One huge glass of wine
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October 31, 2010, Sunday
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SEEKING to brush off its political troubles and burnish its reputation for good living, Lebanon claimed a record for the world's biggest glass of wine.
Organizers of a wine festival in Beirut poured around 100 bottles of Lebanese wine into the giant glass, 2.4 meters high and 1.65 meters wide.
"The previous record was set in Portugal 12 years ago, and I'm proud to announce that Lebanon has achieved a new record," Guinness World Records adjudicator Liz Smith said on Friday evening.
The size of the glass meant that even with dozens of bottles poured in, it was not even a quarter full. And no one appeared in a rush to drink from the cocktail of red, white and rose wines which were sloshed in with abandon.
Organizers said wine makers from across the country had contributed their produce as part of a campaign to promote Lebanese wine - half of which they said is exported.
"This glass brings together all the wine producers (in Lebanon)," said Nada Farah.
The wine glass may be a useful accompaniment for Lebanon's other forays into culinary extremes. It has also claimed the world's biggest bowl of hummus.
Organizers of a wine festival in Beirut poured around 100 bottles of Lebanese wine into the giant glass, 2.4 meters high and 1.65 meters wide.
"The previous record was set in Portugal 12 years ago, and I'm proud to announce that Lebanon has achieved a new record," Guinness World Records adjudicator Liz Smith said on Friday evening.
The size of the glass meant that even with dozens of bottles poured in, it was not even a quarter full. And no one appeared in a rush to drink from the cocktail of red, white and rose wines which were sloshed in with abandon.
Organizers said wine makers from across the country had contributed their produce as part of a campaign to promote Lebanese wine - half of which they said is exported.
"This glass brings together all the wine producers (in Lebanon)," said Nada Farah.
The wine glass may be a useful accompaniment for Lebanon's other forays into culinary extremes. It has also claimed the world's biggest bowl of hummus.
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