Wine Is Drink of Choice in United States

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Issue: October 15, 2005

Welcome to wine country. According to a new poll from Gallup, wine is America's favorite alcoholic beverage, tying beer in a statistical dead heat and easily beating liquor. Wine took the lead largely because it's increasingly being enjoyed by men, drinkers ages 30 to 49 and minorities.

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