Wine drinking statistics

[seh1968]

Hello Fellow winos, I need some help please...I am trying to locate information on the web about wine consumption...specifically wine drinking consumption in the USA.I need data or numbers of quantity consumed in the US as a whole and in per state if available....please help me...so I don't have to web serf forever.

Thanks and cheers!

[winoweenie]

Hi seh1960 and welcome to the board. I would guess the Wine Institute would be able to supply the numbers. If not go into Applejack Liquors and they can point you to source. WW

[Thomas]

Wine Institute can help, but mainly they have figures for California (possibly Washington and Oregon too); they compare those figures with what are reported regarding imports.

Most of the rest of the US wine industry does not rate the interest of those in the so-called know. I assume that consumption of wine that was produced in the rest of the US mainly goes unreported in national figures. For each state's figures you have to contact each state's wine governing or promotion arm.

Any national tally that comes from a promotion arm such as the Wine Institute is likely to be skewed, a polite way for saying spun.

Maybe the NY Times, or some such place, can come up with the closest answer.

[This message has been edited by foodie (edited 01-17-2002).]