Fueled in part by the growth of the American wine industry, the United States last year became the world's biggest internal market for wine, pushing France into second place for the first time. (Reuters)
Wine consumption in the United States rose .5 percent from 2012 to 2013, while wine consumption in France fell nearly 7 percent in the same period.
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Despite the overall market comparison, per capita wine consumption is still about six times higher in France.
That may change, if the downward trend continues in France. According to the BBC, more than half of French adults were daily wine drinkers in 1980; now only 17 percent are daily drinkers, and 38 percent don't drink wine at all. (BBC)