wine producing countries, is at half that rate. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_alcohol_consumption_per_capita http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_alcohol_co...
- Mikeb85 11y ago
  And the European average seems to be around the 7-9 oz per day mark based on your chart. For instance France is barely behind Estonia, and half a dozen other countries are within a litre/year.