Does anyone have a US source for 175 ml (~6 oz) bottles? Preferably with
screw tops.

--
Keith

I believe Stout Billy's in Portsmouth, NH has had them, but I do not
remember when I saw them if they were cork or twist, I think cork.

"Keith" > wrote in message >.. .
> Does anyone have a US source for 175 ml (~6 oz) bottles? Preferably with
> screw tops.

I can not imagine wasting a cork on a 175 ml bottle! Maybe it is just me.
Then I tried 350 ml bottles and have pretty well stopped using them going
back to the traditional 750. I found that I could decant a half a bottle
into the smaller bottle and push the cork back in if I was not going to
drink it all and it would keep for a couple of weeks okay. In fact I have
one that I put back several months ago. I need test it to see if it has
kept.

Ray

"Michael" > wrote in message
om...
> I believe Stout Billy's in Portsmouth, NH has had them, but I do not
> remember when I saw them if they were cork or twist, I think cork.
>
> "Keith" > wrote in message
>.. .
> > Does anyone have a US source for 175 ml (~6 oz) bottles? Preferably with
> > screw tops.

I can't cork a 175ml easy with my corker, so I have only a couple. I
do like the 500ml bottles though. I bought about 10 cases a couple
years ago and always bottle 4-6 bottles of this size from each batch
of wine I make. The reds because my wife does not always join me for
those and I usually drink just over a half bottle on my own and the
whites for the same reason, although my wife consumes the bulk of
those.

"Ray" > wrote in message digy.com>...
> I can not imagine wasting a cork on a 175 ml bottle! Maybe it is just me.
> Then I tried 350 ml bottles and have pretty well stopped using them going
> back to the traditional 750. I found that I could decant a half a bottle
> into the smaller bottle and push the cork back in if I was not going to
> drink it all and it would keep for a couple of weeks okay. In fact I have
> one that I put back several months ago. I need test it to see if it has
> kept.
>
> Ray
>
> "Michael" > wrote in message
> om...
> > I believe Stout Billy's in Portsmouth, NH has had them, but I do not
> > remember when I saw them if they were cork or twist, I think cork.
> >
> > "Keith" > wrote in message
> >.. .
> > > Does anyone have a US source for 175 ml (~6 oz) bottles? Preferably with
> > > screw tops.

"Keith" > wrote in message >.. .
> Does anyone have a US source for 175 ml (~6 oz) bottles? Preferably with
> screw tops.

I got the 8 that I have by buying them full of cheap wine (2 4-packs).
This was in the wine section of a supermarket in Portland.

The wine in them was horrible so I poured most of it down the drain.
I just wanted the bottles so that when I did experiments of splitting
a single batch into several parts and using different yeasts or
fining/filtering methods, I would have some small bottles to open when
I eventually wanted to do tasting comparisons. In other words, so I
wouldn't have to open 4 or 8 750ml bottles of wine when I wanted to
satisfy my own curiosity by doing side-by-side comparisons.

Cheers,
Richard

On 11/19/03 10:39 AM, in article
om, "Ray"
> wrote:

> I can not imagine wasting a cork on a 175 ml bottle! Maybe it is just me.
> Then I tried 350 ml bottles and have pretty well stopped using them going
> back to the traditional 750. I found that I could decant a half a bottle
> into the smaller bottle and push the cork back in if I was not going to
> drink it all and it would keep for a couple of weeks okay. In fact I have
> one that I put back several months ago. I need test it to see if it has
> kept.
>
> Ray

For smaller bottles, I opt for 12 oz beer bottles. They are readily obtained
and a crown capper and caps are easy and inexpensive.

--
Greg Cook
http://homepage.mac.com/gregcook/Wine

(remove spamblocker from my email)

I get them buy the case from a local drinking establishment that sell
wines in them... No oxidation/spillage problems and their customers
seem to like them.

Later,
A.J.

On Wed, 19 Nov 2003 23:11:48 -0500, "Patrick McDonald"
> wrote:

>Gather some airline wine bottles. They're 187s and you're sure to never find
>a cork, except maybe first class!
>
>"Keith" > wrote in message
. ..
>> Does anyone have a US source for 175 ml (~6 oz) bottles? Preferably with
>> screw tops.
>>
>> --
>> Keith
>>
>>
>>
>