To good health? Large glasses of wine slipping off the menu in UK

It may be a sign of changing tastes or of a health-conscious nation, or yet another example of the cost of living crisis encroaching on our few simple pleasures, but the large glass of wine may soon be a thing of the past.

- Robyn Vinter

While a 250ml option used to be commonplace, it is becoming harder to find on the menus of bars and restaurants up and down the country as venues increasingly favour smaller 125ml servings.

At high-end restaurants, which would have tended to offer diners a choice of small or medium 175ml servings, there is a notable shift. Only one of the 20 top Michelin-starred restaurants now serves a medium: the Ledbury in Notting Hill. At the rest, diners are offered 125ml or a whole bottle (750ml).