(via NY POST)
Bourbon and Budweiser may be the national staples, but nobody outdoes America in wine drinking either, with the country uncorking 3.7 billion bottles in 2011.
That’s enough vino for the US to pass Italy and France, taking the first place among wine-consuming nations worldwide by volume.
Italy had to settle for second place, while France was third last year, all according to a new study by International Wine and Spirit Research. The Old World still leads in per capita consumption, however.
And America’s grape-swilling ways are expected to keep growing, with the study suggesting 10 percent growth by 2015.
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Thanks for promoting my recent void of Patriotism Che$$.
I’ll drink to that!
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