ISO Wine Tasting Glass
The International Standards Organization established a specification (ISO 3591:1977) for a series of glasses for wine tasting. They are stemmed with elongated tapered bowls, with capacities of 120 (for sherry), 210, 300, or 410 millilitres.
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