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Fist, some wine is sold in 1 litre bottles.

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Before metric conversion, most wine and spirits were sold in 26 ounce bottles, which is nearly 77 cl. After metric conversion, wine and spirits were sold in 750 ml bottles, which was nearly the same size as the original 26 ounce bottles.

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12y ago

Because it is similar in size to the previously-standard one-fifth Imperial gallon.

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