U.S. wine consumption increases lead over France

The U.S. leveraged an improving economy to maintain the title of world’s largest wine market last year. Larger discretionary income levels for consumers contributed to Americans purchasing more wine, marking a 1% growth rate to 328.6 million 9-liter cases, according to the Beverage Information and Insights Group’s 2015 Wine Handbook. The U.S. continued to lead the wine market in 2014 after surpassing France in 2013.