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In general, the French blame the rise of soft drinks for turning the post
war generations against wine. But as far as a I know no real systematic study
has been done on the question.
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
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From: _David Fahey_ (mailto:[log in to unmask])
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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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