Interesting Wine Facts

-Americans prefer wine to other alcoholic beverages. 39% prefer wine, 36% prefer beer, and 21% prefer spirits.

-All fifty states now have wineries.

-The link between red wine drinking and health has been covered widely in the media.

-The hot grapes for red wine in the world are Cabernet Sauvignon and Pinot Noir. For whites, it's Pino Grigio and Sauvignon Blanc.

-Costco in now the largest retailer of wine in the United States, with over $750 million in wine sales.

-A line of inexpensive wines produced by Charles Shaw (aka Two Buck Chuck) sold more than 10 million cases in 2006.

Comments

[Eddie Christy]

I did a friend's wedding in Venice Beach, CA this past year and was paid in Two Buck Chuck. This week, I sadly finished the last bottle of two cases.

I'm a sucker for cheap wine!