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- vinoword - 10-20-2005
Has anybody else seen the gallop poll results stating that wine is officially more popular than beer?
Dan
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- Drew - 10-21-2005
Don't believe it. While wine is very popular, malt beverages remain king.
Drew
- Innkeeper - 10-21-2005
Have seen it, but don't believe it!
- winoweenie - 10-21-2005
I voted 2 gazillion,3 hunnert and 6 times. The figures mite be skewed. WW [img]http://www.wines.com/ubb2/wink.gif[/img]
- Kcwhippet - 10-21-2005
I believe the poll showed that wine consumption increased somewhat while beer consumption dropped a tad. Not quite the same as wine being more popular than beer, but encouraging nonetheless.
- Thomas - 10-21-2005
After going over some figures, looks like retail wine sales in the U.S. have increased 57% since 1995. Don't know what that means relative to beer, but the signs are clear where wine has been heading.
Oh, before KC gets me--that's cases moved, not dollars collected.
[This message has been edited by foodie (edited 10-21-2005).]
- graywolfe - 10-27-2005
Seems a little skewed to me as well, particularly considering beer consumption in Asia, and the US. I love them both, just am picky with them both (particularly with Beer, whose top producers in terms of quantity are far worse, comparatively speaking, than high quantity producers of wine).