Wednesday, September 5, 2007

Chinese Tipplers Discover Wine

From oregonmag.com

A Chinese government study reports that Chinese wine consumption will grow 15% over the next five years. Most of this consumption will be fueled by domestic producers who are now learning the art of premium dry wine output. The government claims Chinese currently consume more beer per capita than any other nation. Germany and Canada might well argue this point. Current Chinese wine consumption is 0.4 liter a year per capita, compared to a global wine drinking norm of seven liters per capita