China has become the world’s biggest market for red wine consumption for the first time, overtaking France and Italy where the quantity imbibed has been falling, according to new research.
More than 80 per cent of red wine consumed in China is produced locally. It has become the world’s fifth-largest producer, behind Italy, France, the US and Spain, according to the International Wine and Spirits Research, the London-based drinks research group.
Red wine drinkers in China increased their consumption by 2.75 times between 2007-2013 - to 1.865bn bottles last year. During the same period the amount drunk in France and Italy fell by, respectively, 18 per cent and 5.8 per cent.
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