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Percentage of U.S. cannabis consumers over age 21 in cannabis-legal states who also drink alcohol, according to Boulder, Colorado-based BDS Analytics. Wine industry experts wonder what this means for the wine industry. Will some percentage of a consumer’s “intoxication budget” now go to cannabis instead of cabernet?

Alsace is the biggest sparkling wine producing region in France.

Answer: False.

Champagne is the largest producing 60% of all French sparkling wine (330 million bottles annually.) Alsace places second producing 6% of the sparkling wine overall production (roughly 35 million bottles a year.) Most sparklers from Alsace are labeled Crémant d’Alsace, and are made from Pinot Blanc, even though Auxerrois, Pinot Gris, Riesling, Chardonnay, and Pinot Noir grapes are allowed.

“Men are like wine–some turn to vinegar, but the best improve with age.”

—Pope John XXIII

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