China now guzzles more red wine than any other country in the world

The world’s biggest red wine drinking country isn’t France, Italy, or the US. According to a report released by Vinexpo and International Wine and Spirits Research (IWSR), China now guzzles 1.9 billion bottles a year—more red wine than any other nation on the planet. As recently as in 2008, the Chinese were only the world’s sixth-largest drinkers of red wine, but they have since jumped to the number one spot, passing France—now the world’s second-largest consumer—Italy, the US, Ger…