Following up with the theme of increased wine consumption, here is a piece indicating that Americans are drinking more beer and less wine.
Interestingly enough, I had been under the impression that alcohol consumption does not decrease during troubling economic times. People drink the same amount. They just purchase it differently. Instead of drinking at bars and restaurants, they but their wine (or whatever) at shops and take it home.
But most importantly, “ Americans are drinking significantly less beer and more wine, while hard liquor use has remained fairly constant.”
Happy WINE tasting!
Inner-esting. Its probably the gas prices, people are not traveling as much. You know how when you get a house full of people they buy a couple dozen packs of beer?
Well lucky you, woo!
Yep things are surely looking up aren’t they?
For what it’s worth, the Jerusalem Wine Festival was much more fun and logical than the Jerusalem Beer Festival. I’m not sure what that says…
I sell wine for a couple wine shops, and my sales have been steady. If any of you would like to check out some of the wines I get in our wine shop in Healdsburg Ca, you can get on my wine newsletter. email me at danielovines@aol.com I carry 4 to 6 hundred small wineries, and I find a lot of new upcoming wineries, that later get very good ratings. I also carry most of the hard to get wines that you read about in the wine press.
Have a good day, and send me an email
Daniel
The Wine Shop
Healdsburg, Ca
danielovines@aol.com