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How has increased soft drink consumption among the under-35s
contributed to the decline of wine-drinking in France? I take for
granted that soft drink consumption has grown.
On Sep 16, 2005, at 11:56 AM, Gerald Groenewald wrote:
> My own gut feeling is that this is part of the on-going
> globalisation of alcoholic drinks, something which has been
> happening since the early modern period (in Europe, at least): a
> move away from traditionally 'national' drinks to supposedly
> 'foreign' ones, e.g. the shift in the Netherlands in the 17-18th
> centuries from beer drinking to wine and brandy. Thus the
> traditional divide between northern beer-drinking and southern wine-
> drinking Europe became less and less evident, and I would imagine
> that what is now happening in France is a continuance of that
> trend; an erosion of what is considered 'traditional' drink and a
> greater democratisation of choice in drink. It would be interesting
> comparing figures for beer and wine drinking in northern and
> southern European countries.
>
> Regards,
>
> Gerald Groenewald
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: David Fahey
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> Sent: Friday, September 16, 2005 5:23 PM
> Subject: fewer wine-drinkers in France
>
> Noticed an AP story in today's New York Times re the decline of
> wine-drinking in France: almost all the French who drink wine
> regularly are
> over 35, just over half the French population drink wine, and the
> number of
> French wine drinkers has dropped by a million over the last five
> years. May I ask ADHS why? Comparative data for other countries?
> I think
> that in the USA wine drinking is more common now than a generation
> ago, and
> beer-drinking and whiskey-drinking are what are in decline.
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