World wine consumption is dropping. Why do the Chinese drink less and less wine?

Author: Britt Karlsson
July 25, 2023

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Author: Britt Karlsson
July 25, 2023

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World wine consumption has been falling regularly every year since 2018. Now (2022) it stands at an estimated 232 million hectolitres, a 1% decrease compared to 2021.

The decrease is mainly due to the Chinese drinking less. On average, they have reduced their wine drinking by 2 million hl every year since 2018. So, it had already started before Covid, but of course the pandemic made everything even worse.

In 2022, China drank 8.8 million hl of wine, down from 2021 by 16% and a big difference from 2018 when they drank over 17 million hectolitres.

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Britt Karlsson

Maker of World's Top Wine Tours. On WBI's Power List of wine journalists. Wine Profile of the Year 2011. We've been named World's Top Wine Tours by Travel + Leisure Magazine. We've written a wine book that won the award World's Best Wine Book for Professionals and another that's been awarded Best Wine Book in Sweden for Professionals. We had (probably) the first web site on wine in Scandinavia in 1996. We publish one of the most read independent wine newsletters on wine. And lots of other things we're proud of too.

Author:

Britt Karlsson