Wine glass that can hold an entire bottle 'promotes heavier and irresponsible drinking' say doctors

The Big Drink Wine Glass: Faced criticism from charities and doctors for encouraging binge drinking

Most of us enjoy a glass of wine at the end of the day.
But it’s fair to say that if you knocked this one back, you wouldn’t know much about it till the morning.
The 9in tall glass can hold an entire 750ml bottle of wine, and while the businesses selling it make a humorous play of its ‘benefits’, alcohol charities and doctors are appalled.
 
The size is equivalent to almost four-and-a-half 175ml glasses of wine in a pub or restaurant.
It means one glass could hold nine units – only five short of the recommended weekly intake for women.
Men are advised to consume no more than 21 units each week.
 The glass is on sale for £7.99 on Amazon and a number of other internet outlets, as well as online gadget shops.

One advert shows a woman with a full glass beside the line: ‘Because drinking from a glass is way classier than drinking from a bottle.’
The advertising that appears on Amazon states: ‘Big celebration? Big drinker? The Big Drink Wine Glass amazingly can hold a WHOLE bottle of wine…
‘There’s no point in wasting time refilling thimble-sized glasses when you can stock up for the whole evening with this groovy goblet. You’re certainly not going to miss out on your fair share of the communal wine either!
‘Dancing should prove to be an interesting experience. Entertaining for everyone else though!
‘The Big Drink Wine Glass really is the ultimate wine lovers [sic] accessory – and certainly not for the faint-hearted.
‘It’s also ideal for any birthday celebration (particularly if you’re [sic] friend or relative is a bit of a wino).’
Professor Ian Gilmore, president of the Royal College of Physicians, said there was ‘little doubt’ that the glass was ‘promoting heavier drinking and irresponsible drinking’.

He added: ‘It must be very difficult to judge how much you are drinking in a glass that size.
‘When refilling a 175ml or 250ml glass people can keep a much closer look at what they’re having.’
Charity Alcohol Concern said consuming even half a bottle of wine a day was ‘too much’ and that one bottle a day would lead to liver damage.
A spokesman added: ‘People should be encouraged to moderate their intake.’
The number of deaths caused by liver disease has soared by 60 per cent in the past decade.
In 2008 they reached 9,719 in England, up from 6,058 ten years ago.
It is now the country’s fifth biggest killer and the only one that is claiming more lives year-on-year.
Experts have blamed cheap supermarket alcohol and ‘happy hour’ deals, which have seen the cost of alcohol plunge 75 per cent in real terms compared to 1980.
Another cause is the 24-hour drinking brought in under Labour, which was supposed to usher in a ‘Continental-style’ culture of drinking but instead encouraged longer drinking sessions as well as turning town centres into no-go areas.
Neither Amazon nor Gizmodo would comment yesterday, despite requests.