The US consumed a record 300m cases of wine in 2006, according to latest government statistics – almost enough for the US to drink its way out of a six-year wine glut, say some reports.
The figure supports the belief that wine is a rapidly growing trend in the country.
‘Wine is finally entering the mainstream of American life,’ wine industry consultant Jon Fredrikson of California-based Gomberg, Fredrikson & Associates told decanter.com.
In 2005 a Gallup poll saw wine edge ahead of beer as the favourite tipple of US consumers.
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