American Wine Consumption on the Rise
According to a very recent news report from Reuters, in the next 5 years the United States is expected to overtake France as the world’s largest wine market according to a study conducted by VinExpo organizers.The study predicted that U.S. consumption of still wine, that is, not sparkling wine, would rise to 721.2 million gallons, in 2010 from 23 million in 2005.
That would exceed French consumption, which is predicted to fall to 24.9 million hectoliters from 27.4 million.
I’m not entirely sure this surprises me given the population of the United States and the quick growing trend that we call wine. Whether it is because of the health values that are associated with it, or the fact that wine is no longer just something for the posh, wine consumption in the United States in my opinion would naturally exceed that of France given the correct amount of time.





















