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The one European country that, per capita, drinks more wine than France

The one European country that, per capita, drinks more wine than France

TL;DR: It's Portugal!

International demand for wine has been outstripping supply for years, and if you want to point the finger of blame at any of our European neighbours, here's a handy guide to who drinks the most.

Who would have thought that Swedes would drink more wine than us Brits? Hic.

A note on methodology: The map's creator extrapolated wine consumption per capita from World Health Organisation data on total alcohol consumption.

Reproduced with kind permission from Jakub Marian. The blank map was provided byTindo - Fotolia.com.

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