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 > To: [log in to unmask] > 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. > >