date:Apr 16, 2013
A meal without wine is like a day without sunshine, proclaimed the famed French gastronome Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin. Indeed, wine was once considered an integral part of any meal among the French. In recent years, however, the percentage of people drinking wine in France has plummeted, while consumption in the United States has skyrocketed.
In 1980, 51% of the French people drank wine daily or nearly every day. Another 30% admitted to drinking wine once or twice a week. Thirty years later,