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Archive Home > 2011 > March > 29 > U.S. passes France as biggest wine consumer

U.S. passes France as biggest wine consumer

By Ryan Flinn / The Bulletin
March 29, 2011

The United States has passed France as the world’s largest wine-consuming nation for the first time, lifted by its larger population and an interest in wine among young Americans.

Wine shipments to the U.S. climbed 2 percent to 329.7 million cases last year, according to Gomberg, Fredrikson....

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