im looking for a place that sells the really little bottles of wine,
like you get on an airplane, but from a variety of producers

Hi! Thanks for this very interesting question.

I listed here the following websites where you can buy wine bottle
miniatures:

Executive Gifts
http://www.executive-champagne.com/corporate_miniatures.shtml 

Michelle’s Miniatures
http://www.michellesminiatures.com/winebottles.htm

Karen Aird Miniatures (Wines and other miniatures)
http://www.karenairdminiatures.com/index-fr-pubs-bars.html 
 
Miniature Bottle Collecting
http://web.ukonline.co.uk/members/chris.r7/selling/scotch/saleswi1.htm
(Whisky bottles)
http://web.ukonline.co.uk/members/chris.r7/selling/general/salegn01.htm
(General Bottles)
http://web.ukonline.co.uk/members/chris.r7/me.htm (Page about the
collector)

Who Knows Minis
http://whoknowsminis.safeshopper.com/159/3125.htm?742 
http://whoknowsminis.safeshopper.com/about.htm?742#shippingp (Shipping
Policy and contact information)

La Store (Miniature Beer Bottles)
http://www.lastore123.com/cgi-bin/webc.cgi/st_main.html?catid=66&sid=4lm9QM0W4A8U9YL

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A site that you may want to visit more often is an online Magazine
dedicated to miniature bottle collection. It’s called MBC or Miniature
Bottle Collector Online.
http://www.bottlecollecting.com/index.html 

Sample articles from the magazine that you may be interested in are
listed below:
http://www.bottlecollecting.com/feature/xxxvi/minibeers.html
http://www.bottlecollecting.com/feature/3/roma.html 

Search terms used:
Wine bottles miniatures

I hope this would help in your search. Thanks for being a part of
Google Answers.

Regards,
Easterangel-ga

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Request for Answer Clarification by r2-ga on 24 May 2002 12:04 PDT

Well, this is not what i'm after.  Miniatures does not include the
size of wine bottles served on planes.  It is a group of folks who
collect really tiny bottles of everything.

For example, if you look at this link you provided:
http://www.karenairdminiatures.com/index-fr-pubs-bars.html
you will see the bottles are 1 inch high.  Not much wine would fit in
that.

Any ideas on the question as I originally asked it?

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Clarification of Answer by easterangel-ga on 24 May 2002 12:40 PDT

Hi again. I’m sorry I wasn’t able to get through your question the
first time around. The one you are looking for are called
half-bottles.

The following sites sells wines in small bottle versions:

The following lists are from Wine.com
http://www.wine.com/search/ea_results.asp?Query=375

The Benefits of Half Bottles
http://www.wine.com/shop/wineshop/375.asp 


Fendango Restaurant Half Wine Bottles
http://www.fandangorestaurant.com/magnumbottles.html (about half of
the page)
http://www.fandangorestaurant.com/map.html (contact information)


Wine Alive website (In London)
http://www.winealive.com/index.php# (about half of the page)
http://www.winealive.com/contact/contact.php (contact info)

Cortland Wines
http://www.cortlandtwines.com/subcats.lasso?prodCategory=Half%20Bottle%20Size%20Wine

Weimax Wines and Spirits
http://www.weimax.com/half_bot.htm

Columbus Inn
http://www.columbusinn.com/wine/glass_n_halfbot.htm


http://www.beer-wine.com/wbottles.htm (The sizes you would want are
about ¾ down the page)


If you need further clarification please let me know. Thanks again for
visiting us!

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Request for Answer Clarification by r2-ga on 09 Jun 2002 07:41 PDT

Oh dear.  I'm afraid I must not have been very clear.  I apologize!

What I'm after here is places I can order (by mail, not at a
restaurant) the size bottles served on a plane.

You are linking me to wine.com and a couple of restaurants that sell
1/2 bottles (375ml).  You can NEVER get this on an airline.

Airlines only serve single serving size - 187ml bottles.

If you have any leads, please let me know

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Clarification of Answer by easterangel-ga on 10 Jun 2002 01:02 PDT

Forgive me also r2-ga for not answering the question head-on. I will
look deeply into this please just give me some time since most of the
publications are about miniature bottles and small sized ones. I have
already determined the term and such bottles are called "splits" I am
now looking for sellers.

If this is still not what you require "splits" please tell me in
advance. I am determined to complete this very interesting research
project. Thanks for being patient.

Regards,
easterangel-ga

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Clarification of Answer by easterangel-ga on 10 Jun 2002 02:52 PDT

Hi again and I hope I get it right this time.

According to articles I have read what we should be looking for are
called quarter bottles of wine.

McCambridge’s Quarter Bottles of Wine
http://www.mccambridges.com/wholesale/wine/quarter/quartbot.html 
http://www.mccambridges.com/wholesale/Contact/contact.html (contact
info)

An exporter of such wines and a number wherein you could order.
http://www.schlosszell.de/weinexport3.html 

Pacific Wide Trading Ltd. (Hong Kong)
http://www.pwtweb.com/PWT/F&B/einig.htm 
http://www.pwtweb.com/PWT/index.htm 

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The following articles are my basis for calling them “quarter bottles
of wine” and that these are the type of wines served at airlines.
VAA Introduces New Wines 
http://216.239.35.100/search?q=cache:v6Nqd0zhxI4C:www.businesstravellerindia.com/july2001/station7.htm+%22quarter+bottles+%2Bof+wine%22&hl=en

Hospitality Tourism and Leisure
http://doctorjob.com/16+/features/template.asp?ID=53 

A STING IN THE TAIL
http://www.harpers-wine.com/featuresitem.cfm?FeatureID=52 

I do hope this is it or this is close. If not please give me another
chance to clarify this question. Again thanks.

This was a tough question.  I was very pleased the researcher kept at
it.  Thanks so much!!