697 Million

The number of bottles of wine consumed in Paris each year. According to new research on the biggest wine drinking cities by France’s INSEEC business school, Paris drinks more wine than any other city in the world. Annually, Parisians over the age of 15 drink almost 69 bottles of wine each.

In Austria, the leading red grape in terms of production is Blaufränkisch.

Answer: False.

That would be Zweigelt, a juicy, fruity, easy wine, the result of a cross of Blaufränkisch and the simple grape variety St. Laurent. However, even though Zweigelt leads in production, Blaufränkisch is Austria’s highest quality and most revered red. Austrian Blaufränkisch is precise and sleek, with flavors of delicious woodland blueberries, a sense of forestiness, and a bit of a spicy bite. It is exactly the ticket for splicing through a spicy meat dish. Among our favorite producers are Moric and J. Heinrich.

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