For the first time, the US has overtaken France as the world's biggest national market for wine, according to figures from the International Organisation of Vine and Wine (OIV).
US drinkers consumed 29.1 million hectolitres (2.9 billion litres) of wine in 2013, 0.5% more than in 2012.
Meanwhile, French wine consumption fell 7% from the year before to 2.8 billion litres, according to the OIV.
The amount of wine drunk per head is still higher in France than in the US.
According to figures from 2011, the average French person drinks just over a bottle a week, six times more than the average US consumer.
Val says the story here should be that the US for the first time is a bigger wine market than France. I think the story is " the French only drink a bottle of wine a week" How many of us from the UK could stick to one bottle a week, not many I suspect.
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