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Post by Deleted on Apr 29, 2009 11:00:22 GMT
Here is an interesting Brazilian depiction of per capita red wine consumption in the various countries of the world. (Luxembourg wins!) I'd be interested in seeing the same sort of map for white wine.
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Post by hwinpp on Apr 29, 2009 11:13:36 GMT
They drink a fair bit of white wine in Germany and Austria. It tastes like fruit juice though.
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Post by lagatta on Apr 29, 2009 11:32:52 GMT
Not all of it, hwinpp. I've had good dry German wine - tastes like Alsatian wine, but it is more expensive than Liebfraumilch (yecch). And there are many good, dry or dryish Austrian wines.
If Québec became independent, we'd have a far bigger grape than Canada's. Hard liquor would be the opposite; we have the smallest Canadian consumption of "le fort".
That chart is pretty. Interesting about Luxembourg, on the Moselle. Believe it basically produces white and sparkling wines, but they must import the red from France.
Brazil actually produces a bit of wine, in the far south, the "gaucho country".
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Post by bjd on Apr 29, 2009 12:09:39 GMT
I see that Croatia has a big circle. I bought some Croatian wine on the recommendation of the lady from whom I rented a room in Dubrovnik a few years ago. Disgusting stuff -- it tasted like paint stripper. I can only hope they are drinking imported stuff.
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Post by BigIain on Apr 30, 2009 10:14:55 GMT
I am not sure about the figures used, I guess they must be correct.
I have always thought that I could take on the whole of Luxemborg at drinking red wine and win with some ease.
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Post by happytraveller on Apr 30, 2009 11:11:25 GMT
I had a feeling that Suiça would have a fairly big circle...
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Post by Deleted on Apr 30, 2009 11:31:20 GMT
I wonder if the Georgian wine is any good. They certainly seem to like it.
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Post by Jazz on Apr 30, 2009 12:08:22 GMT
I can't believe Canada's grape is so small! (certainly not in my circle of friends)...I love the graphic.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 30, 2009 12:49:46 GMT
I think this is about all wines, not just red:
In terms of per capita consumption, Canadians are now drinking around 15 liters per person per year - compared to over 50 in France, and over 30 on average in Western Europe - with Quebecers leading the way at 20 liters per person per year. A closer look at the data, thanks to StatCan’s online tools, also shows that Quebec’s “lead” in wine culture and consumption is only increasing: per capita consumption increased 55% in Quebec from 1998 to 2007, while the Canadian average is 40%, with only 30 percent in Ontario and 23% in British Columbia.
In 2007, Quebec purchased 34% of all wine sold in Canada, and 42% of all red wine sold in the country, even as it represents less than a quarter of the population.
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Post by lagatta on Apr 30, 2009 13:07:32 GMT
We're doing our part for the side (hic!)
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Post by gringalais on Apr 30, 2009 14:42:59 GMT
lagatta - I tried some Brazilian wine while I was in Rio Grande do Sul. It was okay, nothing great. For a wine-producing country, Chile's consumption is pretty low. I'd have to look at my statistics for work, but I belive it is around 16-17 liters per capita a year. Of that, probably 75% is red. I can look up the numbers for other countries if anyone is interested.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 30, 2009 14:44:32 GMT
Most of us are very interested in wine.
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Post by gringalais on Apr 30, 2009 16:02:11 GMT
What countries do you want to see?
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Post by bazfaz on Apr 30, 2009 17:01:03 GMT
I drank Brazilian wine when I had a weekend in Rio. It was an OK table wine. Same was true for Bolivia. But the worst South Ammerican wine I had was in Ecuador. Foul.
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Post by auntieannie on Apr 30, 2009 18:19:53 GMT
K, I definitely tried some Romanian wine and I think I tried some Georgian wine too, once... I remember finding it excellent!
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Post by bazfaz on Apr 30, 2009 20:39:17 GMT
I have been a couple of times to Romania. First was just before Ceausescu was toppled. It was an unbelievable experience. But the only place I could eat in the evening was the Intercontinental Hotel, provided I could pass as a resident. There was a 3-piece band playing so I came in to the restaurant and waved and said "Hi" to the band and the head waiter assumed I was a resident. I ordered a bottle of the best wine on the menu. It had no label but it was delicious. I had changed my foreign currency in the street so this was about US$1 a bottle.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 30, 2009 20:56:20 GMT
Off topic.... but that reminds me of the delicious $2 Vietnamese rum, which was available duty free at the Saigon airport the first time but which had disappeared in favor of the international brands on my next trip.... and they did not at all cost $2.
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Post by rikita on Apr 30, 2009 22:12:35 GMT
better than romanian wine though is homemade tuica or palinca bought in the villages...
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